Happy Tuesday sweet friends. Easter is a special day for our family! After morning church services, we will gather at our home for a late lunch and an afternoon Easter egg hunt with our three grands. They will be excited to find eggs with surprises tucked inside! But Easter is so much more than bunnies and eggs. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
I look forward to Tea on Tuesdays when Mary and I share a cuppa with our readers. Springtime draws me outdoors to set a table next to our woodlands!
Today we welcome Shannon from Belle Bleu Interiors as our special guest! Not only is she a sweetheart, but Shannon has a beautiful home that she has designed in her signature French style. You will find Mary’s and Shannon’s links at the bottom of this post!
When I set this tea table last week it was one of those delightful early spring afternoons…seventy degrees…sunny skies…and a light breeze! A Fitz and Floyd ‘Pansy Parade’ bunny pitcher was nestled inside a fluted bowl filled with moss and used as the centerpiece, rather than flowers. I used this same idea here.
A ‘Pansy Parade’ Fitz and Floyd bunny teapot hopped out of the bookcase in the family room and escaped outdoors to the picnic table to join her sister. She was easily convinced to serve a most delightful tea, rose lemonade.
New table linens arrived just in time! As an April Cornell brand ambassador I had chosen ‘Lillianna’, a gorgeous watercolor inspired fiesta presented with soft pinks, signature light periwinkle, and fresh green hues. An ‘Essential’ napkin set in pink was chosen to complement the spring print! As an April Cornell brand ambassador I have a promo code for you! The code is: EVERYDAY15 for $15 off orders of $100+. This offer cannot be combined with other offers or codes. To be totally transparent, I do not make a percentage from any sales.
I am serving a delicious fruit flavored tea infusion from Taylor’s of Harrogate. This sunny celebration is a blend of zingy lemon peel and lemongrass with a posy of ingredients inspired by English country gardens. Two different patterns of teacups were used, this flora and fauna teacup/saucer is by Grace Teaware
I had big plans for a tempting array of sweet and savory tea treats. But as we know, the best laid plans can often go awry! Milk chocolate eggs filled with cocoa cream and cereal were made in Italy. When I saw them recently I purchased them because I liked the different-colored patterned wrappers. I am now having a hard time not eating the entire bag, thankfully the grands are helping me! Yummy blondies were also enjoyed by the grands and me!
Bakery vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing weren’t even noticed by the bunny pair!
As you can see, this is a simple Easter teatime, set next to the woodlands on my picnic table. Setting a table in the garden, the picnic table, or on the Sunshine Cottage porch are my favorites! An outdoor setting has challenges such as insects, dust, pollen, wind, and maybe even a visit from a bird or squirrel! It is worth it however, to be surrounded by God’s magnificent creation. That takes my simple table creation to a new level, and that not of my doing!
A set of four ‘Famille Rose’ bunny salad plates from Williams Sonoma came in two color ways and designs. My two granddaughters are enchanted with these plates.
I decided not to layer the bunny plates with the Famille Rose dinner plates, instead I used the vibrant green majolica dinner plates! The raspberry teacup is also Grace Teaware and is EM’s favorite!
Sweet egg napkin rings were found years ago at Cracker Barrel’s gift shop!
“A cold frozen heart can only be thawed by the gospel!”
~Butch Richardson
I love the designs of these plates and their Easter colors of pink and green!
RM’s carpet of rye grass makes a spring statement until the heat of summer arrives! Petite vases of lime green snowball flower buds were placed at each end of the table. You can catch a glimpse of the snowball viburnum in the upper right of the photo. The buds will soon turn into a creamy white.
Be sure to visit Mary and Shannon for their charming tea settings!
Mary ~ Home Is Where the Boat Is
Shannon ~ Belle Bleu Interiors
Thank you for your visit and gracious comments. Wishing you a joy-filled Easter week!
Linking with: Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Life and Linda
Good morning Pam, What a beautiful alfresco setting for tea with the vibrant green of the grass! Your viburnum is going to be glorious when your snowballs bloom. Your April Cornell ‘Lillianna’ tablecloth is a beauty and makes a lovely foundation for your table. I love your sweet ‘Famille Rose’ bunny salad plates! I have long admired WS ‘Famille Rose’ pattern, alas, my dish pantry is overflowing. 😊 You’re your ‘Pansy Parade’ Fitz and Floyd bunnies, so sweet perched in the nest of moss and your Rose Lemonade tea sounds like it would be equally delicious served over ice in the summer months too. I’ve had those La Suissa chocolate eggs and can attest to how tempting they are! As always it’s a treat to join you for tea. Wishing you a Happy Easter Week!🐇🐣🌸☕🐰💗
Thank you, Mary! I am sure the rose lemonade tea will be delicious over ice. I will be trying it. The chocolate eggs are habit forming. Happy Easter Week 🐰🌸🩵🌺🐥
Happy Tuesday Pam. Oh this table setting is so pretty. Love the table cloth and the sweet bunny tea pots. Everything looks so great to have an outdoor tea party. Have a great week and beautiful Easter. Hugs. Kris
Thank you, Kris. I am glad you enjoyed
I hit send before I was finished. I am glad you enjoyed Happy Easter and hugs’
Happy Tuesday, Pam. What a “Delightful Easter Tea.” Your new tablecloth goes nicely with the bunny plates and the Fitz and Floyd bunnies. The bunny teapot is darling, sitting next to the other perched up high in the bowl with the moss. I love how you did that.
All your tables, no matter where they are set, are always inspirational and stunning.
Happy Tuesday to you and have a lovely Easter!
I enjoy the non-eating bunnies🐰 Thank you, Nancy and Easter blessings!
Good morning, Pam! I am always happy to see your outdoor settings, whether it be teatime, tablescape or on the subject of gardens or Sundays! What a beautiful new tablecloth from April Cornell! Your mix of pink and green in the plate stacks, teacups and napkins really are showy and so pretty. The snowball viburnum in their early bud stage are perfect too. Your bunny salads are so pretty, and I can see why the girls are enchanted with them! The tea you’ve chosen sounds like it would be good iced also. Two things for me on this tablescape stood out in a lesser way – those crispy eggs are also irresistible to me as well (I’ve consumed almost the entire bag with NO help, while Mr. P. has eaten at least 4 bags of jelly beans, lol). and secondly, I just realized I have a set of Easter egg napkin rings I got from an estate sale, so I bet the owner also got hers from Cracker Barrel. I forgot about them! I should pull them out this weekend for J, but at the rate we’re going, there’ll be no candy left, lol. Tell me, what treats do you put in the hidden eggs that won’t melt? Mimi needs ideas! Hapoy Easter to you!
Rita, how interesting you have a set of Easter egg napkin rings. That particular year, thinking it was 2004, Cracker Barrel offered a really cute Easter assortment of tabletop accessories!
We try to look for things that won’t melt. We usually hide the eggs only an hour or so before they make a wild dash to find them. Butch found 3 eggs when he pruned recently that were left from last Easter with the candy still inside. The girls are easy because they love to find money, I always have little travel vials of perfume, play earrings, any tiny trinkets I might find. I find little hair clips at TJ Maxx, etc! The candy is normally eaten before it has time to melt. Hopefully that helps!
That does help, thank you! I need to get to Dollar Tree and/or Claire’s! Btw, did you see where DT is raising prices again? $1.50, and the higher priced items have gone from $5 to $7.
Every time I grocery shop or any other shopping, prices have risen, some beyond belief!
That tablecloth is terrific, Pam. So Eastery and springy and fun. Love your bunny dishes, too. This is such a happy table!
Thank you, Jeanie! I was trying for a happy table!
Amazing post… Wonderful tablecloth… Gorgeous dishes… Adorable bunnies… Stunning garden… Thank you for sharing such beauty and inspiration and faith.
Thank you, sweet Maristella. Your comments are always encouraging!
Good morning, Pam! It is such a delight to visit your lovely Easter tea set outdoors. The Fitz and Floyd pair of bunny teapots make adorable centerpieces along with your green snowball blooms. I love how you placed one of the teapots in a pedestal dish surrounded by moss. I may borrow your idea for one of my Easter table centerpieces. Your new April Cornell tablecloth is so pretty and perfect for both spring and summer tables. Thanks for sharing the savings code. There are a few things that I am eyeing. The Famille rose plates look wonderful placed on top of the green majolica plates. The tea you are serving sounds delicious and the sweet treats look scrumptious. Thank you so much for inviting me to join Mary and you for tea. It is always such a delight! Wishing you a most blessed and happy Easter, dear friend!
Thank you, Shannon. I am always excited for you to join us for TOT or MMB’s. Easter blessings, sweet friend!
hi Pam, you had me with the first glance of your sweet bunny teapots! What a wonderful Easter table in your beautiful woodlands setting! Pretty new AC linens, so colorful and bright! The WS Famille Rose bunny plates are adorable, I can see why the girls are taken by them. I love the raspberry tea cup and the bright pink napkins in those cute egg napkin rings. The Rose Lemonade tea sounds delightful! I so enjoyed my tea this morning with your beautiful sunny table!
Thank you, Jenna. I am so glad you enjoyed!
Pam, you know I love having tea in your garden with the view of the woodlands. Have to say, you had me searching for the F&F bunny teapots. What cuties! Everything looks delicious and Yes, the Rose Lemonade tea sounds delightful! I had friends for lunch yesterday, and one friend was mixing orange juice with her tea. New flavor!
Happy Easter to you and your precious family!
Sarah, thank you so much. I checked on Replacements yesterday and they did not have the teapot or pitcher. I think they were issued in 1991! I do think the rose lemonade tea will be perfect poured over ice! How sweet to have friends over for lunch! You are a lovely hostess, my friend!
So many sweet, happy bunnies! It is a hard to pick a favorite element out of so many pretty things. I truly love Butch’s quote for today. We are at Mother Nature’s whimsy here…I am hauling my over wintered geraniums and dragon wing begonia in and out of the garage bc one day it is freezing and the next day it is 70. If I were at your tea table, those blondies would be in serious trouble!
Thank you, Roxanne! The blondies are gone. The girls and I polished them off. I may have to buy more. It has poured rain since midnight and has finally stopped! Have a wonderful afternoon, dear friend!
Pam, I just lost my comment I spent 15 minutes writing. Truly lovely post with many pretty pieces in a lovely setting. I so want some of your treats, blondies, colorful candy eggs and the charming fruit flavored tea infusion.Love the Fitz and Floyd bunnies and the sweet egg napkins rings.
Have a wonderful Easter with your family. He is Risen!
Bonnie, I know the frustration of losing a long comment. I am sorry that happened. Thank you for visiting! Amen, He Is Risen!
In our neck of the woods today, we’ve been blanketed by clouds and mussed by the wind. Your whimsical and cheerful tablescape, dappled by sunlight no less, is an extra-pleasing sight! Also loved the Butch Richardson quote you tucked into your post, Pam!!
Thank you, Nancy! It rained here until after lunch! Easter blessings!
Pam,
This morning you were the first post I visited. I had to come to my PC to comment tonight. I just had to share how much joy you bring into my life and so many others! Everything looks so gorgeous! The bunnies, the tablecloth, napkins (I love the raspberry teacup too!), the Woodland setting with the backdrop that will soon be even greener! Butch’s quote melted my heart! Amen! I loved the chocolate wrapper designs, too, Pam! Blondies! Yes! There is something about those new Familie Plates that tug at my heart–and the green “charge” behind them is perfect! You make life prettier and more colorful! You are all inspiring me to want to buy my place settings–even if just for one! God bless you both. I love you and appreciate you for so many reasons! He LIVES! Because He Lives, I can face tomorrow, because he lives, all fear is gone…because I know who holds the future, and life is worth the living, just because he lives! 💗❣️🙏🎶🐇
Karla, you are a sweetheart. Thank you for your lovely visits. How I wish you could join me. It is ok to buy a place setting for one, it makes an ordinary meal extraordinary! I love the song, Yes, Because He lives, I (we) can face tomorrow. Love you, my friend 🙏🏻🩷🐰🩵🐥💜🌷💚🌺💛🎶💙🙏🏻
What a delightful setting Pam, I’ve never heard of that Tea infusion before & those blondies look very tempting indeed!
May you & your family have a very blessed Easter my sweet friend!
Blessings, Jennifer
Thank you, Jennifer. The tea is delicious and I am going to try it over ice! Easter blessings, my friend!
Pam, Your alfresco table is beautiful and has a gorgeous view! Your new table linens are exquisite! AC never disappoints! The egg napkin rings are adorable. Cracker Barrel used to have so many cute things. We don’t visit as often as we used to and I really don’t know about now, but have found a few cute things along the way. Your salad plates are lovely and are a nice complement to your other WS plates in that same pattern. You have a nice Famille Rose set and since they are so versatile, they can be mixed and matched with so many other patterns. I love those with your green plates. Your F&F bunnies are a favorite. It’s a beautiful tea table! Enjoy your evening. Clara❤️
Thank you, Clara. I believe the year was 2004 when Cracker Barrel had the cutest Easter decor. I bought several things that spring. Like you all, we rarely go now. Wishing you a blessed Easter week❤️
The Famille Rose plates are adorable and had I seen them they would have hopped in my cart. And the tea cups are just the right colors for me to sip and sip and sip the tea from Taylor’s of Harrogate. I’ve also had to make myself not eat the candies I have as decoration on the Spring table setting. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
Thank you, Alice. As I pass by the dining room table, I stop and pick up a chocolate. It is my pleasure to share, my friend!
I’m pretty much crazy about those bunny plates, just like your granddaughters, Pam! Your outdoor setting just makes my heart happy to see the bright green grass and your viburnum in the corner. Your tea flavor sounds so good and looks so pretty in the cups. My heart went pitter patter over your Fitz and Floyd bunny pieces. I’d love a treat or two before I leave. Happy Easter to you and your family.
I would love to see a picture of your plate, etc. storage area. Such a lovely selection.
Thank you, Vicky! I have a lot of kitchen cabinets and space in the Sunshine Cottage for storing dishware!
Pam, another lovely table you have set outdoors. Spring has sprung. I adore those Famille Rose plates. Too cute for words. Fitz & Floyd always melt my heart. So many sweet bunnies. Yummy blondes and those guilty pleasure chocolate cocoa eggs. Wishing you and your family a happy Easter.
Thank you, Linda! I have to stop eating the treats. Happy Easter!
Your tablescapes are simply stunning! And of this makes my heart smile – “But Easter is so much more than bunnies and eggs. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Wishing you a joyous Easter!
Mary, you are so very sweet! Wishing you a joyous Easter!
Love your Easter tea party Pam. Seems like everybody is ready including the Rabbits for Easter. Your setting is beautiful.
Happy Spring
Happy Easter
Marilyn,Joan and Marion
Thank you sweet friends! Wishing you all a blessed Easter!
Ah, this is lovely Pam! I love all the wonderful spring colors here – pinks and greens are always favorites for a tea table and for Easter too. I can see why your grandgirls are so taken with the Famille Rose bunny plates as I am too. The bright pink napkins with the cute egg napkin rings add a wonderful pop to the table and the new AC tablecloth is gorgeous. Butch’s rye grass in the background adds such a lovely touch. Your treats are so tempting and I bet that rose lemonade tea would be very tasty as iced tea too. The F&F bunny teapot is darling. Those snowball viburnum will be absolutely glorious when they bloom. I’m wishing you and your family a very joyous Easter!
Thank you, Kim. I also love pink and green. Wishing you and your family a joy-filled Easter, sweet friend!
So sweet. Love the bunnies.
The two sweet bunnies look as though they just hopped up on the table to see what this tea party was all about before escaping back into the woods. Happy Easter
Those plates are so beautiful! I can see why they are EM’s favorites! Such a lovely scene you always create, sweet friend.
Thank you, sweet friend!