Spring has finally sprung and there’s a lively bunny hop table set for brunch in my kitchen. It’s time to celebrate the change in seasons and Easter week.
I am absolutely loving having the entire month of April to enjoy Easter holiday decorations and tables around the house. Not to mention the warmer weather and flowers blooming everywhere. A little case of spring allergies is worth the price!
Last weekend was spent visiting with family in Northern Virginia; during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Hubby, his brother M, and our eldest son, ran the 10-mile race at the Capital. We enjoyed seeing the beautiful blooms around the Tidal Basin, as we cheered on the runners. Have you ever been to D.C. to see the cherry blossoms?
For those in the west and plain states who experienced a second winter cyclone; my heart goes out to you! Those winds looked ferocious. We feel quite fortunate that the weather was near perfect for our Breathtaking Breckenridge, Colorado Ski Trip.
Here in Pittsburgh, there are leaping, climbing and exercising hares aplenty on the bunny hop table. And, a few overly rambunctious rabbits landed cottontail-up in the cupcakes!
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Spring Has Sprung in Garden Linens
For an open, airy feel, I decided not to cover the glass kitchen table with a tablecloth. Instead, I pulled out a casual, garden-theme Pfaltzgraff Naturewood tablerunner. Four new cabbage placemats also decorate the bunny hop table.
On the adjacent kitchen island, are a trio of placemats matching the tablerunner. Two of the placemats depict a birdhouse.
In the middle, is a placemat depicting a beehive or skep. Can you guess which design is my favorite?
If I could add one more casual, everyday dish pattern, it would be Naturewood. All I have are the linens and a leaf dish, which I use as a spoon rest next to the cooktop.
“Like an artist’s sketchbook, Naturewood dinnerware is a study of botanical beauty that is rendered in a soft, natural color palette. A series of framed potted herbs are interspersed with detailed sketches of leaves. Delicate stripes and accents of garden elements decorate the wide selection of accessories.” Pfaltzgraff
One Naturewood dinner plate option has a sage green rim decorated with a skep. Bee still my heart! Naturewood pattern dishes, coffee cups and serving pieces are still available. So tempting!
Leaping Rabbit Centerpiece
Because of the small size of the kitchen table, I kept the centerpiece simple — so not to overly crowd the tabletop.
A pair of moss topiary rabbits are leaping in the garden setting. Normally, they are part of a spring vignette. Take the Easter Home Decor Tour to see my seasonal decorations, and follow links to 30 other stylists.
Each potted rabbit topiary is elevated on top of white bunny cupcake stands.
I bought two packages in two different designs. The stands are useful for not only serving cupcakes, but in creating centerpieces and vignettes. One year, I gave three packages of the cupcake stands as my favorite thing in the gift exchange. See Peacock Party Favors, Gifts and Prizes for more.
A larger cupcake stand has a rabbit doing leg lifts to balance the topiary in place. How cute is that?! A very similar version is available here.
Another bunny showing off his strength sits on the adjacent kitchen island. The large bunny cake plate is waiting to display a tempting quiche for brunch.
Nearby are the Naturewood placements and leaf plate. In the background, you can also see Adorable DIY Moss Bunny Wreath with Basket of Flowers.
To the left is a peek of the more formal Vintage Easter Table with Chocolate Rabbit Centerpiece, set for dinner.
It was shared recently in the Easter Tablescape blog hop — one of over two-dozen to be inspired by.
Bunnies Everywhere!
By my count, there are about 20 rabbits cavorting on the bunny hop table! And, that doesn’t count the hares depicted on the plate rims, egg cups or napkins.
On top of each cabbage leaf placemat is a white, scalloped-edge charger. I love the lacy look of the chargers and the raised, decorative details.
On either side of the plate stack are copper-color twig flatware. Recently, I used the same flatware for both Casual St. Patrick’s Day Table, and A Tweet Tablescape to Welcome Spring.
Each charger is topped with a leaping bunny plate. The luncheon-size plates fit on top of the chargers perfectly; so as not to cover the decorative borders.
I have two sets of the plates with leaping rabbits around the rim. They came in four pastel colors; sage green, butter yellow, slate blue, and rosy pink.
Matching the plates are egg cups and napkin rings in the same shades.
Here is the yellow bunny napkin ring with rabbit embroidered napkin. I like how the green thread goes with the spring garden setting and moss topiaries.
To the back left of the picture above, you can see La Rochere Napoleon bee glassware. It’s the smaller of two glass sizes I use nearly everyday. Last spring, the glasses were included in A HapBEE Birthday Table and Beehive Dessert.
I’ve mixed and matched the four shades of dishes, egg cups and napkin rings across the four place settings on the bunny hop table.
Which is your favorite?
Mixing It Up
Mixing and matching your table linens, chargers, dishes, flatware, glasses, serving pieces, and seasonal decor can result in very different tablescapes — even if they incorporate many of the same elements.
For instance, the napkins, glasses, bunny plates, twig flatware, cake stands, bunny egg cups, and even the topiaries were also included in Beatrix Potter Easter Hunt in Mr. McGregor’s Garden.
But, see how different they look?
You don’t always have to accumulate new tableware and linens to style a unique tablescape. Sometimes it’s just a different napkin fold, crafting a fresh floral centerpiece, adding guest favors, buying or borrowing accent plates, or gathering together a new combination of elements.
Check out Napkin Folds for All Seasons, Holidays & Occasions for an easy way to enhance table settings.
We Have a Winner!
Speaking of the Beatrix Potter tablescape, we have a winner of the Peter Rabbit Easter Egg Kit! Shirley from Kentucky, a follower since last July, left her first ever comment on Debbee’s Buzz that proved to be the lucky number:
“OMG Debbie, I can’t believe this is happening… I love the Peter Rabbit Easter Hunt Kit that I saw on one of your blogs. I am so thrilled with this, you would think it was a million bucks! Whoopee!“
Frolicking Rabbits
You might have noticed a second set of egg cups on the bunny hop table? A white rabbit figure holds a faux pastel egg in the center of the luncheon plate. Later, I’ll replace them with dyed eggs for brunch.
There are two different bunny designs. One sitting hare holds the split egg holder.
I swapped up eight of the adorable rabbit egg holders (Tuesday Morning) the same day as the cupcake holders. But, I had to go to two stores to find enough of each design.
This roly-poly rabbit, lounging on his side with his feet crossed, is my favorite of the two styles. How about you?
Cottontails Jump the Fence
By now, you can’t have possibly missed the tempting desserts at each place setting on the bunny hop table! Each is placed on top of another style cupcake stand, where one rabbit is climbing over another. You can find a larger, cake stand version here.
I’ve placed a bunny butt up cupcake on top of each rabbit stand as treats for Easter brunch.
Half the cupcakes and hares are white vanilla and the others are brown chocolate. Most directions on Pinterest for making the bunny butts use fondant. Mine were created using different icing tips, which I think is far easier.
Each cupcake is in a double sage floral liner, ringed by a paper picket fence. Part of a decorative cupcake kit, the fences and green icing help to set the bunny hop table scene — rambunctious rabbits invading the garden.
Now to keep hubby from invading the garden table and eating the cupcakes lol!
Blossoms Bloom While Bunnies Bounce
I hope you’ve enjoyed the rabbit romp going on in my kitchen. Will you be setting a special table for Easter?
Whether you celebrate Easter or not, I wish you a wonderful weekend surrounded by the people you love, warm sunshine, and beautiful blooms.
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I love those bunny topiaries! They are absolutely adorable. Definitely going to try to recreate those!
Marie, what a great idea to make the bunny topiaries a DIY project! I don’t think it would be hard to do if you could find the right bunny forms.
Very pretty! I especially love the bunny topiaries and the white plates with lace borders. You always put together such beautiful table settings, Debbee. Happy Easter!
Thanks Bobbi! I thought everyone would notice the cupcakes, but the topiaries are stealing the show. What an easy, peasy centerpiece too!
You truly have THE cutest dishes and accessories!!! While we share a few in commons, you just seem to have such a fabulous selection at hand with which you can create really delightful tablescapes! I’m hosting Easter dinner again this year, but I’m going to gave to force myself to set a creative table. I’m just…burned out, I think. You offer a lot of inspiration, though, to find that fire inside. Have a blessed and happy Easter weekend!
Happy Easter to you! It just seems I have a lot of stuff because this is only my second year of blogging and sharing seasonal tables — at some point you’re going to have seen everything I’ve got! After all, there’s only so many possible different combinations of tableware, linens, etc. And, storage is maxed out for adding much new. Believe me, I get it about entertaining burnout — especially when you have a lot of other challenges to juggle and deal with. I sure hope your health is restored or nearly restored Alycia. And, that you get a chance to share about your mom’s birthday party and the theme you went with.
Beautiful bunnies multiplying all over your table, Debbee!
Yes, we’ve been to DC during cherry blossom peak and it’s breathtaking around the basin! Right now I am up to my eyeballs in packing and sick to death of every bit of it. Even after the major move scheduled for early next week, I’ll STILL have too much stuff in this house that must be dealt with, not going to the new abode. Quite a lesson learned insofar as future ‘gathering’ sprees are concerned.
Happy Easter.
Hi Rita, don’t know where you found the time to stop by, but sure is nice to hear from you! Good luck with the move next week; I’ll be thinking of you. Hope you can enjoy Easter weekend.
Delightfully cheerful Deb. And a good reminder to me to find my moss bunny-on-a-stick! Perfect to bring down to Rick’s for our Easter (small and portable!) Love all the dishes and you can never go wrong with bunnies!
“Bunny on a stick” — love that description! Hope you have a great holiday. Like you, I sometimes travel with seasonal tableware, linens etc. Usually when spending Thanksgiving at one of my adult, single sons’ places in NYC and Philly.
Debbee:
Thank you so much for the wonderful Beatrix Potter hunt kit in Mr. McGregor’s garden. I received it today and hope to include it in my Easter table setup. I have bunnies hopping all over the house now and most of them are headed for Mr. McGregor’s garden.
Thanks again Debbee:
Shirley
You are most welcome Shirley! So happy the kit arrived in time for you to use for Easter. Would love to see pix of your setup. You can attach to an email to me at buzz@debbeesbuzz.com Have a wonderful Easter!
Where did you buy the leaping bunny plates. I love them!
Hi Brenda, thanks for stopping by! The bunny plates (and matching napkin rings and egg cups) came from a Hallmark store. Unfortunately it was quite a long time ago. I did a quick search online and found someone on Etsy listing a set of four if you are interested — https://www.ebay.com/i/352179270911?chn=ps You might also check with Replacements, Inc. The plates say Hallmark on the back.
So many cute things on your table, and I do like your layers. Easter is such a fun time to be creative.
Thanks so much Linda — happy Easter to you!
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.
You know, I see that Naturewood pattern now and again at yard sales and thrift stores in my area…..
Hi Liberty, sorry for the delay in responding — I’ve been on a break taking care of my parents. Boy, if I spotted any Naturewood I’d have to purchase it!
That’s okay, Debbee. You could do a search of “naturewood dishes” on Facebook marketplace. There are a lot there. You may find some near you. My favorite pattern is Heirloom. There are a lot of those too– but imagine shipping those heavy pieces!
Good afternoon, where did you find the moss hopping bunny topiaries?
Hi Dee! Unfortunately, the most topiaries came from a local gift and home decor store, many years ago. Just did a quick search on Amazon, but they don’t seem to having anything similar right now.
Debbee, I love seeing all your bunnies and table details. I’m just beginning to bring out the bunnies and Easter things. Wish Easter were later in April this year! Happy Spring, sweet friend!
Happy spring to you too Sarah! I wish Easter was always in mid April. When it’s in March, it can still be winter here in Pittsburgh. And since I always decorate and set a table for St. Patrick’s Day, it’s nice to have more breathing room between the two holidays.
Adorable! Thanks for sharing on Happiness is Homemade!
Glad you enjoyed it Niki, thanks so much for stopping by and hosting the party!