Welcome to the 856th Tablescape Thursday! I love this time of year when all the spring dinnerware starts appearing in the shoppes. Suffering from a touch of cabin fever, I headed out yesterday for a visit to one of my favorite places, Williams-Sonoma. They were well stocked with so many spring and Easter goodies! I have always loved this cabbage dinnerware! I have a few dinner plates but would love to collect more.
It sets the most beautiful table!
You’ll find this entire collection, including the adorable ladybug appetizer plates, here: Cabbage Plate Dinnerware, Individual Pieces, and Sets.
Ever since I visited Italy several years ago, I have been drawn to any dinnerware featuring lemons, especially lemon topiary trees. I just watched a home tour of designer Cathy Kincaid’s beautiful Dallas home and she had lemon trees growing in pots in her garden. She brings them into her conservatory/sunroom when it’s cold out. They were so beautiful covered with sunny, yellow lemons. She needs this dinnerware if she doesn’t already have it!
These are the salad plates for this pattern…LOVE! I am thinking about buying some of the salad plates to pair with my white dinner plates, although I really love the dinner plates, too. (Salad plates are available here: Lemon Salad Plates.)
You’ll find a set that includes 4-place settings available here: Lemon Dinnerware Collection for Summer.
Remember the adorable bunny vase I bought a few years back?
I use this vase so much during the spring and summer, last year I purchased a second one so I could use two in a table setting. I also wanted a backup just in case something ever happened to the first one. It’s so cute, I would be broken-hearted if were broken and I couldn’t replace it.
Well, I saw the neatest thing while shopping yesterday! They were using it as a wine holder. What?! I have never thought of doing that before! I do love this idea though! So if you have this bunny vase, here’s another way to use it this spring. Just be careful that you don’t bump the wine bottle into the rim of the vase when you place it back. That is something I’m sure I would do. Arggh!
I’m surprised and glad they brought this vase back again this year. I think this is either the 3rd or 4th year that it has been available again. If you love it, get it while it’s available because eventually, they will discontinue it as they always do. You’ll find it available here: Bunny Vase.
Another beautiful spring table setting…
What an adorable way to “fold” the napkins! I love the bunny ears! I think I will try this fold this year, it doesn’t look too complicated, does it. (Famous last words.) Ha!
These are the napkin rings they’ve paired with the bunny ears napkin fold. Love these! You’ll find them available here: Bunny Napkin Rings.
Such cute plates, too! You’ll find this spring bunny dinnerware available here: Spring Dinnerware.
You may remember this table setting I create a while back.
The salad plates are available again this year. I love how they pair with the green cabbage plates! (View this table setting in detail here: Dining in Mr. McGregor’s Garden.)
You’ll find a set of the Peter Rabbit in the Garden salad plates available here: Peter Rabbit Salad Plates. (See the whole collection here: Peter Rabbit Dinnerware.)
During my visit, I saw these beautiful champagne coupes. They looked so elegant, I couldn’t quit staring at them! If you’re in need of Champagne Coupes, you’ll find these here: Champagne Stemware.
I’ve always been intrigued by these countertop icemakers. This one makes nugget ice—love that! It’s currently on sale here: Countertop Ice Maker.
Did you see anything tempting on this trip out? I have my eye on several things! Looking forward to all the beautiful table settings linked for this week’s Tablescape Thursday!
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I love the table setting you did a few years ago with the Peter Rabbit salad plates! That centerpiece is adorable.
Thanks so much, Catherine! That was a fun centerpiece to create. 🙂
Love the topiary dinner plate! I seriously will think about purchasing. I don’t have a William Sonoma store by me to see it in person. Thanks for sharing all the WS goodies!
I’m lucky to have one near me here. It’s fun to visit and see the new spring goodies. I often end up ordering online though since they don’t always have what I want in stock.
Being “stuck” in a cabin (Roads icy)…your Post a ray of sunshine (sun seems to be stuck in another state!) franki
I’m so glad, Franki! I hope the sun comes out and melts that ice/snow soon! My daffodils are already up and starting to bloom, but I noticed it was 27 when I awoke this morning. I hope they don’t freeze.
Susan, wonderful post full of spring inspiration. I’ve already started pulling out touches of spring. One has to make their own sunshine in our cold, gray days. That said, it is super cold here, but today we have blue skies and sunshine. I’m a cabbage ware collector from long ago. It’s perfect for spring, but I also use it year round. It mixes with so many things. I live coventiently, or possibly dangerously, close to a Williams Sonoma. Easy to pop in when I go grocery shopping. Cheers to spring! Pop over and have tea with Peter Rabbit. We are waiting for you!
Yes! I love that…we can make our own sunshine whenever we wish! Glad you’re seeing blue skies and sunshine, Sarah! I can take the cold a lot easier when it’s sunny out. Oh, I wish I had collected more back in the day. I really love it for spring and summer.
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Lovely spring table scapes! I’m longing for spring, completely over this wretched weather!!! I love my GE ice nugget maker, purchased mine from Target for the magnetic scoop & holder which was included!
Oh, I didn’t realize Target carried. I have a Target near me. Cheryl, does the ice stay cold inside for a while or does it tend to melt pretty quickly?
It was around Thanksgiving when I purchased mine, it was not available in store (OH). The ice seems to stays cold for a while considering it is not a freezer. It gets used up pretty quick though. When I’m use it for entertaining I put it in an ice bucket.
I always love shopping with you, and WS is one of my very favorite places! I’ve been debating about those little blue bunny salad plates for weeks! Love the bunny ears napkin fold – I thought they looked a bit like butterflies too. Thanks for taking us along, and also thanks for hosting. Hope you have a great day down there!
Thanks, Barbara! It does look a bit like butterflies. I bet it could be pulled out to really look like a butterfly. Hope you are staying warm!
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We have that very same nugget ice maker. They make great ice but have lots of problems.
Uh-ho. They just don’t make things to last anymore, it seems. Thanks for that info, Elizabeth.
Susan, thanks for taking us along on your shopping trip – such wonderful spring inspiration! I have that bunny vase which I bought in spring 2020 – it must be very popular that they keep bringing it back. I loved your idea about having a spare or backup one – so much so that I just ordered another. I, too, would be devastated if something happened to it. Happy spring tabletop dreaming!
I know, I felt the same way…would be so upset if was broken at some point. Glad you have a backup, Kim!
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Susan,
I think the reason the cabbage pieces are so appealing is because you really don’t need a garnish when using them. The cabbage leaves serve that purpose.
Home Goods used to carry this line, and I collected quite a bit, but I haven’t seen it there in many years. When we moved a few years back, I had to scale down and donated most of it. I did keep all of my serving pieces and one or two salad plates for serving, but I got rid of 12 dinner plates and most of the salad plates. I just had too many sets of dishes!
I have the single bunny with the basket on his back vase and like it, but I really NEED the bunny vase you highlighted today. It is SO pretty.
Target has a lovely cabbage line this year.
Wow, what a wonderful virtual shopping trip you took all of us on! I love the tablecloth in your second photo and I’m probably going to buy it! Also the green tray next to the bunny vase holding the wine is lovely and I love everything lemon! I purchased some beautiful green cabbageware online from Dillard’s Southern Living collection a couple years ago, and it was very affordable. I was delighted to see that the bottom of the plates were stamped with Bordallo Pinhiero on the bottom, so it appears they are made in the same place in Portugal as the expensive ones!