More Easter Table Inspiration

Easter is coming up soon... with only ten days until Easter Sunday, I started thinking about my Easter table setting. Every year I try to decorate the table in a (slightly) different way.
Sometimes all you need is a different type of flowers. In fact, Easter flowers don't necessarily have to be yellow. I like to experiment with unusual colors, like pink or lilac.

The same goes for my tableware. Although I love the colorful ceramics from Vietri by Solimene Art, I also use white plates with a bamboo trim, square turquoise plates and "green cabbage" plates by Bordallo Pinheiro.

Other small details that can give your Easter tablescape a new look are (cloth) napkins, vintage glassware, bamboo cutlery, embroidered tablecloths and more. A must-have for any Easter table if you ask me is an Italian colomba cake by Loison! 

For more Easter table setting ideas, please continue here:

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Chinese New Year Table Setting Ideas

Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is coming up soon. On January 29th, 2025 the beginning of the Year of the Snake will be celebrated. Although I am not of Asian descent, I do like to celebrate the Chinese or Lunar New Year.

Here in The Netherlands there is a big Asian population; in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague there are so-called Chinatowns. In The Hague the Chinese New Year will be celebrated with a festival on February 1st (including fireworks and the traditional Lion and Dragon dance). For more information please visit: 
https://denhaag.com/en/calendar/chinese-new-year-festival

I love setting the table for special occasions, whether it is for Easter or Christmas, Valentine's Day or a birthday party. For Chinese New Year I go all out. It's the perfect occasion to choose colors and flowers that I would usually not use. (Oh and it's a great excuse to order a cake at the Chinese bakery!) 

For the perfect Chinese New Year table setting the color red should be used! Red symbolizes good luck, happiness, as well as fertility and vitality. Gold is another popular color. If you don't have red tableware, you can simply add red touches, by using red flowers, candles, menu cards or napkins. I also like to add animal figurines that stand for that particular lunar zodiac sign, such as a tiger or rabbit.

Want to see more Chinese New Year table settings? Check out one of my previous articles about Lunar New Year:
https://tarasdolcevita.blogspot.com/2024/02/happy-year-of-dragon.html

Happy Easter!

Wishing you a very Happy Easter together with family and friends, lots of good food, including many chocolate Easter eggs! 

I always love decorating the table for Easter. You can go overboard with spring flowers, cute bunnies, Easter eggs and colorful tableware! How do you like the result?

Traditional Easter cake by Wiener Kondirei

Italian colomba by Loison

White truffle chips by Sal de Ibiza

Want to see more Easter inspiration? Please continue here: https://tarasdolcevita.blogspot.com/2023/04/happy-easter.html?m=0

Happy Year of the Dragon!

Happy Year of the Dragon! January 10th marked the start of the Lunar or Chinese New Year. We celebrated with an Asian inspired evening, including Indonesian food and a delicious cake by a Chinese bakery.

I researched how Chinese floral arrangements look like for Lunar New Year. Then I went to my local florist and picked out pink and red flowers. (Of course you have to work with what's available.) I am pretty happy with the final result. What do you think?

To everyone celebrating: Happy Lunar New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Cake by Bakery Li&U: 
Bakery Li&U

Chinese Christmas cards used as menus by Wah Nam Hong (A special thank you to Arjan):
Wah Nam Hong