Getting Ready for Easter
I cannot believe Easter is this weekend.
Though I haven’t thought at all about Easter dinner, I did spend some time playing around with the centerpiece and decorating Easter eggs.
The plastic tub in the garage entitled EASTER, produced a few themed items to add to the dinner table.
Trader Joe’s has a good selection of spring-like plants in Easter-colored containers.
When something is tried and true, why not do it again? The successful look of the Valentine centerpiece (see it here) encouraged me to again use various smaller containers for fresh-cut flowers.
In the center of the table will be the slightly raised plank my husband made for our Valentine party (click HERE for the DIY). With the weather being so glorious, eating outside is a must!
Mixing and matching is half the fun.
Adding candlesticks (from West Elm) gives the centerpiece some height and dimension. The bunnies, birds and eggs are scattered among the plants and containers.
Now I just have to figure out the place setting. These dishes were given to me a very long time ago by a friend. I have been searching for this pattern for decades as I only have 6 dinner plates. It’s Fondeville Ambassador Ware 6762 from England. I don’t know the name of the pattern but it’s one of my favorites for Spring. Though I have a search for this china on Replacements and eBay, I’ve never been able to find more.
Every year, we have been coloring eggs with hot water, vinegar and food coloring. This year I thought I’d try to paint them with my acrylic paints. After boiling a dozen white eggs, I experimented with some spring colors.
It’s a bit challenging to hold the egg while painting and not smear the paint!
I still have a few to go, but I like the results.
Wishing you and yours a blessed Easter. If you don’t celebrate this holiday, then my wishes extend to you to have a glorious spring weekend!
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If only I had known – I saw some of your china at a car boot sale at Taunton in Somerset UK last Summer. I remember the pattern because I bought a serving plate from the same seller. It is also from Soho Pottery but different pattern. I guess Fondeville distributed Ambassador Ware in the US in the 30’s. Small world. I’m a Scot living in Canada and go back to the UK frequently. I will keep my eye out.
Happy Easter to you and yours.
OMG! Please contact me asap if you EVER see it again! I don’t know why it is so hard to find.
Will let you know if I ever spot it again.
FYI, there is a fair bit of Ambassador Ware floating around up here in a variety of patterns but so far as I have seen it is the direct from England variety with the Soho Mark from the 30’s+
( just like the Taunton pieces) and I do not recall ever seeing your pattern previously. I suspect much of it came over as settler’s effects during the post-war immigration boom. I had a couple of just such family pieces of Spode authenticated date wise to 1795, can you believe? So far they have lived on six continents and even survived the Blitz. So seemingly fragile and oh, so pretty. Now, if only they could talk….