What are you doing for Mother’s Day this year? Both of my children live within 10 miles so I get to see them often. In hopes I can round everyone up during this busy month of May, I got a head start on my dining room table where we can all gather for a Mother’s Day meal.
The best way not to be disappointed on Mother’s Day is to plan it yourself!
This year it’s all about celebrating CC, our new granddaughter, isn’t she a little cupcake! We have 2 little grandsons too, Super Boy, 5, and his sidekick, Big E, 1, but after being surrounded by Batman and baseball bats, this year it’s all things girl!
I have had this white metal tricycle sitting lonely in the garage, patiently waiting for me to get an inspiration…
Finally it came to me, a centerpiece for our Mother’s Day table!
Some streamers on the handlebars and a pot of tulips and baby’s breath in the little rear basket, this tricycle is ready for a celebration! A “baby” coconut cake fits just perfectly in the basket on the handle bars.
The sweet little bike is perched on a moss mat with some ribbon streamers on the back basket too. White paper roses are glued to the ribbon ends.
A little moss and twig basket holds more rose-studded ribbon streamers at the opposite end of the table
I only have 4 of these ruffled salmon pink place mats, but I really wanted to use them for this little girl theme so I placed them on the table sides.
Green mats are at the table ends. Each green napkin was wrapped with a matching rose ribbon. The end places have a square green charger, a square white dinner plate, a pewter salad plate and a pink or white blossom bowl. A Waterford water glass sits on a silver rimmed bread & butter plate borrowed from my fine china. The pink blossom bowl is at my place and HH gets the white one. I often make the table heads different and a little extra special for the hosts. {In this case moi!}
The side places have a pink rimmed dinner plate, a pewter salad plate and a frosted pink compote and goblet. If you stay within your color palette, it is possible to set an elegant table even if you don’t have complete sets of things. I kept things harmonious by unifying the place settings with the same napkins, ribbon ties, silverware, and mixing the soft pinks and greens with white.
Try not to cock your head when you look at this picture, everything is straight except my camera when I took it!
I kept things harmonious over on the side table too, you don’t want to ruin the whole mood of your room by having something on display that fights with your tablescape! Even if you have to stash stuff in a box under your bed, de-clutter for your occasion! Even if it’s just family, when you go that extra step it will elevate your meal from the everyday to special. Your children might not tell you, but they will notice! Even when mine were little, they appreciated dining room dinners and their manners automatically improved as well as their social skills.
Can’t you just picture a child peddling a tricycle like crazy, bobbing along furiously with the streamers blowing in the wind?
These parrot tulips and calla lilies are arranged in a glass measuring cup that is set down into the painted terra cotta pot
and then baby’s breath is tucked into the gap to make the arrangement look like it is planted
Can you see the ruffled edges of the parrot tulips? They are so adorable and sweet
This is a few days later when they are fully open. Look for them when you buy flowers, they are show stoppers.
The “baby” coconut cake is from Whole Foods bakery and I topped it with a tulip leaf and a spring of baby’s breath.
and we are ready for a party!
I wish you a wonderful Mother’s Day!
I know I will be busy counting my blessings! Thank you so much for stopping by~
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I’m joining Between Naps on the Porch for TABLESCAPE THURSDAY