A Spring Birdcage Tablescape — Whispers of the Heart

I have been thinking about a birdcage tablescape for a few years since I found the birdcage place card holders but I couldn’t find a salad plate that worked until I found these. This tablecloth is an April Cornell tablecloth. I like her tablescloths but I don’t like paying that much for one tablecloth. I think I found this one at HomeGoods several years ago. I like the paisley style design and the combination of blue, yellow, green and white. It’s perfect for Spring.

I kept looking for salad plates shaped like a birdcage and I finally found six of these on Ebay and Poshmark with blue and yellow birds. They were made by Grasslands Road, an unusual plate for sure! You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying salad plates here.

Fiesta Shamrock Dinner Plate

I am using my Fiesta dinner plate in the color Shamrock. I have said it before, if you are looking for a basic dinner plate in a basic color, Fiesta dinner plates are a good choice. I have this plate in several different colors. I usually buy them online at Everything Kitchens, they seem to have one of the best prices. Macy’s carries Fiesta as well but they often have to order the color you are looking for. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

Sur La Table Fresh Sqeezed Lemon Dinner Plate

I added an extra plate to the plate stack because I wanted a yellow plate included. This yellow dinner plate came from Sur La Table several years ago and it was part of their Fresh Squeezed Lemon Collection.

Villeroy and Boch Verona Blue Charger

This is one of my favorite glass chargers. I bought them when I first started tablescaping. They are a heavy blue glass and I love the color and the tweed like design in the glass. They are made by Villeroy and Boch and the pattern is Verona. Not sure where I found them online. I have this charger in a few other colors as well.

I found these white metal birdcage napkin rings on Ebay a couple of months ago. They were a distressed white and Hubby spray-painted them white for me. I am not a fan of distressed colors. I have had the napkins for several years, not sure where I bought them. They were made by Pfaltzgraf and the pattern was called Summer Breeze. This is a great example of how you can take the small pattern on a tablecloth and find the same colors on a napkin with a larger pattern and the contrast often works well together. It works vice versa too. I was going to use yellow napkins but these napkins add so much more interest to this table setting. You can read my blog post for ideas about how to store napkin rings and place card holders here.

Madeline Green Flatware

This photo nicely shows the tablecloth colors up close. This flatware is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market many years ago. If you google frosted flatware and add the color you are looking for you will find similar sets. I use this flatware often in the Spring and Fall on my tablescapes. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

I have had these metal white place card holder and tea light candle holder for several years. I can’t remember where they came from but it might have been one of the wedding decoration sites online. I have found inexpensvie napkin rings and place card holders on those sites before. A Google search turns up a few birdcage napkin rings on those sites right now. I added a small green tea light candle and a place card with a bird on it. Not sure where they came from.

Anchor Hocking Circle Depression Glass

The blue goblet on the left came from HomeGoods a few months ago. It seems like no matter how many different colors of blue goblets I have, I always can find a shade I don’t have. I really like the bright blue color on this one. The green goblet on the right is my Depression Glass pattern and the pattern is called Circle. This pattern was made by Anchor Hocking between 1930 and 1935. I don’t use them very often because they are so short. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets (including the colors I use the most) for your tablescaping collection here.

I have had this large metal green lantern with birds on it for many years. It usually sits on the top of a shelf in my study. I bought it when I first started tablescaping and it probably came from HomeGoods or Pier 1. I put a white candle in it (and should have turned it on for the photo!). When I started tablescaping I bought lanterns and candles in several different colors because they were an easy centerpiece.

I added a few small white birds to this tablescape to break up the busy tablecloth design. They probably came from HomeGoods several years ago.

A perfect tablescape for a beautiful Spring day!

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