Debutante Camellias in a Springtime Tablescape: Welcome to the 135th TablescapeThursday!

It was such a gorgeous day here...70's and breezy.




I decided to set this week's tablescape in the breakfast room.




My camellia bush has almost finished blooming. Amazingly the blooms are much deeper and richer in color now than they were a couple of weeks ago. Maybe it's the warm weather we've been having for the past two weeks. I couldn't resist putting together one more table setting with these Debutante camellias before they are all gone for another year.




So come right over here and have a seat. We're celebrating this gorgeous spring day with a springtime table setting.







This started out in my head as a breakfast table...hence, the cereal bowl. But some how I think it kind of morphed into a brunch/lunch when I brought out these vintage ruby flash glasses. We'll just call the cereal bowl a fruit bowl, instead.




I came across these cute dragonfly napkin rings last summer and was disappointed to discover Pier 1 only had two. They even checked their other stores for me and there were none to be found. I bought the two they had thinking at least I could use them for "dinner for two."




I was so surprised when I stopped by Pier 1 this past winter and they had gotten bunches more in.




When I was there a few weeks ago buying the chair you can see HERE for my Pottery Barn office transformation, they still had some left. Just sayin' in case they steal your heart like they did mine. :) I know, I'm a terrible enabler...I admit it. ;)




Cereal/fruit bowl is "Melina" by Villeroy and Boch and it's one of the china patterns I use as my everyday china.




Cabbage salad plates (or they could be our dinner plate) are Bordallo Pinheiro. Found these at HomeGoods and Ross.




The dinner plate (or we could use it as a charger for this place setting) is "Butler's Pantry Gourmet" by Lenox.




Flatware is from HomeGoods.




To create my centerpiece, I used two pedestals, one flat and one bowl shaped.




Camellias are "Debutante" and are from my garden.




I couldn't resist sharing lots of pics of these pretties...they were just so beautiful today.







They are a much deeper pink today than they were in THIS post. It has to be the warmer weather we've been having.



A birds-eye view...




Thanks for stopping by for our brunch.




Looking forward to viewing your beautiful tablescapes!



Resources:
Dinner Plate: Lenox, Butler's Pantry, Gourmet, 2-3 years ago
Salad Plate: Bordallo Pinheiro, two years ago
Bowl: Villeroy and Boch, Melina, 20+ years ago
Stemware: Vintage, found antiquing
Flatware: HomeGoods
Beaded Dragonfly Napkin Rings: Pier 1, a few months ago
Flowers: From the garden



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