Happy Easter

I love spring! How did Easter come around so quickly? It feels like St. Patrick's Day was just yesterday! In Northern California, spring is in full swing. The almond, plum, and cherry blossoms have already finished blooming. Just a few weeks ago, I cycled past our local cherry orchards, and they were in full bloom. The lilacs down the street have wonderfully fragrant flowers, and locally grown strawberries are appearing at our farmers market!

We've been traveling a lot on weekends, so I was a bit behind in decorating for Easter and only had the decorations up for a week. I didn't set up many Easter tables, but fortunately, spring is a whole season, and I have plenty of ideas for more spring tables!

For Easter breakfast, I set the table with pastel Fiesta. The new color for 2026 is Lavender, and I ordered some as soon as it was available, hoping to use it for my Easter table. Unfortunately, it hasn't arrived yet, but the pastels combined with Lilac still looked beautiful!

To highlight the pastels, I chose to use darks and lights of different shades with a sprinkling of decals mixed in. Lilac and Mulberry, Sunflower with a Tamarack Daisy decal and Butterscotch, Turquoise polka dots with Sky, Chartreuse with Shamrock added multiple colors (that's why we love Fiesta, right?) with a bit of whimsy in decals.

Peace roses from my garden in a Sunflower bud vase were ideal for the table! I included a few bunnies, and it was perfect!

My dear hubby prepared a delicious breakfast casserole, accompanied by strawberries from the Farmer's Market, for our Easter breakfast. Here are the breakfast table details: a polka dot tablecloth in spring pastels from Martha Stewart, complemented by a floral table runner. The napkins, also from Martha Stewart, feature a charming bunny pattern made of flowers. The napkin rings, which are among my favorites, are painted metal poppies and daisies. The placemats are woven and sourced from various stores; since there were no purple ones, I used my favorite coral. The silverware is my everyday Mikasa Harmony, paired with Noritake Breeze glasses.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I switch out my daily dish colors to match the seasons, this my spring color stack. In order, turquoise, sunflower, lilac, seamist, rose, sky, linen and chartreuse.

Easter dinner was just the four of us, so we cooked what we liked.

My mother-in-law collected Franciscan Desert Rose, and they are incredibly beautiful and springy. My sister-in-law gifted them to me, and we use them nearly every year for Easter. I appreciate how you can create either a formal or casual table setting with Franciscan. Desert Rose can be combined with depression glass, Fiesta, or used on its own. For this table, I opted for a more casual look with woven placemats and striped and plaid linens.

Placed on the woven placemat and Desert Rose plate are mixed green depression glass salad plates. The glassware includes Estelle wine glasses in assorted pastels and Waterford Mourne iced tea glasses. The silverware is the Danish Princess "Holmes & Edwards Inlaid" by International Silver.

The focal point was a bouquet featuring vibrant pink ranunculus, tea tree flowers, and irises in a daisy vase from Anthropology. I included adorable vintage chicks and pink depression glass candle holders, which were my paternal grandmother's and recently passed down to me by my Aunt. On the buffet sits the coordinating depression glass console bowl.

Franciscan offers a variety of matching pieces, such as bowls and compotes, to complement the table. Some of these were produced by Franciscan, while others were created by companies that made coordinating items.

The dinner featured a traditional Easter ham, au gratin potatoes, steamed asparagus, and a tomato, avocado, and cucumber salad. My husband prepared a delicious key lime pie for dessert. Regardless of how you celebrated Easter or Spring, I hope it was enjoyable!