Bird Cage & Transferware Tablescape

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 This table and tablescape was so fun to create!  I'll post about this unique table in a few days but am sharing my tablescape tonight.  Some of my favorite decorative things are birds, some of my favorite things, as you all know, is transferware and my favorite flowering bush is the hydrangea.   It was so fun creating a table with all three motif's.

The bird cage top is removable to I laid a sheer window curtain across the table...it's a pretty teal green with olive leaves and pink and periwinkle hydrangeas.  I used to have this in my bathroom about 10 years ago.  I have a serious issue with getting rid of things.  I do try...but it doesn't always work out that way, for me.  I did give away some of the matching panels but I held on to this for some reason...and now I'm wishing I had them all! ;-)   

Anyway, the window sheer was the perfect thing to bring these pieces together for a pretty Spring table with a real splash of whimsy!  After I put down the sheer, I added a birds nest and some ivy and then placed the bird cage topper over it.   Around the cage I wrapped this ready made lavender and cream budding garland from Decorator's Friend around the base of the cage.  It's made of little paper type buds on wire ends so it's very easy to work with.  I love the airy look of this!  

 The bird cage topper has four corners so I placed one of each of this set of Garden Warblers around the corners and into the airy garland.  I loosely wove in some gold stamped, olive satin and sheer ribbon for a little extra softness, texture and shimmer.

This set of warblers looks so cute on this Olive green, ironstone transferware platter by J & G Meakin.   What a fun way to display a platter and some sweet birds.  I just added some gold pip berries
to the platter and set the little birdies atop.  Both these came from Decorator's Friend.  They have a large assortment of inexpensive, pretty bird figurines and the berries come in a tube for under $5 with lots of color options!

I found the perfect, hand painted wine glasses by Jeanne at...get this name... A Stroke of Jeanne-ius.  I love that shop name!  Jeanne owns an Etsy shop and has a wonderful assortment of hand painted stemware, cheese domes and more in lots of motif's from fruit and flowers, to elegant damasks.  Everyone that's seen the hydrangea glasses has commented on them!  They're so pretty and unique!  These have a pretty variegated pink hydrangea bloom with gold accents.   She has a great set right now with cherries and it's so cute for summer!

These wine glasses are perfect tealight holders too...I just filled them with some of the Gold Pip Berries and placed my tealight (in a closed container) on top.  I also put this in one of Decorator's Friend lavender and cream budding wreath's...isn't this pretty?  I love candlelight...any time, any place!  It's so romantic and adds that perfectly soft touch...and mood!

I put one of the lavender wreaths on the back of a chair and wove in some opalescent organza garland from Always Elegant.  The vintage tablecloth draped over the chair came from Creative Juices Studios.

I set the table with some J & G Meakin olive transferware bread/dessert plates that have a scrolled leaf and vine pattern. 

These also make cute pillar or votive candle holders.  Here I placed some of the pip berries and a bird on the plate, added a recycled candle holder filled with more pip berries and placed a small votive inside.

These vintage pink damask napkins were a garage sale find...a set of 8 for $5.  They are pristine!  Instead of napkin rings I opted to tuck them into these vintage inspire tin hanging cones.  I found these at Decorator's Friend as well.  They are the perfect shade of green with little golden highlights and a nice, aged looking patina.  I love using things in unexpected ways!

 The antique transferware periwinkle plates are in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern...one which was produced by a large number of potters.  These are a little unique in that the color is not blue, nor purple and these are Swedish by Gustafsberg.    The color reminds me of the blue form of hydrangeas...my all time favorite!  I used to have my bedroom painted this color.

I can't wait to tell you all more about this table on another post!  It was so much fun!

Linking up with these sweet bloggers and the weekly memes they host.  Please join them for lots of fun, great ideas, tablescapes and more, more, more!

Suzanne at Colordolady for Vintage Thingie Thursday

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