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Pink and Gray Easter Tablescape

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Sharing how to put together a Beautiful Easter Tablescape with neutral pinks and grays for the table settings. Learn more here.

This Pink and Gray beautiful Easter Tablescape was so much fun!  Believe it or not, the inspiration behind this adorable table came from the bunny ear napkin rings and the gray easter bunnies.

Are these not the cutest napkin rings??!

The Place-Setting

For the place-setting I started with a gray and white round placemat. Next, I used off-white chargers, pink dinner plate, a white salad plate, and a smaller pink dessert plate.

For the napkin, I used a darker pink napkin with the bunny ear napkin ring and laid it sideways to showcase the napkin ring.

I chose gold rimmed glasses and gold flatware because the charger has some gold accents and tied all

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Shamrock Sugar Cookie Recipe

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This Sugar Cookie recipe is one of my favorites. It makes a large batch and both the cookie and the frosting are both so good! I got this recipe from my darling friend Rachel Parcell. She made these for Valentine’s Day, and so I thought it would be fun to make shamrocks for Saint Patrick’s Day after seeing her post and recipe. It’s a simple recipe to make and is fun for every season. I wanted to try different sizes of shamrock cookie cutters and different shades of green for the frosting.

I discovered that frosting shamrock shapes are much harder than hearts!  I tried frosting them the traditional way with a knife, but the frosting covered up the shape and I couldn’t tell what it was. There was a lot of experimenting to find a way to frost them and still be able to tell what shape they were.

After some trial and error, I tried piping the frosting using different-sized piping tips and that method worked the best. I experimented with the four different shades of green

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Saint Patricks Day Spring Decor

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I really enjoyed adding a few touches of green to my kitchen and dining room this year to celebrate Saint Patricks Day. I don’t usually go all out for the smaller holidays but I like adding a few decorations to brighten things up and St. Patricks Day is such a fun and colorful holiday to decorate for.

When I’m decorating my home for the different seasons, I try to create decor that can be used for that season and whatever holidays fall within that season. I start out by choosing a base color that mixes well with the colors in my home. I have a lot of blue decor so I try to mix in the seasonal colors with what I already have.
The Hot Cocoa Bar

I had this hot cocoa bar set up for my Galentines Day Brunch and I decided to keep it out for St. Patricks Day when I realized I had some mugs with shamrocks them. How could I not use these in the hot cocoa bar! I also had some gold chocolate coins that looked so cute in one of my milk glass compotes. I switched out the pink milk glass

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Saint Patricks Day Chocolate Cupcakes

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Saint Patrick’s Day Chocolate Cupcakes
Making cupcakes is so much fun and something you can include your children in that’s a fun family activity. One of the most fun holidays to make cupcakes for is Saint Patrick’s! When my kids were little, they loved helping me bake and decorate cupcakes and sugar cookies. This year I thought it would be fun to make chocolate cupcakes with Aunt Jeanies Chocolate Cake recipe and decorate them for Saint Patrick’s Day. Instead of using the ganache frosting that goes with this recipe, I used my friend Ashley’s (www.livingbeautafully.com) go-to chocolate buttercream frosting recipe. I needed a stiffer frosting that could be piped so I could top the cupcakes with the gold chocolate coins and green sprinkles.
The Decorations
I found these cute green and gold cupcake liners, green sprinkles, and gold chocolate coins at one of my favorite baking supply stores and couldn’t wait to make these cute cupcakes.

 

I’ve listed the cake recipe

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Tablescape for St. Patricks Day, Spring, and Easter

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Tablescape for St. Patricks Day, Spring, and Easter

 
One Tablescape, Three Occasion’s

I created this tablescape for St. Patricks Day but it also works well for Spring and Easter and I had these beautiful dishes with the prettiest colors of green and blue that I’d been saving for something special. I decided they would be perfect for this versatile tablescape.  Creating beautiful tablescapes is something I’ve always loved to do and when I can create one that works for an entire season, I love it even more! It’s almost a challenge to create something that I can use for multiple occasions.

The Centerpiece

When creating a tablescape, I like to create a garland centerpiece. Spring flowers are still a ways off so I used faux flowers. If you use quality faux flowers, they can be used again which I’m always a fan of.  I’ll link all my favorite sources at the bottom of the

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