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Monday, March 4, 2024

A-Tisket, A-Tasket, My Flower Filled Basket ~Monday Morning Blooms

Welcome to Monday Morning Blooms!

When my friends invited me to join the March edition of Monday Morning Blooms with an Easter theme, I immediately responded, "Yes, absolutely!"Easter arrives early this year, just weeks away, so their thoughtful invite prompted me to quickly "spring" into action.

I'm always thrilled and honored to

join my talented, flower loving friends,

Mary, Pam, and Lidy.

Thank you, friends, for inviting me to be a guest

this month as we "march" toward Easter.

If you caught my recent Tales of the Traveling Tote edition,you might have noticed that spring in Austin is bursting forth with a symphony of color.You can read the post here.

After a drab winter it makes my heart sing to see all the trees with delicate blooms budding out on the bare branches. I often snip a few branches and bring them inside.

Easter falls on March 31st this year, a short 27 days away.

This post is all about inspiring you to use fresh spring flowers and perhaps a few bunnies and eggs to celebrate the upcoming holiday.

I filled a favorite vase with flowering branches for the buffet.

Needlepoint stitched over the years also settled in on the buffet as a nod to Easter.

This little guy is one of my favorites.

Flip him around and you get the backside with his cottontail.

Peter Rabbit is an impressive 15" tall.

A trip to Austin Flower Co. yielded several bouquets of exquisite ranunculus sourced from Winkelmann Flowers, a small flower farm outside of Austin. A-Tisket, A-Tasket, I filled my basket!
Ranunculus are also known as Buttercups, and they certainly look like soft, silky butter.These spring bulbs bloom for four to six weeks,and as cut flowers will often stay fresh for two weeks.

I was taken with the soft pastel colors, the bright fuchsia, and the curly edged pink and green blooms.

I never did discover the actual name of this variety, but this bi-color stunner immediately caught my attention. Notice the way the pink mingles with the pale green that radiates out from the center.

I added in a few simple stems of both white and pink Wax Flowers for added texture with a touch of faux Lilly of the Valley to hide the vase within, but basically this basket is chockfull of the exquisite, Ranunculus blooms.

I recently added this scalloped edge wicker tray to my tabletop stash specifically to use on the center of our table.It's the ideal base for a centerpiece vignette with an Easter theme.

The eggs were handprinted by a friend in the 1980s.She sold them at local shops, and I would add an egg or two to my collection each year.

I used vintage MacKenzie-Childs dishes to set a table for two, all a little frilly and girly.The delicate floral details on this set are a perfect nob forMonday Morning Blooms.

According to the MacKenzie-Childs catalog listing, "Chelsea Luster harkens back to Victorian England.The lusterware technique uses copper lustre, a semi-precious metal that becomes indecent with age. Timeless beauty."

The lusterware floral ceramic napkin rings add the perfect finishing touch to ring the ruffled edge napkins from Arte Italica Crown Linen Designs.

I have a set of eight of the napkin rings, and each features delicate floral bouquets all the way around, each ring with different flowers.They make a beautiful finishing touch to most any place setting.