Thanks for Hopping by! An Easter Luncheon
/Story & Event Design by Ginni Jones | Photography by Annabella Charles
the table
This table was a dream to create; from the bright and colorful flowers to the sweet spring china, it came together perfectly to celebrate the season! For the flower arrangements I layered baby blue delphinium, white snapdragons and lilac stock to create wonderful height at the center of the table. The dining room has tall, vaulted ceilings, so I wanted the flowers to match the grand scale of the room. To fill in the rest of the arrangement, I chose all my favorite spring flowers. Purple anemones, Menton French tulips, Dutch tulips, Queen Anne’s lace, craspedia, blush roses and baby blue and green hydrangeas were all intertwined to help create the backdrop of spring flowers.
On the table, I paired Herend China in my new favorite pattern, Queen Victoria in green, with a matching Herend Silk Ribbon charger. To add a bit more texture, I layed the plates on a fun woven placemat. Vintage linen napkins held my grandmother’s beautiful silver flatware. To brighten up the wood dining table I chose Estelle Colored Glasses—their newest champagne flutes come in some amazing colors. I went with the purple and paired them with the Aerin x Williams Sonoma white confetti glasses for water. I placed the menu for the luncheon on top of the china, wrapped in a slate blue silk ribbon. My talented friend Caroline Hughes wrote the menu on the same Dogwood Hill cards I used for the invitations. I wanted something fun and fresh, and Caroline’s handwriting was perfect for the menu!
Finishing the look were my go-to favorites, Dina lamps from White Door Events. The new taller lamps are perfect for long tables, so I scattered a few down the tablescape. The sage color was just right for the theme and the lamps gave off the perfect amount of light.
OUTFITS Styled by Amy Golden, Pearl by Lela Rose
the menu
I know I say this every time, but the menu was so much fun to create! I wanted to include typical luncheon items punched up with seasonal goodies like deviled eggs, radishes and little gem lettuce, so we served Pimento Cheese and Cucumber Dill Tea Sandwiches, Chicken Salad Croissants, Beet Stained Deviled Eggs (so pretty and unique!), Little Gem Wedges with Avocado and Radishes, Green Goddess Potato Salad with Green Beans and Cucumbers, Bogie’s Pasta Salad (always a favorite), and a Seasonal Fruit Salad with a Honey Lime Glaze. We put dessert in the very talented hands of Nuha Abuduhair at 17 Berkshire. She and I briefly discussed the theme for the luncheon and she immediately suggested her new petit fours adorned with buttercream radishes, carrots and flowers. They were adorable and delicious! As was the carrot cake decorated to match the petit fours—definitely a must try!
the decor
White Door Events had everything we wanted and more! From precious, new wicker chairs to a white market cart, it all fit the theme of the event to a T. In the dining room, we picked their new Weezy chairs for the head chairs and the Louis natural chairs for the sides of the table. Since the dining room is such a large space, I set White Door’s sage Felicia sofa on the other side of the table with a pair of Ramsey woven chairs with the lattice garden stool in between. The real show stoppers were the white dogwood trees in stunning aged iron planters. Outside in the atrium, the adorable white market cart held the drinks for the day in style. Next to the cart, a Weezy chair and a lattice garden stool paired with some sweet blue hydrangeas made the cutest vignette. Overhead, we hung White Door’s new Cambridge pendant. The linen drum shade was perfect for the event’s aesthetic and worked nicely with the chair and cart.
