...a ruffley tablecloth, pretty pearled napkins and lovely lambie!!

...hello dear readers

I'm so happy you have come to visit today!!

Would you like to see

what I have been working on this week?

I've been working on my Easter table...

I made a lovely, ruffle tablecloth from a vintage linen tablecloth ~

I have been collecting beautiful, heavy ones,

preferably with roses on them,

 for years.

after making my choice for the base,

I then sewed miles

and MILES

of ruffles around and around!!

(did I mention there were miles of ruffles?)

doesn't it look like a beautiful dress?!

and it fits my oval, pedestal table perfectly

my theme this year are white and periwinkle wild violets

lambs and crosses.

here is a little corner embellishment on my ruffled cloth...

they are vintage velvet violets, tied up with diaphanous silk ribbons

in luscious colors.

 they were what I had left over

from my table centerpiece 

    

here are the napkin rings I've settled on...

I used a pearl napkin ring and added a satin rosette and rhinestone sprigs

as I like a little sparkle!

  

I rather fancy how they turned out, don't you??

I think they will match my ruffley white plates very nicely.

and now dear ones...

here is the

piece de la resistaunce centerpiece

I'd like to present to you

~ lambie ~

I've been working on him for a month

and now he is complete.

I am in love...

  

he is made out of a topiary frame that I found - here

and the most perfect rosette trim from  - here

as are the vintage velvet violets.

I just knew when I saw these rosettes

that they were perfect

as they look like swirly, curly baby lamb fur to me

only ~

romanced!!!

I first tried to swath my lambie in vintage lace 

but

lambie quickly let me know that

a. he was a he

and

b. no lace!!

his exact word to me were  - "baaahhah, no!!"

see his crown?

 there are those violets!!

I made him a crown of them and twisted some of my pearl adorned wire,

added more lovely silk ribbon

and

viola!!

I also gave him little eyelashes

tee,hee

aahhhh!

look ~

he is smiling at you!

he is even cute from the back :)

can you believe that this:

now looks like this:

 

see lovely lambie?

see lovely lambie smile?

smile, lovely lambie -

SMILE!!

and hopefully you are smiling too!

I'll be sharing this post with:

Faded Charm's: White Wednesday

and

later this week,

I'll be back to show you my lambie cookies and tabletop

so come back and visit again.

until then,

here's to Easter pretties to enrich happy moments!