Happy Easter
Growing up in our Italian and English family I was so blessed to have the most magical fairytale- like Easter complete with sweet treats and a glazed ham cooked to perfection.
My entire family gathered together during Holy Week. We started on Palm Sunday and spent a week going to church, visiting with family and friends and course cooking, baking and decorating the most enchanting Easter Baskets you can imagine.
We always wore a corsage. It is old fashioned and so sweet. Oliver’s will have the sweetest most delicate little velvet rabbit tucked into his flower which will be pinned on his Easter outfit.
I carry on many of these traditions with my family each Easter.
Our tablesetting inspiration is based on the wonder of being a small child. I kept everything at a child’s height at the table, so they would feel a part of a magic Easter forest. Our table is over the top and filled with bunnies, treats, moss and rabbit plates.
We decorate each of our baskets in a unique way filling them with treats, old fashioned toys, storybooks and stuffed animals. We also wrap lovely gifts for our guests to take home. I want the grown-ups to feel the beauty of this spiritual time of the year as well as the children.
Before church the kids open their Easter baskets. When we return from church we enjoy appetizers and cocktails while gathering everyone for an Easter egg hunt in our gardens complete with real bunnies. We follow up with a delicious dinner and homemade baked treats.
Menu:
Mimosas
Bloody Mary’s
Easter Bread with a lemon icing
Ham cheese pie ( recipe)
Italian Sweet Ricotta Pie with strawberries and whipped cream
Asparagus cheese quiche
Baked glazed Vermont Ham
Sweet potatoes
roasted herbed carrots
Southern Cheese Grits
Coconut Bunny Cake
cupcakes
From our home to yours, We wish you all the blessings that this sacred time of the year overflows with.
( please visit Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursdays, and Gollum’s Foodie Friday )
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Yum!!!
I grew up in an Italian house as well. I can still picture my grandma’s and mother filling our kitchen with so many great Easter foods. Ahhh, those were the days. It looks like you are giving your boys a very magical Easter….filling them with great memories!!
Can you believe all this rain?? We are heading to NY at the end of the week. I hope the weather gets better and we can meet up next week!!
Hugs,
Mimi
Mimi, lets make definite plans for next week..I can’t wait!!
Bunny
God! that all looks amazing
Have a brilliant Easter Bunny 
I just eat a few chocolate eggs and be decadent …lol No idea how you keep up this effort all the time…:) but well done….
Hi Bunny, I just loved reading this post and seeing all those photos of the most wonderful images! Traditions are so important to have experienced and still continue in our own families – it’s so nice to hear that you have continued so many of them, I especially love the tradition of the corsages, how elegant! My daughter is 27 but I have an Easter basket put together for her, so far I’ve got a gift card and some delicious candy – I’ll have to add more over the next few days – and it’s in the first Easter basket she ever had (some things just have to be saved, right?)!
Have a blessed, happy and fun-filled Easter holiday! Ciao, bella!
Mommy
loooooooooooooooooooove you
loooooooooooooooooooove your blog:)
loooooooooooooooooooove your post:)
XoXo
Oliver
Hi Bunny, oooh your house looks so beautiful decorated for Easter… and that is so sweet how you have decorated the table for the children as well as the adults, and such fun treats and gifts for everyone! I LOVE all of your bunnies and those bunny plates are gorgeous! Wishing you and your family a beautiful, blessed Easter… xoxo Julie Marie
Absolutely MAGICAL Bunny!
all the details are visual delights~
xo*
I want to hop on over and hang out with you Bunny! Everything is absolutely gorgeous and so festive. Love your style my friend. Hope you are doing well, sorry I’ve been scarce…life has ben a little hectic, but you are never far from my thoughts. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and spirt with us.
Big hugs,
Karyn
Bunny you just amaze me. Everything looks so beautiful! I love the idea of wearing corsages. There’s so much beauty in the traditions of old. I certainly hope that if I am ever in your neck of the woods, we get to meet in person.
Good Morning Bunny Sweetie…
Oh my gosh, your home looks absolutely beautiful. I so adore those bunny dishes (green) oh my gosh they are just exquisite. The rabbits in the little green house is the cutest darn thing I have ever seen. I love it. Who would have thought. Your rabbits are so beautiful on your table and those baskets are the most elegant looking baskets I have ever seen. My gosh, my eyes lit up, I can only imagine what Oliver’s did when he saw them too. They are just beautiful sweetie.
Your food looks so scrumptous. That ham is TDF. Love it. The sweet potatoes, oh my gosh. I love that strawberry pie. One slice to go please. Love it. What a beautiful setting you have put together.
I love it that you have combined traditions and get your Italian heritage alive for Oliver. That is just wonderful, because he needs to grow up with both worlds.
I can’t wait to see Oliver all dressed in his Easter clothing. He is such a handsome little guy.
Thank you for sharing Bunny. It is about 2 weeks out, and I will board that plane to come visit everyone. I can hardly wait to meet you, and I understand your sweet Moma is coming too. What a wonderful way to spend my birthday with new friends in person (but old friends in that we have known each other through our blogs, so it feels like forever.) Happy Easter Sweetie. Country hugs and so much love…Sherry
Bunny, This post is just a feast for a bunny-lovers eyes! Adorable!
p.s. I purchased the printer that you had suggested! I just have to set it up. Very excited! Next step, a Blackberry!
AS always, you do everything in such good style. Looks like you are going to have the most wonderful Easter daaaaaaaahling. I wish i could come, I am drooling over all those yummy treats.
*kisses* HH
Love them all!
♥
Easter at your home looks DIVINE!!!
Thank you so much for this post! I was waning on wether or not to do Easter treat bags for our friends and neighbors but after I saw your post I was re-energized with ideas and creativity! I hope you don’t mind but I’ve borrowed some of your images and linked it back here. I hope you and your family have a fabulous holiday weekend!
Love your style! Exquisite. Hope you have lots of family time and feasting and hugs this year! You will look stunning w handsome hubby & sons…It all looks so delicious. I better hit the gym! Cheers Bunny! It’s your holiday…n’est ce pas?
Lovely table and great food! Love all your bunnies!
Hello Bunny, This is sooooooooooo beautiful. I just love all of your bunny rabbits (I think I see some of the French ones that I adore too). The forrest you made for them is exquisite. Your family is so fortunate to celebrate Easter in this beautiful way. It is a spiritual time and also a time to rejoice. Wishing you a very wonderful Easter. Hugs, Lia
What a fabulous table. It feels like we slipped down the bunny hole into fantasy land. Just lovely and the food looks amazing!
- The Tablescaper
Bonjour Bunny,
ANother delightful table at The Paris House. Your Easter decorations and treats look incrediblyh delicious. Love the sweet photo of you and Oliver with the Easter basket. It is lovely how you keep these traditions alive in your family. That is so important.
All my best,
Mimi
That first picture of the green/white plates made my heart beat really fast…I ♥♥♥ them! And then I got to the cupcakes…wow, those are adorable! Thanks for sharing your festive tablescape.
Hi! I just found your blog and I have to tell you that your layout is magnificent. I love how it stretches across the whole screen with lots of picture. So beautiful!
Have a great weekend and a lovely Easter!!!
Your pictures looks so amazing! I love your decoration for easter! That food looks so yummy!
This is just delightful! I enjoyed seeing all those great photos in mosaics, etc.
Neat that you still wear corsages!
I just posted my cloche party displays, please come back to the party!
Katherine
Bunny, this is a wonderland, exquisite in detail and brimming with joy. What a magical table you have created. I wish you and Oliver a happy Easter!
Oh Bunny your Easter table is amazing….so magical! You always inspire me. Thank you for your lovely comments that you always leave me. Sending you lots of Easter Hugs. xoxoxo
I am completely drooling over your Easter menu. The table is gorgeous; everything a child could want in a magical holiday feast.
There are so many nice things on your photos – it took me a while to see all details. I love how you celebrate this Easter branch.
Wish you and your family happy Easter.
Johanna
Darling wishing you and your family a joyous and blessed Easter. I am so lucky to have you as a friend. Therefore, this Easter I will count my blessings and will count you twice luv.
Love & Hugs
Duchess
What a wonderful blog. Your table is magnificent. I am off to read some of your older posts.
Carol
Your blog just takes my breath away…so very beautiful…your Easter…wow…wonderful…and i LOVE your menu..Vermont Ham really caught my eye since I am PRETENDING I am in Vermont for Easter.
thanks for stopping by and leaving the kind words..so thoughtful…so appreciated.
Sending warm Easter wishes to you, my sweet friend,
Kary
I can only imagine how beautiful Easter is at your home Bunny! Happy Easter to you and your family lovely lady!
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Hi Bunny, just dropping by to wish you all a Happy Easter! I just had to look at this post again, everything is sooo Springy and sooo beautiful, it makes me happy! Love to you!… xoxo Julie Marie
Wow! Bunny your Easter pictures are truly amazing! That table setting is unbelievable!! I did a Pink Saturday Post yesterday and asked people to stop by and visit your site!! It really is breath taking! I hope you are having a wonderful Easter weekend! Sherri : )
I’m sure you had a wonderful Easter weekend Bunny!
Wishing you & your wonderful family all the blessings in the world!
LUV*
Can I come and live with you? Pretty please?
Hi Bunny!!! What a fabulous post!!! I LOVE everything!!! Your table rocks! I love those velvet bunnies, I almost bought them, now I wish I had! LOVE the dinnerware too!! That is perfect! I love all the chocolate bunnies too! Oliver looks like he is having so much fun, what a doll! And such a delicious menu too! I would love to come to your parties, it would be so much fun! You must be the best cook ever. Everything is always so amazing here!
Love you sweet friend,
Amy
That was the most magnificent Easter table I have seen. It was very busy but truly in a positive way. I just would want to be in the room when people gaze upon it-maybe like kids in a candy shop (or me) pure delight. I love how you are into everything and do it all so well. I am sooo hungry now!!
The white and green bunny plates are fabulous…are they new or old? I would love to find some like them. I love the way you have incorporated so many other bunnies into the centerpiece…beautiful.
Your menu sounds wonderful, too.
Oh I adore your bunny tablescape~ swoon!
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Have a wonderful weekend.
Hi —– I’m getting hooked on all the tablescapes and blogsites on BNOTBP. Came here and WOW! The Easter table is awesome. Can you tell me more about those fabulous green transferware (?) Rabbit plates? I love you site. Thanks so much – MMR
Magnificent…your best, yet! Beautifully conceived and skillfully executed. I loved every blooming moment. Cherry Kay