Aqua Nest

Ooh, I can hardly contain myself!!! Two of my favorite words, aqua and nest, together!!!
And because I love this color so much and some new readers probably have never seen this post, I'm going to re-post it! I'll share it again with all the awesome folks
at Susan's BNOTP and Tablescape Thursday!!!

This aquamarine hue, or a more intense version of it with Robin's Egg Blue, undoubtedly makes me think of spring, little birdies and their cute nests.

Add in many things from around the house/previous decorating adventures, along with some amazing Thrift Store Finds (I'm going to link to Rhoda's Southern Hospitality for the first time and I am SO PSYCHED as I have L-O-V-E-D her blog AND her for so long!!!) as well as a couple of new, but VERY inexpensive, additions and here we have the Aqua Nest
for Tablescape Thursday
at Susan's Between Naps On the Porch!!!

Okay, I don't actually have a real nest here...though I will in the future...but the way the various dishes are enveloped by the aquamarine tulle is oh-so-nest-like to me! (I want to have a VAST collection of sweet aquamarine tulle that I can wrap around myself and feel luxuriously snuggled by spring) And with the Easter Eggs, all speckled and spectacular as if they were real, well, it's a nest to me!

The 411:

Aqua tulle, ribbons and candles are from my daughter's Sweet 16th Birthday Party last year.

The GAW-JUS white soup tureen was an incredible $2 find
at my church thrift store.
(I'm linking to Rhoda's Southern Hospitality/Thrifty Treasures to highlight this blessing as well as Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home!)

The napkin rings were only 50 Cents a piece at Old Time Pottery.

The main aquamarine plates came in a complete set for 4 for only $9.99 at OTP.

My new white charger (they're HUGE and SO SUBSTANTIAL and ELEGANT!) plates (Happy Birthday To Me!!!) were a wonderfully economical find on Amazon.

My white salad plates were part of a set from Horchow that didn't require me to sell my kidney to purchase them.

The two aquamarine plates being utilized as candle holders were
only $2.99 a piece at Marshall's.

The white flatware was a STEAL at OTP (I'm detecting a theme here) for only $12.99 for 8 place settings.

And the beautiful speckled eggs were for some ridiculously inexpensive amount that I can't quite recall at TJ Maxx!!!

HAPPY SPRING YA'LL!!!

Love, hugs and turquoise joy,


Lana