Hop this way to find a colorful Easter table that pairs pastel plaid with vintage tulip Fitz & Floyd and playful bunny accents. You’ll also find a sweet vase-within-a-vase tulip centerpiece filled with Easter treats and tulip longevity tips, as well as Spring and Easter tablescape inspiration from 15 table stylists.
Happy or more appropriately, ‘Hoppy’ Tuesday! 
I’m hopping down the bunny trail for a Spring Tablescape Blog Hop.
You’ll find Spring and Easter table inspiration from 15 table stylists at the bottom of this post.
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A Colorful Easter Table with Tulips and Vintage Fitz & Floyd China
Spring always inspires me to bring out cheerful colors, blooming flowers, and a few whimsical Easter touches. After months of winter neutrals, there’s something about pastel plaids, tulips, and a table set for celebration that instantly lifts the mood.
Easter falls on April 5th this year and I’m sharing a colorful Easter table layered with vintage dinnerware, playful Easter details, and a tulip centerpiece that nods to the season.
A Pastel Plaid Foundation for a Spring Easter Table
A colorful checked plaid tablecloth sets the tone for this cheerful spring table. The soft palette of yellow, blue, pink, and green feels spring-like and suited for Easter celebrations.
To soften the pattern and add texture, I layered a white cutwork lace table runner down the center of the table. The lace adds a light, airy feel and contrast against the pastel plaid background.
Running down the center are a few playful Easter touches including gold foil chick and bunny eggs tucked among the centerpiece. They add sparkle and a hint of whimsy . . . like treasures discovered during an Easter egg hunt!
Vintage Fitz & Floyd Wedding China for an Easter Table
For this table I pulled out my wedding china in celebration.
Fitz & Floyd Classique d’Or White dinner plates provide a classic foundation with their elegant gold border. Layered on top are coordinating Tulipe d’Or salad plates and mugs, each decorated with vibrant tulip blooms.
Produced from 1983–1993, they add both a sentimental and spring touch for a table filled with flowers.
To complement the gold accents on the rims of the plates, I paired the place settings with Mikasa Cameo Gold flatware, whose delicate gold border ties everything together.
Easter Table Accents from a HomeGoods Treasure Hunt
No Easter table would be complete without a few festive touches!
The gold foil chick and bunny eggs were a fun HomeGoods find from several years ago.
Joining them are colorful foil wrapped Easter bunnies, reminiscent of foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies that appear around Easter. . .but these are calorie-free and reusable.
Tulips Take Center Stage for the Easter Table
Tulips felt like the perfect floral choice to pair with the tulip-patterned plates.
To create the centerpiece, I used a favorite vase-within-a-vase method. A smaller vase sits inside a larger one, allowing you to decorate the outer chamber while keeping the water and stems contained in the inner vase.
Between the two glass walls, I added decorative paper shred (Easter basket “grass”) and speckled jelly beans. It’s a simple way to add color and a subtle nod to Easter without overwhelming the flowers.
The tulips themselves bring the table to life with shades of pink, red, white, and deep magenta.
Tips to Keep Cut Tulips Fresh Longer
Tulips are one of my favorite spring flowers, but they do have a mind of their own! Here are a few tips to help them last longer in your arrangements.
🌷 Vase life: Cut tulips typically last 3–10 days, depending on the variety, care and maturity.
🌷 Trim stems: Give tulip stems a fresh diagonal cut before arranging to remove any bacteria and improve water uptake.
🌷 Remove extra leaves: Pull off most of the greenery, leaving just the leaf closest to the bloom. Less weight helps the stems stay perkier longer.
🌷 Avoid direct sun: Tulips are phototropic, meaning they follow the light. Keeping them away from bright sunlight and heating vents slows their maturation.
🌷 Use less water: Tulips’ soft stems are sensitive to water; too much water can weaken the stems causing them to get mushy.
🌷 Change water frequently: Replace the water every day or two and use cold water to keep them fresh longer.
🌷 Fix drooping blooms: If a tulip droops, insert a pin or needle through the stem just below the flower head, then remove it. This releases trapped air and helps water move through the stem.
A Fun Tulip Fact
One of the most fascinating things about tulips is that they continue to grow after being cut.
It’s not unusual for them to gain an inch or more in height while in the vase, so I like to cut them a little shorter when arranging them with this in mind.
Watching them stretch and curve toward the light is part of their charm.
Table Details:
Foil Bunnies / Hobby Lobby & HomeGoods, several years ago
Dinnerware & Mugs / Fitz & Floyd Classique d’Or and Tulipe d’Or
Flatware / Mikasa Cameo Gold
Napkins, Plaid Tablecloth and Lace Table Runner / HomeGoods, several years ago
Gold Foil Bunny and Chick Eggs / HomeGoods, several years ago
Goblets / Mikasa French Countryside
Many thanks to Rita of Panoply for organizing this Spring Tablescape Blog Hop!
Be sure to visit the rest of the talented bloggers in our Spring Tablescape Blog Hop. Their creative tables are sure to put a little spring in your step:
Panoply – Feeling Spring with Pink and Green Tablescape
Home is Where the Boat Is – Tulips and Bunnies for Easter
Hyacinths for the Soul – Hop, Hop, Hop into Spring!
Me and My Captain – Spring Is In The Air…In Florida Anyway
The Cat’s Whiskerz – Bunny Ears and Easter Wishes
Everyday Living – The Splendor of Spring
Pandora’s Box – Breakfast with the Bunnies
My Thrift Store Addiction – Whimsical Sweet Treats Easter Bar
Life and Linda – Welcome Spring With Bunnies
Mantel and Table – A Fresh Blue and Pink Tablescape For a Beautiful Spring
Olla-Podrida – Blossoming into Easter: My Floral Tablescape Makeover
Corner of Plaid and Paisley – Easter in the Garden
The Little Yellow Corner Store – Easter Bonnet Bunny Tablescape
Red Cottage Chronicles – Easter Tablescape Ideas: A Charming Pink and Green Table for Spring
Dinner at Eight – Springing into View – A Blossoming Table
Thrifting Wonderland – Simple Spring Tablescape Ideas
Hop this way and find 20+ Spring and Easter Tablescapes and Centerpieces.
You’ll find tips for using spring flowering bulbs, blooming branches, a DIY carrot vase, 5-minute centerpieces and more
Celebrating Spring Around the Table
After a long winter, setting a cheerful table filled with spring colors, blooming tulips, and playful Easter details feels like the perfect way to welcome the season.
Whether you’re hosting Easter brunch or simply enjoying the beauty of spring indoors, I hope this table inspires you to make your gathering feel a little more festive.
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Good morning, Mary! What a happy table you’re sharing this morning. I love the personal detail of the beautiful F&F Classique d’Or and Tulipe d’Or being your wedding china. Even then you were a flower queen, at least in the making! Those foil bunnies have me so intrigued. Does the foil actually scratch if not careful, or is that an incredibly well-done painted finish, i cannot tell! The tulips are gorgeous in the various hues, and the shredded paper added as filler genius. Your tips on bloom longevity are much appreciated. I love the linens. Lately I’ve been working up a lot of those from my sister who passed, and the white lacy runner reminded me of those. I am SO happy it is this new season, my favorite. I even had my grass cut yesterday! Thank you for this spring inspiration and being a part of these hops. Save me a seat at the table. I’ll even help you weed outside afterward. 😊
A beautiful table indeed,especially with the elegant wedding china and lovely flatware. Love the foil bunnies and the flowers are gorgeous! Totally awesome!
Good morning Mary, I have followed your blog for several years, and you are truly the best! Your recipes are ‘yummy’, tablescapes are delightful and your way with flowers is always fresh…and fun! The ‘tulip tips’ are interesting…especially the use of a needle/pin to release air…I will give it a try! Also, being a Westie owner for many years; I love your adorable white bundles of fur! I grew up and lived for many years on East Grand Traverse Bay(off Lake Michigan), Traverse City, MI, so, your boating adventures with your doggies bring back many wonderful memories. My Westies were very good boaters too! Thanks for sharing your many ‘creative’ ways to bring beauty into our lives.
Good morning Mary. I love the wedding china with its classic gold border and the tulip salad plates are stunning! I don’t remember ever seeing them 🌷The gold foil chick and bunny eggs with the foil wrapped Easter bunnies add a playful touch. If only there was a Home Goods close to me. The vase within a vase makes a lovely centerpiece with the different shades of tulips. Tulips always make me smile. It is a pleasure to join you at one of your beautiful tables. Happy Spring and Easter! 💚🐰🩷
Your wedding plates are beautiful. I went to Etsy and Ebay to look them up. They have so many beautiful plates there. Thanks for bringing them to my attention. I get so many great ideas from you.
Good Morning Mary,
Another stunning table!
My Auntie gave me Fitz & Floyd and I just love it. Unfortunately she passed away a year ago. I miss her terribly. She set a table like you do: STUNNING!
Thank you for always reminding me of her.
Good morning, Mary! Those tulip plates are beautiful and I love the whimsical foiled rabbits! As always, I would love to pull up a chair to your beautiful table and visit with you! Blessings, Cecilia – My Thrift Store Addiction
Mary, a perfect table setting once again!
Your wedding china is so pretty for spring and I love the reusable foil bunnies. Thanks so much for the detailed instructions for the tulip arrangement. I’ve been using your tips for prolonging flowers for a long time!
Those Fitz and Floyd tulip plates are gorgeous! I have not seen those before, and I’m wondering how I missed them. I started collecting Fitz and Floyd right out of college. I was the oddity among my friends. They were buying clothes and makeup, I was buying tableware. My guess is that they don’t have any of the clothes that they bought back then, but I still have my tableware, so who was the wiser? Your table certainly makes me feel like spring.
Beautiful china Mary, I use Lenox butterfly meadow for Easter every year. Including the table cloth.
Welcome Spring
Your table just brightened my day – I especially like your polka dot napkins! The little bunnies are cute hopping down the pretty lace runner. I found your tulip hints to be most useful – thanks! Happy Spring!
The lovely tulip plates. I just love them
Mary you always inspire…so interesting we both chose pastel plaid tablecloths but not only is the plaid fabric different, so is the table design. Your wedding china is so pretty and who doesn’t love tulips? I have a vase of yellow double tulips sitting on my counter as we speak so thanks for the tips on droopy stems, etc. You have more will power than I as I would be eating the foil rabbits each time I walked by the table and then that beautiful foil design would be lost. LOL. It is always such fun to all the table styling but I particularly enjoy your informative posts. 🌹🌷
Beautiful as always Mary! I must admit those foil bunnies had me fooled. I stopped and studied the first photo trying to decide if they were foil wrapped chocolate or not. I just have never seen such pretty foil wrapped candy! The tulip salad plates are very pretty, and love the gold detail outlines. Such a clever centrepiece idea! I will definitely be giving that a try sometime. The pastel colour really is giving me the spring vibes :). Happy to be joining you in the hop today!
Mary, your posts always delight and inspire. I am a tulip loving friend! I made a note of the list of suggestions. Thank you! I didn’t know about water level, so I need to correct that in my currently full vases of tulips. I did recall Martha Stewart removing the leaves of tulips, and I follow that rule most of the time. It depends on the vase. Some of my vases lend themselves to a full, packed in look. Tulips like to dance though, so single stems in open spaces are fun and graceful.
I’m smiling at the comment that the Fitz & Floyd Classique d’Or White with their elegant gold border is your wedding china. Even as a young bride, your tabletop style was exceptional! The Tulipe d’Or salads are exquisite, and I think they would be a beautiful spring touch with our wedding china. I’ll have to keep my eyes open when I visit the consignment shops. F&F has always been a favored source for their beautiful pieces.
I smiled at the candy filled vase. I bought two bags of jelly beans intended for decor, but my sweet tooth has worked it’s way through much of one bag. I’m going to use the other bag within a vase so it is off limits!
I’m smitten with the tulip plates and pinned them for future reference. They are so elegant and remind me of the look for Herend china. The foil bunnies and eggs are the perfect compliment! The first time you shared your foil bunnies, I began to notice them and began my own small collection. The little eggs are a cute match!
Happy Spring, Mary! Enjoy your gardening. I’m eager to see photos of your garden in bloom.
Such a breath of spring Easter beauty, Mary! Easter comes so early this year. Thank you for such gorgeous inspo!!!!
Such a pretty table! I love your paper shred/jelly bean tulip arrangement. You always have such clever ideas.
Enchanting table! Amazing tulips! Happy March!
Beautiful table! Love the look the vintage foil bunnies provide. Thanks for the tulip tips.
Mary, you always seem to find the perfect items for your table that really demonstrate the idea you are going for, in this case, Spring and Easter. I immediately was drawn to your lovely find of Fitz and Floyd Vintage Tulip plates. What a great addition to your table paired with your gorgeous tulip centerpiece and the pastel plaid tablecloth. I have search high and low for the faux gold foiled bunnies, but could not find such a fun and nostalgic piece. It is so perfect for your colorful table and strikes at the heart and memories of us who loved getting these hallowed chocolate bunnies in our baskets. So charming and reminiscent of long ago. Happy Easter!!
Hello Mary, I love your tulip plates and your foil covered chocolates! They add such beautiful additions to your table. Your tulips inside the candy vase are so fun! I did not know that fun fact about tulips.
I was hoping I could comment on your post today. I am in the middle of the ocean on a cruise. We are slowly making our way across the Atlantic. Our last country will be Ireland. So I am late commenting but today is the first day we are feeling settled.
Have a wonderful week! We will chat soon!
Mary, such a pretty table with your plaid pastel linens. The Fitz and Floyd Tulipe d’Or salads are gorgeous. The foil bunnies are so cute and add a festive touch. Love the pretty lace table runner with your pretty tulips. The tulips look so perfect for spring with the added jelly beans. Gotta love Home Goods. I have those pastel napkins too. Always a pleasure to join you at the table. Happy upcoming spring.
Hi Mary! I don’t remember you ever showing us your wedding china, but it’s so elegant and timeless. Each and every tulip plate is so pretty and perfect for Spring. You could not go wrong with including such colorful tulips in your centerpiece and in your vase within a vase! The darling foil pieces add the perfect touch parading down that beautiful cutwork runner. Thank you for the beauty, Mary! 🌷
Mary, how wonderful to use your wedding china – it is gorgeous and perfect on your Easter table. The foil bunnies and chick eggs are darling. I love the pastel plaid tablecloth with the lace runner and the napkins are really sweet too. Your tulips are glorious and thank you for all the wonderful care tips – I seem to just look at them and they wilt but I had no idea that they were sensitive to too much water. Love the jar within a jar idea for a vase too. It’s always a pleasure joining you on these hops and wishing you a happy spring and a joyful Easter!
Tablescape perfection as always, Mary! You never disappoint. Although I do see a running theme that is a little disappointing. The section where you list the source of the items used I see “several years ago” so often in reference to when it was purchased. Don’t you feel like so much of the very best stuff was discovered and bought many moons ago!!! I’m glad I got them when the getting was good. Ha! So many stores have closed in my town….even HomeGoods abandoned us. Now if I want to shop at the Mother Ship it’s well over an hour drive one way! Guess I’m just getting old and reminiscing about the “good ole” shopping days of yore. BTW, I have two of those Fitz and Floyd tulip plates….bought several years ago. LOL!
Beautiful table, Mary, and I truly love the colors in your tablecloth. Happy spring!
Your tulip plates are stunning. Your centerpiece turned out pretty. There is something about tulips that is cheerful. I have always liked them. I had a chance last year to see them in peak bloom in the Netherlands. It was amazing.
Mary, it is such a joy to see your tables! Your tulips just sing spring! I love the checkered table cloth and the polka dot napkins! The foil bunnies are such a fun choice for Easter. It all makes for another beautiful table!! I hope you have a joyful spring and Easter! 🌷🐇🌸
Love the color palate for this table, Mary. It’s so spring-like and colorful. I love the Fitz & Floyd tulip plates. The design is beautiful and fits in so nicely with your choice of flowers. The simple but colorful collection of tulips goes so well with the table setting. The foil wrapped bunnies enhance the tulip plates and add a little whimsy to the table. Always a pleasure to hop with you. Happy Spring and Easter!
Lynne, Thrifting Wonderland
Oooh right there with you on the pastel plaids! You’re inspiring me to add to my tablecloth collection with a specially springy one. And tulips of course! I love your tulip plates, not to mention the real tulips in your centerpiece. The vase in a vase concept is always fun, and I love how you’ve done it here. Thanks for the tulip tips too – I learn so much from you! Happy Spring!
This is a lovely Spring and Easter tablescape. I have some of those faux foil chocolate bunnies and really like your simple, elegant wedding china. I’ve been looking for that multi-color shred, and can’t find it anywhere. Will you please tell us where it came from? Thanks so much. 🐇🌷
Mary, your Easter table is beautiful! The tulip salad plates are the perfect complement to the the dinner plates and linens. I adore those gold foil Easter bunnies! They are so cute. I found some chocolate looking bunnies at Marshalls last year that looked like candy but were just decorations. I used them for decorating recently but I like yours better because they have color! I’ll have to keep my eye out for some foil ones. Your centerpiece is beautiful! Happy Monday. Clara❤️
Mary, I love the punch of deeper colors the tulips provide atop the pastel tablecloth, within the playful jelly beans and “grass”. Such an eye-catching arrangement! The tulip plates are gorgeous and are indeed the perfect choice, adding a touch of elegance. The foil eggs and bunnies are charming, and they seem to echo the gold edging on the plates and flatware. Overall, just lovely! Wishing you a happy Easter!