If you want to wow your Easter guests — or any special-occasion invitees, for that matter — before they even put a fork to their lips, start with your table setting. Posted on March 16, 2008.
Homemade seasonal crafts make charming and heartfelt adornments to your holiday table, Ballston Spa restaurant owner and caterer Kim Klopstock said. This pink rabbit was made by one of her daughters.
Ballston Spa restaurant owner and caterer Kim Klopstock places a decorative Easter egg on a candle holder while preparing a table for Easter dinner. Klopstock says homeowners should try to use items that they already have for their holiday tables. “I don’t think you need to go out and spend a fortune to make a table be beautiful,” she said.
A full view of Brunswick homeowners John Erickson and Paul Gower’s holiday table shows how they use their handmade plates, lead crystal candleholders as vases and antique cruets.
Erickson and Gower use handmade plates and jelly beans to decorate their dining table for Easter. The plates were made by local artist Victoria Crowell.