We have two large shows coming up in the month of April. The first is the High Point Market in North Carolina. We have a special showroom down there with beautiful windows displaying all of our product. The market starts on the 2nd and goes until the 7th, so it's right around the corner!

In preparing for the big event, I've been putting together showroom displays of our new product as well as a couple of displays of existing product for the show. One of the patterns we'll be showing is Chelsea Botanicals. We were so inspired by the Tea Time magazine spread that we decided we'd love to show it this year.

As I was browsing Pottery Barn during my lunch break yesterday I stumbled across faux fern place mats. They were tucked under a set of three plates, but nowhere else in the store to be found. At first I thought they looked a little hokey, but then decided they'd actually be pretty cool for the show, peeping out under our service plates! I asked a floor associate if they had any available for purchase, and guess what?! They were on sale for $9. "Cha-CHING!" I bought four.Here's the thing about displaying at shows.
A. You want to use as many real flowers as possible (and we do) because they're absolutely beautiful and bring life to a table.
B. Flowers have to be in water, and if they're not, they wilt and die. Common knowledge right?
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C. If you can find fake food or flowers to show a certain effect - one in which it is impractical to have water - than PERFECT! Shows generally last around a week, so by the end of the week real flowers are looking a little droopy.

So here's what I've been playing around with. We'll be showing our <astyle="font-weight: bold;" href="http://mottahedeh.com/results_temp_1.cfm/?patterns=1&pattern=44">Chelsea Botanicals on top of our Plum Lace Service Plates. Unfortunately, for this photo, we were out of Plum Lace Service Plates. But, we get a shipment at the end of this month!! (So if you've ordered yourself one, the wait should be over soon and these lovely service plates will be in your hands.)

We'll take more photos of everything put together on the table at High Point Market in a couple of weeks. But for now, if you'd like your own spring botanical table you can get it all here.

Seen Above:
Chelsea Botanicals Dinner Plates Set of 6 (Y1783) - $415
Chelsea Botanicals Dessert Plates Set of 6 (Y1784) - $325
Plum Lace Service Plate (S1705P) - $115
Faux Fern Place Mats (Pottery Barn) - $9 each
Wrapping the napkins we used "Leaf Ribbon", which I bought from the Paper Source but you can also get it online here: CLICK