Asian Inspired Spring

My Bamboo Tabletop Water Feature

I was rummaging through an old drawer full of my “treasures” when I came across the Bamboo Beads you see above, I once purchased them years ago at a thrift store. I think they were probably meant for a crocheted plant hanging, but I didn’t care! I loved them and knew that I would do something with them someday. Well, that someday turned into this.

They are ceramic, and were made so well. It was when I pulled them out of the drawer that I saw where this creation would go. I got out my Palm Tree bowl and set the beads up in them. I knew that something had to go in them. That is when I ran outside to our backyard Bamboo and started cutting some of the leafy ends off. I then came inside and placed them into each bead and added some water to the bowl.

It made a great centerpiece to the table.

Very Zen, Very Calming, Very Soothing…

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A Delicious Bite

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Crackers with Dried Edible Flowers

My Asian Inspired Spring Wagashi

Wagashi refers more towards Japanese Sweet Treats, that is what I have here.

I tried to find a tablecloth that would accent what I had featured here, I couldn’t, but I did find some wrapping paper that I thought looked great! It did! And that is what you see here, wrapping paper as my tablecloth.

I wanted to put together a table full of Sweet Asian Inspired Treats. That was actually easy to do.

I love my usual Asian Inspired Treats and I wanted to showcase them here.

I am a huge fan of the softly dried Mango in the shape of a flower. It is so delicious! It comes with an excellent spicy chili salt. I can very easily unravel one while eating a few layers at a time. I also thought they would be great placing something nice onto each ‘petal.’

Here, I added some plain Hummus to some of the Mango Petals. I have two different Hummus here. One plain, and one a carrot. I also sprinkled some Butterfly Pea Flower onto each bowl of Hummus. It is an excellent edible flower.