Brilliant. You could even place a special book on one table and have a prize
for the one who finds it first...or a prize for the table with the earliest published book (makes things interactive.)
Even when I'm at someone's house, one of my favorite things is to go through thier book collections. I make mental notes about which ones I've read or which ones I want to read next. It also sparks a ton of dialog. "I loved this book..." kind of thing.
you guys just need to get tougher---our big neighborhood sale is this weekend---and it snowed last
night----didn't stick, but still }
Re-sale or thrift shops usually have a big selection of nice vases for almost nothing. It could be an eclectic assortment of vases with lovely spring flowers and ribbons etc. Or even canning jars filled with posies---I always like that look.
I bought a painting of a spray of flowers sitting in a Carnation can---this spoke to me so much
we used to put flowers in cans or whatever when I lived out in "bush" Alaska. My DH thought I was nuts for buying that painting, but it became a favorite and most commented on in our house.