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A Quick Wintertime Tablescape
Monday our family had some visitors drop by for breakfast. I didn’t know they were coming until an 1 1/2 or so before they arrived. I wanted the table to look welcoming and pretty but I needed to do something quick. I was pretty pleased since I usually don’t know what in the world to use for a centerpiece. My pine arrangement would have looked a little puny so adding the fabric helped. The fabric was about 6′ long and I just knotted the ends and wrapped the container with it. I then nestled a few snowflakes in here and there. This little tureen I found at Goodwill a few…
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Thanksgiving Name Cards
For most of my dinner gatherings I use name cards. They’re fun to make and it just seems to add a fun touch, in my opinion. When using name cards, I try to seat people with someone that I think they’ll be comfortable with. Here are a few ideas I’ve found for Thanksgiving. Martha Stewart has this Mayflower centerpiece. Unless you enlarge it, the template is not big enough for a centerpiece. It also is much too time consuming and complicated. Have you ever heard of veneer for a craft project? I wouldn’t even know where to find it. For my Mayflower I used construction paper (after my first failed attempt using Martha’s…
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Thanksgiving Tablescapes Inspiration
I’ll be cooking away the next few days since the hubby and boys will be going on their last hunt of the year. I think we’ll be well stocked for the coming year. We already have 2 elk that’s ready to be picked up at the butcher and now we may have another one? This hunt is going to be all about horns so they will spending long days in the woods looking for that monster bull. I have to come up with 7 suppers that are easy for them to put together heat up. Lucky for them they will have my middle son, Zachary along to be camp chef. The rest…
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Tea in the Tropics
My daughter hosted a Tea in the Tropics for her tea party club. What fun we had putting together this theme! Even our old and ugly orange chairs were right at home in this colorful setting. The napkins came from tableclothsfactory.com. They have a wide selection of colors and I think their prices are very reasonable. Including shipping, the cost of each napkin was $.75 and the shipping was fast. The “tablecloth” was material that we found on clearance. I paid $20 and the material covered 3 tables. The centerpieces were fun to make. I took jars I had around the house, filled them with water and added shells from the Dollar…
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Enjoying the Last Bits of Summer – Tablescape
Only 1 week till my two oldest sons are back home. I’m so excited! They’ve been gone too long and I’m anxious to have all my chicks back in the nest. 😀 Oh, yes. I’m supposed to be showing you the tablescape I did this week. I’ll be happy to oblige, my friends… The weather has been quite nice in the mornings and we have been enjoying eating out on our little balcony. I find it quite challenging trying to think of new combinations for a tablescape using what I already own – and I’m only on my 3rd tablescape. You ladies that do it week after week are so…
