Holly and Silver Tablescape

Setting a Table with Quiet Color

Hello Everyone, in looking back over my Christmas tables, I noticed that most of them are drenched in color…so I decided to create a quieter one for this setting. I have noticed,  in general, I seem to gravitate towards softer colors these days.

I took creative license with the centerpiece knowing one can’t see around it. I have a smaller vase of flowers I will display when the table is ‘actually’ used.

I purchased this Christmas china at Home Goods a couple of years ago and actually forgot I had it until cleaning out my dish cabinet. Is that awful or what?!

 

I am really into silver these days. I have always been a gold girl but silver seems lighter and more reflective to me. I just love it. The flatware is Reed & Barton. Snowflake napkin rings are from Hobby Lobby.

I have had the crystal stemware for many years.

I flipped when I saw this pair of silver candlesticks in Marshalls. Can you fall in love with candlesticks? Haha.

I added the little trees for a touch of whimsy and also because I like my centerpiece ‘filled up.’ I bet you never guessed that, did you? :-)

Hope you liked my table and many thanks for your visit today.

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Wow Us Wednesdays

Tablescape Thursday

Barb

A Spot of Christmas Tea

Please Join Me

Hi Friends, we are  due for some rain and it is an overcast day in Florida…cooler weather is on its way. This is a perfect day for a spot of tea and some cake. Please join me.

This is a made-from-scratch sour cream pound cake that is not for the faint of heart. Haha. It is rich and delicious and has a jillion calories…..who’s counting? ;-) The recipe is from one of the Gooseberry books; I have made it several times for neighbors and friends and it always receives rave reviews.

I have had these teacups forever and just love them!

I allow a lot of my glaze to do down onto the plate. This cake is just too rich combined with a lot of icing….in fact, it doesn’t need any but I have a sweet husband that won’t eat cake without frosting. (Hope he doesn’t see this….!)

 

I am in such a cooking mode….happens every year around this time. I am reading about five cookbooks all at the same time. Help! I’ll send most of the desserts to my husband’s office…just too tempting to leave them in our kitchen. LOL

Thanks for coming by today.

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Tea Time Tuesday

Barb

My Christmas Kitchen Hutch

The Touches of Christmas…

Scroll Down for Completed Christmas Kitchen Hutch

Hi Friends, I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. Did you eat too much? Isn’t that what it is all about…and being thankful for all we have. We all have so much.

I am starting on my kitchen farmhouse hutch which is my favorite thing to decorate. I am doing something a bit different this year….I am decorating it in bits and pieces….in other words, this is a start. It is nowhere nearly finished. I have always felt that good design evolves and so it is doing just that with my hutch. LOL

Right now, I don’t want many things on it but in a week or so….it will be ‘stuffed.’ I want to think about what I am doing and enjoy it to the hilt instead of ‘just decorating.’ Does that make any sense? My husband just rolled his eyes when I told him I was doing this…..haha….he has lived with me for many years. :-)

Anyway….I hope you are enjoying your Christmas decorating.

So far, I have only put up two trees. Aren’t you proud of me? Yay!!!! :-)

Barb

This is the finished hutch design…I moved some things, took some things away and added others. I am happy with it. :-)

 

 

A Blessed Thanksgiving

Sending Good Wishes to You

Sending Thanksgiving Wishes to all of you….my dear Bloggy Friends.

Don’t know why but I am having a LOT of problems with posts and commenting. Yikes!

I will be off for a few days….so much to do. I know you are busy, too. Sending blessings and love.

Barb

Snowman Tablescape

I Can Dream, Can’t I?

Hello Friends, I love snowmen! I love snow! I wouldn’t want to live in it but I love it anyway. :-) As you already know, we don’t have much of it in Florida. LOL

I wanted to set up a table for our neighbors….something different. I think they will really enjoy this.

I am working on Thanksgiving and Christmas….so I am on slight overload. Going to spend the afternoon sitting down and doing some reading and let the million things I have to do…………..go!

Wishing you a blessed and happy Thanksgiving.  My thanks to you for your wonderful visits to Bella Vista. I appreciate each and everyone of YOU!

Snowman Family…gift from a friend, Trees & Ice Scatters…Michaels,  Chargers…Home Goods, Plates…Big Lots, Snowman Plates…TJ Maxx, Flatware…Reed & Barton, Glassware and Napkin Rings… Old Time Pottery, Napkins…Bed Bath and Beyond.

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Tabletop Tuesday

Wow Us Wednesdays

Tablescape Thursday

Barb

Ready to Start

Goodbye Organization for a Little While

I am ready to start…..Christmas decorating, that is. The one thing I don’t like about it is the disorganization of the house for about three days. Alexandra Stoddard says….”You must make a mess to create beauty.” I’ll go along with that. LOL

I have purchased a new slim tree for the den…the old one was falling apart…and an urn tree for the family room. That is already one more tree than I said I would decorate about a week ago. Help!!!! Haha

I am hoping good sense prevails and I don’t put up the nine-footer in the Living Room……no way! I have my working jeans on and it is time to get at it!!!!!!

Hoping your Christmas decorating goes swimmingly…..whenever you start. Also, have a great weekend.

Add on:  Just popping in for a quick hello. I am knee-deep in boxes and ‘stuff.’ I cannot find my white satin ball ornaments. Where did I put them????? Acckkkkkk! Do you ever do this kind of thing?

I am so glad I started decorating early….my hubby and I are already planning what we will do with the first two weekends in December since we won’t be spending them buried in Christmas decorations.

Now, I must remember to put the turkey in the fridge to thaw……..!

Happy weekend everyone.

Barb

My Thanksgiving Table

A Work From the Heart

Hello Everyone, welcome in to my Thanksgiving table. I set it up in the family room as opposed to the dining room…we always seem to do this. This way we can look at the lake. :-)

It is no secret that I adore Thanksgiving. It is, by far, my favorite holiday. This day is centered on being thankful and seems much less stressed to me.

I am turning into a nature lover and these dishes simply spoke to my heart. Each piece displays a different animal, duck or bird.

The pheasant dinner plate.

The mugs to the set…also shown in the tea post below this one.

One side of my centerpiece. My husband cannot believe I love the deer antlers. I am mad for them and hunted for a month to find just the right ones.

The other side of the centerpiece.

I just love the antler flatware and since I could not find the right napkin rings….I did as I often do, I made my own! Also, and I did not show this well….but I love a napkin inside a napkin; it gives such an ‘abundant’ feel to the presence of the table.

Thanks so much for coming over to see my table. Hopefully, I will get another chance but if I do not….I wish each and everyone of you a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

Pheasants…Hobby Lobby, Faux Antlers…Pottery Barn, Candle Stick (wrapped in burlap)…Hobby Lobby, Chargers…Home Goods, Dinnerware…Tuesday Morning, Antler Flatware…Bass Pro Shops, Glassware…Old Time Pottery, Placemats…Tuesday morning, Runner…two of my house scarves.

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Wow Us Wednesdays

Tablescape Thursday

Potpourri Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Home Sweet Home

Fridays Unfolded

Barb