Welcome to the 380th Tablescape Thursday! Elena created a beautiful table setting for her family for this year's Christmas dinner. If you're a fan of the beautiful pieces produced by Fitz and Floyd, you'll love this stunning tablescape. Elena decorated her sideboard to coordinate with her table, as well. The highlight of the centerpiece is a wonderful Fitz and Floyd … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays!
December 28, 2015 by 15 Comments
Welcome to the 361st Metamorphosis Monday! How were your holidays? Did you have a great Christmas? I hope it was wonderful! I'm taking off a few days here at the end of the year to spend with family, so posting may be a bit lighter this week than normal. I don't have a Met Monday post today since I've been celebrating the holidays with family, but I'm still posting the party link-up this week in … [Read more...]
DIY Hot Cocoa Sign for a Hot Chocolate Bar: A Tutorial
December 25, 2015 by 38 Comments
A couple of days ago I shared a Hot Cocoa bar I created out on my screened porch. The bar area included a sign I made that was inspired by a sign I had seen floating around blogland a few years back. After not having any success locating a similar sign, I decided it was time to head downstairs to my basement workshop and make my own. (Inspiration sign and detail views of the Hot Cocoa Bar can be seen in … [Read more...]
Toile Christmas Table Setting with Bon Jour Yuletide
December 23, 2015 by 24 Comments
Welcome to the 379th Tablescape Thursday! Recently Gina shared some wonderful photos of her Christmas table setting and I loved it! In her email Gina said, "You posted on your blog a year ago, to take a second look at ornaments that do double duty for other things. Well I did! I have used ornaments as napkin rings this year on my Christmas Table." I immediately recognized the beautiful toile pattern. … [Read more...]
Create a Hot Cocoa Bar for Winter Entertaining
December 22, 2015 by 61 Comments
Happy Holidays to you, dear Friends! We're out on the porch today and I know it's a little chilly. Don't worry though, I have just the thing to warm us up. Step right over here and belly up to the bar--the Hot Cocoa Bar, that is. :) I've been envisioning a Hot Cocoa Bar for years out here on the porch, but I could never quite gather together all the bits and pieces I needed to create it, … [Read more...]
Decorate the Porch in Tartan for Christmas
December 21, 2015 by 35 Comments
Welcome to the 360th Metamorphosis Monday! Last summer I shared Linda's beautiful porch as it looks during the summer in this post: Patio Becomes a Three-Season Porch In October I shared how it looks during the fall months: Decorate a Porch for Autumn Linda has transformed it again for the holidays and it's a winter wonderland with lots of great accent pieces pulled … [Read more...]
Adding a Touch of Tartan to the Kitchen
December 18, 2015 by 72 Comments
In today's post, I'm sort of getting the cart before the horse. lol Yesterday I posted a table setting for Tablescape Thursday here in my breakfast area. In that post I shared this photo. I liked the contrast viewing the all white, serene table setting juxtaposed against the colorful, red plaid shade of a lamp I had just added to the kitchen. That picture sparked a good many questions and emails asking … [Read more...]
I’m Dreaming of a White Feather Christmas
December 17, 2015 by 51 Comments
Welcome to the 378th Tablescape Thursday! Have you ever tried to take a photo of a cloud or a ghost? That's a kinda how it felt this week as I tried to take pictures of this week's table setting. lol Feather centerpieces can be a challenge! I wish the chandelier didn't hang down in the way, try to imagine this table without it there. I wish I had placed this setting outside on the porch but I wasn't … [Read more...]
A Christmas Tree at Last
December 16, 2015 by 58 Comments
Several folks have asked when I was going to share my Christmas tree for this year. Well, I finally called "uncle." Where does that phrase come from anyway? lol After spending 3 hours one night changing a million fuses, two hours another night examining a million bulbs, and an hour a third night fiddling and fussing, I finally gave up (for this year) on trying to get the lights to work on … [Read more...]
A Small Change Can Have a Big Impact
December 14, 2015 by 67 Comments
Welcome to the 359th Metamorphosis Monday! Have you ever noticed how we sometimes develop blindness to something in our own home? We walk right by it every day and after a while it just blends into the landscape of our homes and we don't see it anymore. I know I've done that many times over the years. Recently I shared a picture of my porch decorated for Christmas. While working on that post and … [Read more...]
