New Years Eve Tablescape

Such a fun time New Years Eve!

Just home from visiting our daughter in California.

My first project is this tablescape.

I wanted to share this idea with you.

I so love to create table settings.  Do we have an opportunity

to use them all.  Not always, but for sure this is one

I have wanted to do for myself for many years.

Last year we had a New Years party, but not elegant like this would

require.  We played games - minute to win it games.

visited, and ate great food.

This year I want to do a more elegant evening.

A special dinner and a night of visiting.

Do you think I should ask people to dress up for this occasion?

It certainly would be much more fitting for this celebration.

My dinning room from afar.

This room is doesn't have any windows, just the window from the

room next to it, the door is the window, and from the kitchen.

It is a little hard to get beautiful bright pictures with out windows.

but I continue to work on brighter pictures of the tablescapes

when I am taking pictures in this room.

I love these dishes!  Gold and silver with white.

How can anything be more elegant?

I just found these silver goblets at a  resale store.

It always makes me a bit sad when someone sells something

so fabulous.  Was it their mother's, their grandmother's?

Or maybe it was their mother-in-laws. 

I am so blessed that they came my way, and I was able

to find this treasure!

Simple.

White tablecloth, gold and silver plaid place mat, gold napkins.

Gold plated stainless.

Silver charger, 

gold rimmed china dinner plate

from Mary Carol,

Silver rimmed salad plate,

gold rimmed roll plate

from Mary Carol,

Gold rimmed dessert bowl with handles

from Mary Carol.

The centerpiece is all sorts of little silver and candles that I had.  I'll show

you how these were put together.  Very easy to accomplish

with things you may have around the house.

I should have put little mini lights around the center of the

table, and I may still do this.  It would really look nice if I add this

and brighten the center of the table.

This is the serving side table in my kitchen.

I just recently painted it from black to grey, and distressed

the legs to look rust and grey.

I forgot that I made this teapot years ago with a clock on it.

I used an old silver teapot and added jewels and jewelry to the

outside of the pot.  It is one of my favorite creations.

It is quite perfect for the table setting for New Years.

I added small mini led lights to this table.

To create the parts of the table centerpiece, here is what I 

put together.  Just one on top of the other to create the 

look of high centerpiece if you don't have this 

high of pieces, you can create your own!

A vase, a small silver dish, and a candle.

The centerpiece with lights.

A cupcake stand and a candle.

Simple.

The table all put together.

Lights, stacked items to create the centerpiece.

This will be a great dinner, and a beautiful way to serve 

dinner.  I have not yet decided what we are having

for dinner.  Do you have any suggestions?

I could use some!

Happy New Year!

Robin 

Christmas Eve Tablescape

My favorite time with the family is on Christmas Eve.

We do our celebration on the Eve of Christmas,

presents, and our big dinner.

I spend days preparing for it, all the festivities,

nothing brings me greater joy on Christmas than to 

spend time with our grandkids and kids.

Here is my tablescape for this year.

So much fun!

This year I used some very special items from my favorite

boxes, some from the past, my mothers crochet red and white

table cloth.  I think it is actually for a bed, but

I decided to use it this year on the table.

A few years ago I purchased these angel wings for pictures I do each

summer with my grand children.  They really are angels!

I used them on the back of each chair, and tied them

with these gold and red rope tassels.

The table setting is so gorgeous!

Gold plated stainless, that my close friend brought to me

a few weeks ago.  She found them when she was cleaning out a house

of a man who had passed away, and everything was going to a yard

sale.  She knew I loved to do these table settings, and so shared

them with me.  Such a great gift, such a special friend.

White chargers, under silver chargers, then red plates, and beautiful

white bowls, on top of that green fruit salad plates.

Red goblets, and white cupcake pedestal plates. 

Each place setting has black and white cloth napkins from Pier I,

and red embroidered cloth napkins from Ralph Lauren. 

The center piece Dana made for me with wood from  a palate,

I filled it with greenery, red pine cones, red pomegranates, cream candles,

and beautiful hand cut glass candle holders. 

I repainted this table a few weeks ago, it was black.

I used Mindful Gray paint from Sherwin Williams.  I 

distressed this with a brick color on top of the gray.

This table cloth I purchased at the Christmas Markets in Germany

a few years ago.  I fell in love with it, it really was my intent to buy a 

tablecloth that I could embroider myself, but only finished ones

were available.  Really to my advantage!

My special find this year.  I found this at a vintage store.

I changed the chairs in the dinning room to white for Christmas,

and it brightens the room to have them in here.

I used red ribbon to tie a bow on my pillows.  They feel so 

festive!  I did them on all the pillows in my family room too!

So a Merry Christmas to you!

I hope that you will have as much fun on Christmas Eve as

we are planning on this year.

Have a great Holiday!

Robin

Christmas Mantel

One of my favorite things I love to do is decorate!

It brings such joy to my soul!

Our mantel is such an odd shape, the stone consumes the entire wall.

Then there are 2 long pieces of rocks across the top

of the fireplace.  So it has always been quite a challenge to make

it look inviting and beautiful.

I love the contrast of the grey stone and the red and green of Christmas.

I love the simplicity of the wall behind the Christmas

decorations.  I also love the white in the decorations that pop from 

the grey wall.  I used white, brown, greenery, and books

covered in brown paper.

 I still need to get the stockings hung around on the rock too.

The stockings will cover the cord to the lights.

I sure love the look of this mantel.

I decided to center the living room around the Savior.  His birth, and the 

meanings of his name.  Here is one of my favorite nativities.  I put a mirror behind

it along with names of the Savior.  

The Mighty God,

The Everlasting Father

The Prince of Peace.

I also have this beautiful piece of Mary holding baby Jesus on a donkey.  It is from 

Hansen Creations.  My absolute favorite motif is the Fleur de lis.  I have them

all over my house.  This one is metal.

I made my sign with my cricut and Robin's Nest papers.

The crown also represents the Savior.  Lord of Lords.

It was found at the Home store, new to Salt Lake City.

Another statue of the Savior, also from Hansen Creations.  It stays out

all year long, along with other statues I have that stay out all year long.

The candle was given to me from my aunt, it is from Germany.

These are a few more pictures after I hung the stockings,

This room is so warm and inviting now that the fireplace

has been washed grey.  It has change the whole look of my 

living room, I am so very glad that I made the change.

A Merry Christmas to you!!!

Robin