Tabletop - Christmas to New Years Eve

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKT6HQrAtEuUOMQ-Ef0RmBYkRfbA_ZdAR6SelPGGL0lqUHO5k6Qu5rOG163MHJDzM9WN-u5GSLTXNu3JMKYfv7CH-6vmf9rEh0_KP05Tsj8YhhIjqMfL1scN_fyny3hDAQcp7CD_rKhJwV/s1600/DSCF1136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKT6HQrAtEuUOMQ-Ef0RmBYkRfbA_ZdAR6SelPGGL0lqUHO5k6Qu5rOG163MHJDzM9WN-u5GSLTXNu3JMKYfv7CH-6vmf9rEh0_KP05Tsj8YhhIjqMfL1scN_fyny3hDAQcp7CD_rKhJwV/s640/DSCF1136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Christmas tabletop with bright red accents and greenery!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_zB_NIqQvgAeRNDbmh7-3-zrVoCc_01npxeR_D5xblw7CvCfqU0LkkShpn9oK81P0DTeFS17-zA67lZDwxzcBXrzQrU3h10GrFMoFj2VBtpHhSYULGGQlVBG31BRbsc6LqEwtfpWyAqy/s1600/DSCF1115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Generic burlap always gives such a nice textural base for a table top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Rf0BiaLZowb04JvMtAOXa65FzrcyZ0NJoTpE-Q64Ae_UE2VZLnTsCyBGAvnw-3LKSSLAvrHvLRwAenMIuqPfFPJH-0cegBfvENYm847kcFltvOgBv-VoqJDODQ5x1ddl0m61JpCeqJpp/s1600/xmas+table+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Rf0BiaLZowb04JvMtAOXa65FzrcyZ0NJoTpE-Q64Ae_UE2VZLnTsCyBGAvnw-3LKSSLAvrHvLRwAenMIuqPfFPJH-0cegBfvENYm847kcFltvOgBv-VoqJDODQ5x1ddl0m61JpCeqJpp/s640/xmas+table+008.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New napkins, tossing the crispy greenery, ready for New Year's Eve!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-HfifNrWJBRaBwTW3TWG4HfoTFRM_XBrZpvXcE70hrQOE9gzEQHG7jlEn3_AV22g1H_oYJ9Ecrc7lItTWSV6CpgaJY6qp4UmvguXYe27DPJVmGQlL57TilA8HFELIXouiJaad6-ckESa/s1600/xmas+table+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-HfifNrWJBRaBwTW3TWG4HfoTFRM_XBrZpvXcE70hrQOE9gzEQHG7jlEn3_AV22g1H_oYJ9Ecrc7lItTWSV6CpgaJY6qp4UmvguXYe27DPJVmGQlL57TilA8HFELIXouiJaad6-ckESa/s640/xmas+table+004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Tabletop - Christmas to New Years Eve

Christmas tabletop with bright red accents and greenery!  Generic burlap always gives such a nice textural base for a table top.   New napk...

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A Holiday Tabletop

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpUmGn2NDBG6o2td-U9JJlyITIrVtzlfQvQK9yLbMX5g75JQfNR5NIN0WvXSFDU7DZ0QAC5-4wEOBN5X4ydG0-GeI5Sw4BcBppchWVWr7SnfmKoc7acmpFzo3Y2hyVxuXJtdYle9gJ6Dw/s1600/xmas+table+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpUmGn2NDBG6o2td-U9JJlyITIrVtzlfQvQK9yLbMX5g75JQfNR5NIN0WvXSFDU7DZ0QAC5-4wEOBN5X4ydG0-GeI5Sw4BcBppchWVWr7SnfmKoc7acmpFzo3Y2hyVxuXJtdYle9gJ6Dw/s640/xmas+table+013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br />I spent some time at my mother-in-law's today working with her to set our table for a holiday dinner we will have at her house. We pooled our resources to create a really different look this year, using her favorite color, turquoise, with antique brass accents.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj7lkYsSSBC0sRUU0vMEmT1gS57gnnSi4y6Gti9qK96YnIAVhWrzvUsI53yKydXI3gvS1LUfDqyc75tmLra_53rm82LQHt9ERa3tKYhWRw4cqI9ovuRgt5nBPbh4OAfWF09miUhg2yI9n/s1600/xmas+table+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj7lkYsSSBC0sRUU0vMEmT1gS57gnnSi4y6Gti9qK96YnIAVhWrzvUsI53yKydXI3gvS1LUfDqyc75tmLra_53rm82LQHt9ERa3tKYhWRw4cqI9ovuRgt5nBPbh4OAfWF09miUhg2yI9n/s640/xmas+table+019.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />She has a beautiful antique table and chairs which make a great base for any table setting.  It's nice and wide, so you can really do some nice centerpieces without crowding things too much.   I didn't want to use a full tablecloth so we could see that beautful table, so she pulled one of her scarves in her favorite color to use as a runner. We combined all of our brass candlesticks to fill the table and she has this fabulous, heavy, round vase she picked up in her travels that I filled with creamy white flowers.  Her partridge figurines fit the color scheme beautifully.    <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLC4D7k96sNXl5yFT6ZzQV2SgfD65XWsNN-sKoctPPU8mHtKFev0XBq9VNjNtZH6sz-ymW3-jOkF6p3N7ItlVCBI0LlcOssbyh_EivQdXT2yVGMMCzIxeb7Hhljof_9wkSSaXzGIHeqE2/s1600/xmas+table+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLC4D7k96sNXl5yFT6ZzQV2SgfD65XWsNN-sKoctPPU8mHtKFev0XBq9VNjNtZH6sz-ymW3-jOkF6p3N7ItlVCBI0LlcOssbyh_EivQdXT2yVGMMCzIxeb7Hhljof_9wkSSaXzGIHeqE2/s640/xmas+table+010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>She has these great brass chargers we used under my creamware plates.  Then she pulled out a beautiful service of brass flatware with the best looking soup spoons!  We will be having a fabulous soup on this evening, so how nice to have these lovely spoons. Lastly, we clipped some magnolia leaves from her tree, included a few silk magnolia blooms, and folded the creamy linen napkins.  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkakVOZ82PTNPdKd3S_TgiB95XNI1pTgYAoQIN-CE7hUqIa8eD1uEFRjMHzVcZcq0uUAAytyDgpFR76asQlhqlpEDnu7rgSIXNyH2ghPqYWosuYVBt-lfRFORDuzrHgcCSXBOU-RLm33NL/s1600/xmas+table+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkakVOZ82PTNPdKd3S_TgiB95XNI1pTgYAoQIN-CE7hUqIa8eD1uEFRjMHzVcZcq0uUAAytyDgpFR76asQlhqlpEDnu7rgSIXNyH2ghPqYWosuYVBt-lfRFORDuzrHgcCSXBOU-RLm33NL/s640/xmas+table+022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center">This tabletop really reflects the style and personality of my mother-in-law, from the scarf from her closet to the magnolia leaves from her tree.  She loves the decor and can't wait to host this family gathering!</div>

A Holiday Tabletop

 I spent some time at my mother-in-law's today working with her to set our table for a holiday dinner we will have at her house. We poo...

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