Susan, from Between Naps on the Porch is once again hosting Tablescape Tuesday. I couldn't WAIT to show you this week's tablescape!! It is from my fabulously talented sister-in-love, Kathleen, who along with her husband hosted Christmas dinner. She puts glitz and glam into everything she touches!
She layers everything...first a placemat, then a mirror that she embellished with rhinestones and black swirly rub-ons, then a silver paper doily. Even the napkins were layered--one with cloth the other is paper, all wrapped prettily in a paper napkin ring and charming jingle bell.
This is their table in the breakfast nook...small little espresso cups filled with coffee beans accentuate the center of the place settings..
More again with the layers--a beaded placemat, garnet colored chargers and a gold doily--gorgeous!
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Ours was relaxing...took a little drive up the road to the snow to experience a White Christmas....then over to Steve's brother's house for dinner and gift exchange.
For this week's Tablescape Tuesday, hosted by our lovely Susan at Between Naps on the Porch, I am posting pictures of a Fall Sunday Brunch I did about a month ago. We are blessed to attend a church that has services on Saturday nights as well as Sunday mornings and we generally go to church Saturday night along with our daughter, Courtney, and meet our son Caleb and his wife Kristen there.
This particular morning I served German pancakes, scrambled eggs and bacon (served in the covered dishes). The pancakes are really crepes, but growing up, my mom always called them German pancakes. I guess because we're German. I suppose if you're Swedish you'd call them Swedish pancakes, and so on....but I digress...
We like to serve Mimosa's at brunch--(sparkling wine and orange juice). It always seems to jazz up a breakfast! :-) I used a brown and white transfer ware (planter?) to hold the sparkling wine--a thrift store find.
The covered casserole dishes came in a box of antique brown and white floral dinner plates, cups and saucers and soup bowls and two large serving platters. Got the whole box at a garage sale for 20 bucks!!
Champagne glasses I got at the Thrift. Also, a new (old) butter knife acquired at a garage sale.
I've been really drawn to the brown and white color scheme lately....I'm already planning those colors in the family room when Christmas is over!
In honor of the official first day of winter (December 21) I thought it appropriate to share about my 86 year old Dad's red coat he used to wear to Evanston Township High School in Illinois from 1938 to 1942.
The warmth of my favorite winter coat is unbelievable. It is a Hudson Bay, solid red with a wide black stripe near the bottom. I was warm as toast when the snow came down or the temperature dropped to an uncomfortable low. This may sound like a fake story, but I really did walk a full mile to high school in Evanston Illinois. I walked regardless of the weather, rain, snow, hail, sleet and even sunshine. But the red coat came out when the weather turned bitter cold and I was toasty all the way to the high school. Of course, adding to my comfort were galoshes, and lined mittens that came up over my wrists. When the temperature was above 15 degrees then no ear muffs were called for. But below 15 degrees, the ear muffs went on and kept my ears from freezing. If the temp was down around zero, then a muffler would be put on to protect my nose and mouth. All in all, it was a fun time. Four years of trudging through six foot drifts was really a thrill, you see, this was before snow shoes were invented!
And when we came out after noshing on Chicken Parmesan and Linguine Alfredo--it was nightfall and the streets were transformed to Christmas Carolers decked out in Victorian garb, vendors selling everything from crafts to Hot Spiced Wine and Cider, musicians strolling around...it all was so festive and wonderful!
A large screen was up outside of a little cafe with tables set up playing "It's a Wonderful Life"
It was all so wonderful and fun! This experience is going to be added to our new list of Traditions that we've started upon moving here to Northern California!
Every year around Christmas our church, Bridgeway Christian Church, holds a holiday tea. The women sign up to decorate and host a table. And the men sign up to serve dinner. I attended this year with my friend, Cheryl, and sat with another friend of mine, Jessica--who, along with her mother, decorated a table. She had never done it before and the above picture is the results! I think she did a fabulous job! If you get a chance, pop over to her blog and let her know!
So that's my Tablescape Tuesday for this week! Check out Between Naps on the Porch for other Tablescapes!!
Julia over at Hooked on Houses is hosting a Holiday Tour. Be sure to check out the other fun tours that are going on over there!
Here is our front entry. I was going for a "Winter Wonderland" kinda feel...
We're in the front door..Courtney (my daughter) decorated the tree...see the red coat by the archway? Stay tuned for a story about that!! ;-)
...and on into the Family Room--Courtney decorated pretty much all of it. I was thrilled to have help. I think she did a fabulous job! Thanks so much, Sweetie!
All I added was this vintage soda pop holder--filled it with candles instead of soda bottles.
On into the kitchen--here is a sampling of my snowman collection...
And the small silver Christmas tree I got a the Dollar Store last year..
A view of the kitchen table and buffet..
The garland over our kitchen window--I go with pastels in the kitchen to blend with the wallpaper and tile. Here I can still express the pink side of my personality!! :-)
