Finally Freezing...

Yes, though I thought it would never happen this year, it is supposed to freeze tonight in Mississippi.

And the heat is out in our big, old, drafty house.

I am always cold (regardless of the actual temperature) so when I got out of bed this morning it didn't strike me as too odd that my feet were freezing. When I checked my email I had one from my roommate who was already at work asking if I had gotten frostbite in the night. Thankfully all ten fingers and ten toes are intact, but I feel silly wrapped up in my coat in the house. The landlord hasn't called me back yet...until then it's just me and Earl Gray.

Gardening Again...

I planted more "Sonnet Bronze" snapdragons yesterday - they are definitely my favorite color. I also finally yanked up the zinnias. They weren't dead yet, but seeing that November is four days away I thought it was about time.

Itching to Decorate...

...for CHRISTMAS!

I make no secret of the fact that I LOVE CHRISTMAS. Amazingly I only started listening to Christmas music last week (this time last year I had been since July), but I have been gathering decorating ideas all year. In the hopes that we wouldn't have a random mix of holiday decor, the roommates and I discussed and decided our color scheme for this year would be white, silver and green. This works well since we have a lot of green in the house to begin with. And the color combo is so chic.

Pottery Barn agrees as well. I have been eyeing this reindeer moss wreath and garland ever since it graced the pages of their fall catalogue.

I however, would like to attempt making the wreath myself...I love amazingly cheap decor.

I have also been wanting to try making these cute meringue Christmas trees ever since I saw them in Domino a few years ago. Wouldn't they be great on the table at a cocktail party?

So check back later (as in a LOT closer to Christmas since I'm not allowed to decorate now) to see the finished products.

Fall Dinner Party

I have never been one for fall decor. I do love the color orange, but in the context of a tailgate party, not permanently in my house. However, after seeing this lovely post by Eddie Ross, it finally dawned on me that I can decorate for fall without the candy-corn colors and goofy jack-o-lanterns.

This particular picture from Eddie's blog got me thinking:

Since I had my mental breakthrough I decided to decorate the interior of our house for fall and purchased a grey pumpkin to sit on the bookshelf. It's so subtle, yet appropriate for the season.

We were having friends over for dinner last week and I saw it as my chance to create some fabulous fall table. *I also have never been a huge fan of purple, but once again, the picture above was quite inspiring.

I began with brown burlap (purchased for $6) and made a table runner. I then set a white platter in the center with white pumpkins on either side. On the platter I placed candelabra I found at an antique shop in Franklin, TN last spring. I have been dying to use it and thought this the perfect opportunity. I snagged a couple to mercury glass cachepots on clearance at Pottery Barn last year and filled them with purple mums and Spanish moss and added them to the mix. I then set the table with white china, cloth napkins and my green glassware.

In the end I decided the candelabra wasn't the best centerpiece for fostering conversation so I replaced it with the grey pumpkin and added my favorite candlesticks...and there you have it. Here are pictures with the candelabra and the pumpkin.

I must say that the color palette is really growing on me.


So simple, but so lovely!

Here is the final shot of the table.

Mom, if you are reading this I am sorry that the forks are on top of the napkins. I know that drives you crazy, but they looked funny laying on the table beside them.