Hounds Tooth Holiday

I haven't participated in Tablescape Thursday for a while and I'm happy to jump back in with my first Holiday Tablescape (at home)! First of all, I have the greatest MIL in the world....what does that have to do with TT? Well, because she has been giving me my Christmas presents early and you'll see some of the wonderful presents in this Tablescape and many more! ! Thanks to a wonderful table runner she gave me, it inspired: A Hounds Tooth Holiday.....I don't know why I have to name everything, my trees are named too.....I know weird.

Let me show you the place setting:

Wicker Chargers, Mary Carol Home Collection

Red Holly Plates, local thrift store {heart these!}

Glass Salad Plate with Silver Rim, Target (Thanks Elaine!)

Oval Snack Tray with Red Cup (Thanks Teresa!)

Everyday Flatware (Hounds Tooth Ribbon)
Silver rimmed goblet, matches the salad plate
I started off with a red and black blanket that I had in the closet and my new tablerunner with creamy snowflakes for the linens, no napkins, you'll have to use your sleeve. :)

I found these little tree s&p shakers at Family dollar

The red mercury glass votives, really sparkle, love these!

Do you remember me using the sewing machine drawers as candle holders for the fall? I used them again but added pine and white candles this time, I still love the look, graphic yet, old fashion at the same time {heart}

I used the same vase and twigs that you might have seen for my modern Thanksgiving table centerpiece, but I added pine, pinecones and berries for Christmas, I do love a good twig...

Thank you for coming by, I hope you're inspired!

Thank you Susan for hosting! Be sure to visit all of the talented Tablescapers @ BNOTP

DIY Poinsettia Placemat

Merry Christmas!!!

Has the Christmas bug bitten you yet? Well, if it has let me show you how to refurbish some old Christmas stuff!

If you're like me, you probably have gone through Christmas phases and like me, you have some old stuff you've just not had the heart to get rid of. My sister gave me these place mats years and years ago and I used them for a while...but the color is just not working for me now.

These happen to be the squishy vinyl kind of place mats. I used the back of the just in case I ever decide I like them again. The snowman is still there.
I bought these velvet poinsettias years ago, and really I just haven't really found the perfect use for them...until now that is!

(That is totally lint on them, not to be confused with dust ;)

First, cut off the leaves of the poinsettias.

Rip off the plastic veins underneath the leaf. This might seem hard but they ripped off really easy.

Next, sort out the sizes of the leaves, I did this so I could start from the biggest to the smallest

Whip out that ole' trusty glue gun and start gluing those babies down. Start from the rim (for lack of better word) of the place mat and let the leaves hang over slightly. Be sure to overlap a little too so the place mat doesn't show.

Just keep gluing, round and around and around

...and around

Finally, you reach the center of the place mat and you are done!! This project took me approximately 30 minutes to do, from start to finish.

I really LOVE this!! The velvet leaves are really great and I hope you can see all the texture!

I would really recommend this project. The results are really satisfying! I bought absolutely nothing, but ended up with something I will use time and again.



What do you think? I bet you have some old Christmas stuff you can revamp today!

I really love this time of year!



Merry Christmas!



And happy decorating!



Thanks for stopping in to visit me! I love it when you do! I hope you're inspired!

Blogged for Susan @ BNOTP

Cindy @ Cottage Instincts

and

Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land

Thank You Ladies, for hosting!

Cloche Party

Welcome!

Hello everyone! Thanks for dropping by, I am really in the holiday spirit and I have been decorating up a storm! After a lot of decorating it seems like I have a lot of cleaning to do too.....what's that about? Here in the Kitchen I have gotten the Candy Land Tree done and have started the detail stuff now. You might remember this cloche that I used for my Halloween display


Now I have it with a silver tree candle

I like doing the trees and then decorating...Marty's Cloche Party is the perfect time to show you some {I mean} all three of my cloches!

I love my cloche base that I made last summer and I have gotten a lot of use out of it.
I use it now to display one of my favorite vintage Santa guys

I love this guy and I don't know if it's just me or not, but I can't find decent looking Christmas figures out there....it seems like they are trying to see how cheap they can make stuff-and it's really showing. I have had this guy for many years.

My dear MIL bought this vintage looking tree for me-love it! I have more going on in the kitchen {probably too much} but let's go ahead and move in to the living room.

I have kept the color in here to a minimum, but I like that right now with so much color in the kitchen, the living area is plain and simple.




Plain and simple doesn't mean I skimp on the details.

It can't be any easier than this: Snow, snowflake, and a few ornaments!

I love my milk glass collection and I use several pieces for everything, especially this little vase, which I have multiples of







I love green and brown together and throwing in silver for the holidays, well friends, it makes me: happy! Putting ornaments in apothecary jars is simple and beautiful! I used a collection of glass and glitterey ornaments. This would be a great way to display odd ornaments

Dressing up candles, you've seen these before, with holiday ribbon, and they are feeling festive too!






I recently got this silver tray at my favorite thrift store and I really love it! It cleaned up purdy! Chalk that one up to Thrifty Love!

Well I can't seem to do anything with out having pinecones! So here they are! Nestled all together in a not so big cloche and a milk glass base-to me, this is perfection


Thank you Marty for hosting this great party! Be sure to visit all the clocheness at A Stroll Thru Life!

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my bits and snipets of the house. If you would like to, join me at facebook; click the button at the top left corner. I think it would be easier to ask questions and talk via facebook than emails, plus you can see what I'm up to more often!

One more thing, don't forget that I have free shipping until Christmas at my Etsy Shop. I have made countless gingerbread men and you can have your very own! Just click on my Shop on my side bar and it will take you straight to my Shop!

Oops! One more thing, thank you to all who commented on the Dwell Studio Modern Thanksgiving Contest on my behalf!

Modern Thanksgiving Finalist

Hello everyone! You might be wondering why it seems like you've seen these pictures before...well you have...and just the other day, in fact!

I have been totally blown away to be chosen as a finalist in the Dwell Studio: Modern Thanksgiving Contest and I need your help! Winners are chosen by the amount of comments and if you could please take the time to comment for me that would be great!

Thank You!

Here is the link to vote and Thanks for taking the time to comment! There is a 48 hour time limit, comments end on December 3rd at midnight.

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