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Inspiring Holiday Tablescapes

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

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About this time, our attention is starting focus on what will be served on Christmas Day and how we want to lay out the table.

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Beautiful china, special linen napkins and of course a simple but elegant centerpiece:

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Look how beautiful, simple and creative:

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I think the most beautiful table settings are those that use fresh greenery:

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This arrangement is pretty, but where will you put the food?:

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Some people are so creative:

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Sandra Lee never disappoints when making an original table setting:

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Do you dress up your table? I do, but when it is time to bring out the food I always remove the centerpiece and replace it with food. The centerpiece is taken off and put aside. I figure for anyone to be able to leave the centerpieces on the table during dinner, they must have a butler serving them on the side!

If you need help decorating your home, contact me today.

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Christmas Mantels and Tables

Monday, December 19th, 2011

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I do not have a mantel this year to decorate for Christmas! I never thought about it until I brought all my Christmas decorations out an realized that there isn’t a mantel here! So sad. So I thought I would share a few pictures of decorated mantels I thought were so pretty:

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How simple and beautiful:

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Below are some beautiful pictures of Holiday decorating that I found that I also wanted to share:

 

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Love, love the little arrangement above! And these:

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And look at this great outdoor idea:

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I hope you enjoyed! Do you have a mantel to decorate? This is what I had to work with this year in the new condo:

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Other Christmas posts you might enjoy:

Inspiring Christmas Tablescapes

More Creative Christmas Decorating

Christmas Tablescapes

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Decking The Halls

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

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I am done! I must move on to my other Christmas activities now. I have been spending too much time decorating!(love it!) I saw a picture I liked of a wreath hung with a piece of ribbon and wanted to try it. Here is my version:

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I have decorated all available surface tops:

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My dining room village centerpiece:

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Do you see my little grouping of the ugliest ornaments ever? haha

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And my Christmas Tree (not a Holiday tree), for our temporary condo:

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I am going to decorate this tree with paper ornaments. Another craft project!  But I really do have to start thinking about gifts, wrapping, food, cookie exchange next weekend… and on and on. You know what I mean.

Until next time! Are you still decorating? Do you still have a lot of do before Christmas?

If you need help making your home beautiful and happy contact me today.

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Decorating Your Own Wreath

Sunday, December 4th, 2011

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Do you decorate a wreath for the Holiday’s? I do love the simplicity of the simple red bow on a wreath.

But I really love to buy a plain wreath every year and decorate it myself. Below is an artificial wreath that I like to decorate every year:

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The BIG trick in using an artificial wreath is to be sure to spread out the branches! It is all compacted and squished when you first bring home. Remember to always take the time to spread out the branches so that it will look more realistic.

There are a few ways you can secure ornaments to your wreath. I think the easiest way to attach items is to tie a floral stick to the ornament:

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And then it is very easy to poke the ornaments into the wreath.

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You can also use a glue gun to secure the balls:

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Floral wire (shown above) is another option. Cut a small piece of wire and string through top of ornament and then tie secure to the wreath branch:

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For the bow on your wreath, you can make one yourself or you can buy a bow already made for only a couple dollars. Just have fun with it! Decorate as little or as much as you like:

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With an artificial wreath, you can take off the bow and all your ornaments and save as well as your wreath. And make a new masterpiece next year!

Here is another easy project:

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Gather a few different varieties of branches together. For this project, I used four varieties of branches. First, secure the bunch tightly together at the stems. You can use wire or I tied a heavy rubber band to secure:

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Next, I hung my created swag on a wreath hanger:

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I then tied a big red bow around the back of the swag and wreath holder:

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Ta Da!! Pretty easy and it looks great. I bet you would have to pay $20.00 for a swag this pretty! :) Ok, one more little project I worked on today:

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My little Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Look at the stand someone actually made. So of course I have to decorate in the true CB fashion:

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The Peanuts gang would be so proud:

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This tree fits in very well with the rest of our old-fashioned Christmas decorated home:

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We still love the big colored lights and the homemade decorations on the tree:

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How do you decorate your home for Christmas? Bright and colored? Or clean and white? Do you decorate your own wreath?

Now don’t get too excited, but these are photos only from my New Hampshire home. I will show you my Rhode Island Christmas decorating pictures soon! :)

If you need help decorating your home for Christmas, contact me today.

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Christmas Table Centerpiece 101

Even More Christmas Tablescape Ideas

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