More Christmas Decorating!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I thought I would share some pictures </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I snapped of the Living Room before </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">our Company Christmas party began.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We decided to hold the party at our home this year </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in order to save money for the company.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I liked the idea for two reasons; </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">one~ it would get me motivated to get the house ready for </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Christmas, and two~ I thought it would be cozier than </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">having the party at a restaurant or another venue.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uniD5ZPck6qwK0spP1780Dt9rceHAcLc05kVuiFM4jCvSj-qOHbejBcuykD3L-ux4kUBu11MUfpInwFc0I5GVwSro4-dh86mz6MIZESjPocR_Pw5W1GJN8IAJSshdcHbn_IFZLoymPCR/s1600/IMG_8905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uniD5ZPck6qwK0spP1780Dt9rceHAcLc05kVuiFM4jCvSj-qOHbejBcuykD3L-ux4kUBu11MUfpInwFc0I5GVwSro4-dh86mz6MIZESjPocR_Pw5W1GJN8IAJSshdcHbn_IFZLoymPCR/s640/IMG_8905.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I did a big tree this year instead of the tabletop tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">that I had last year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PR1wg4L0WXXrT8DGXlVpSySa2cs4j40qI4gW9khGT3Oax2ccEOpa2wweYiMjdI9dHiN-bOpt23mEoYSm6kQ9C9KKCuAF44wh-_UCETlzS7xfS84csG223cVXqh_J7bHq91VEbmuHJbXm/s1600/IMG_8790a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PR1wg4L0WXXrT8DGXlVpSySa2cs4j40qI4gW9khGT3Oax2ccEOpa2wweYiMjdI9dHiN-bOpt23mEoYSm6kQ9C9KKCuAF44wh-_UCETlzS7xfS84csG223cVXqh_J7bHq91VEbmuHJbXm/s640/IMG_8790a.jpg" width="370" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The color scheme this year is gold, white </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a touch of aqua blue.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpIaRUE01UIBwW8Ym5_kiNoUSXz3fEtSGU8GuXWhYJ9YD3C4BvrNOr7PalH_xecAWtVZqboP5deEHkronDsDPWPI_p-Fo4SZyggT3SmMwENnfrDoh-JUMC1eiCCulD1CxIM8RJPMvg7lo/s1600/IMG_8790ab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpIaRUE01UIBwW8Ym5_kiNoUSXz3fEtSGU8GuXWhYJ9YD3C4BvrNOr7PalH_xecAWtVZqboP5deEHkronDsDPWPI_p-Fo4SZyggT3SmMwENnfrDoh-JUMC1eiCCulD1CxIM8RJPMvg7lo/s640/IMG_8790ab.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even though my tree has over 750 lights on it I added 6 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">more strands so that it really shines at night!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86GH60HHs0Wmmba_5AwbBT6uk8wwe3G744lpXKT3XiN2Kc1u4iVDyJCgcmIclWeRup2XqEMBF36gixbdrxjiX8U00wIKW3jCsyCGYgpZx5A0Wo8KqaycsocoBu0F6VHle4flJ9_Iwuig9/s1600/IMG_8788a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86GH60HHs0Wmmba_5AwbBT6uk8wwe3G744lpXKT3XiN2Kc1u4iVDyJCgcmIclWeRup2XqEMBF36gixbdrxjiX8U00wIKW3jCsyCGYgpZx5A0Wo8KqaycsocoBu0F6VHle4flJ9_Iwuig9/s640/IMG_8788a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mantle this year is also very simple.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just layers and layers of greenery </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with a few sparkly touches added.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-jwp0QiRWzcx8yNdopaS9tx5WO6Ty17KCTEhdUG22KQlkJOeC31XHUAhSE4vaqGx73bYmEcL-whXEAGj6rtULwLK3fOk9yY-oIVIshmtkET3SXgYtSADVaO12o73I9c07ILqQvs1cdo/s1600/IMG_6403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-jwp0QiRWzcx8yNdopaS9tx5WO6Ty17KCTEhdUG22KQlkJOeC31XHUAhSE4vaqGx73bYmEcL-whXEAGj6rtULwLK3fOk9yY-oIVIshmtkET3SXgYtSADVaO12o73I9c07ILqQvs1cdo/s640/IMG_6403.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you remember my<a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-decoratinglets-start-with.html" target="_blank"> mantle </a>from last year?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My Decor Steals Angel Wings!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love them but they didn't make it out this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgwx25zMq6r4DYDw4MRwJADOLc-IxDQPB6lxFWZF-dNhuRvGQEzpT_2DxS4VdNzcJESBoKW3RHzdVGvgI4nUltP055wcezvVHBQNauxh63G0moAb_swmwxVplIi7VtIbgTWItNUU4xkCH/s1600/IMG_8794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgwx25zMq6r4DYDw4MRwJADOLc-IxDQPB6lxFWZF-dNhuRvGQEzpT_2DxS4VdNzcJESBoKW3RHzdVGvgI4nUltP055wcezvVHBQNauxh63G0moAb_swmwxVplIi7VtIbgTWItNUU4xkCH/s640/IMG_8794.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I reused the mantle piece that Mr. Beaux made for me last </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">year to extend the depth of the mantle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I layered garland that I already had along with new wispy </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">garland that I bought at Nell Hill's </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rGXx8WmxQAbBp_cQJOxjisfVzgg9sKvcEWtMI7bSFM8yqWm6qoT-B24rx8stimirC33O0TdUJf3XbgFTAEUNzhpGvBpp_vmeF9oSUBDCpU3VqE7-UpKatekfoyWSVtI5ORwRtkjyrU5L/s1600/IMG_8796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rGXx8WmxQAbBp_cQJOxjisfVzgg9sKvcEWtMI7bSFM8yqWm6qoT-B24rx8stimirC33O0TdUJf3XbgFTAEUNzhpGvBpp_vmeF9oSUBDCpU3VqE7-UpKatekfoyWSVtI5ORwRtkjyrU5L/s640/IMG_8796.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hung a pre-lit wreath in the center of the fireplace </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and tucked in a few birds and pinecones.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSA3_nxYIjfekGEaIeTJ2i_QsJVUSZpPPRcCYl3PLUAFzCBoldK8Rlhin2ElG1_ZDlvvSeUcxD04uwzu7gnypxiAZmytsrpEj_4uV5CG04xLcbvQ33Req01SVtDYK4t1xZb8gnvgN6aLz/s1600/IMG_8797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSA3_nxYIjfekGEaIeTJ2i_QsJVUSZpPPRcCYl3PLUAFzCBoldK8Rlhin2ElG1_ZDlvvSeUcxD04uwzu7gnypxiAZmytsrpEj_4uV5CG04xLcbvQ33Req01SVtDYK4t1xZb8gnvgN6aLz/s640/IMG_8797.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the movement of the pine branches from Nell Hills.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ-RtMRVXnFYxLgs7ho2fRBQvZ3K_lndyNc3H_-YgEFXsUtpQDmKArlnSoLnIQuoN8c6QIOwsijaOFgXQc_fm729NFmroXHe5UQ6TZGzHE9Yq_q-KVmFBD3y_YvHArIN7Fm0xP7QuUCuI/s1600/IMG_8795.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJ-RtMRVXnFYxLgs7ho2fRBQvZ3K_lndyNc3H_-YgEFXsUtpQDmKArlnSoLnIQuoN8c6QIOwsijaOFgXQc_fm729NFmroXHe5UQ6TZGzHE9Yq_q-KVmFBD3y_YvHArIN7Fm0xP7QuUCuI/s640/IMG_8795.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparkly icicle garland and snowflakes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">make the mantle very wintery.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMxs40wlB2XqPteTjz7riSjI2qiXRROnhB4NKNtyXSQ5Wr_IgmBCvunNkmMx6YUjY22i0-vD6zjcW6R052stAaEKC2QF3YhL5OYyASvfUXklW3QM6-ID8H6ntjlEeFsOG8bN5vKgtApF4/s1600/IMG_8897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMxs40wlB2XqPteTjz7riSjI2qiXRROnhB4NKNtyXSQ5Wr_IgmBCvunNkmMx6YUjY22i0-vD6zjcW6R052stAaEKC2QF3YhL5OYyASvfUXklW3QM6-ID8H6ntjlEeFsOG8bN5vKgtApF4/s640/IMG_8897.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To add to my wintery Living Room, I reused my Dollar Store glitter house under a cloche.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpptOOBLOGnxRsJHtMxI9UsT2mTuP1rGxl3z6my0BqyzeOzCGdNch03q213LKpbI0Q_K1rohMKkPbf9_ixsmssxnSL8SBZdhUG8H9nJDc0jlDF3ldcdCnfdIxff6CdzbU9RMkawHoWRdPv/s1600/IMG_8899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpptOOBLOGnxRsJHtMxI9UsT2mTuP1rGxl3z6my0BqyzeOzCGdNch03q213LKpbI0Q_K1rohMKkPbf9_ixsmssxnSL8SBZdhUG8H9nJDc0jlDF3ldcdCnfdIxff6CdzbU9RMkawHoWRdPv/s640/IMG_8899.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can see the original post <a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2013/01/virgo-perfectionism-and-silly-things.html" target="_blank">Here</a>.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlGjREXYIzJ7KpNFLPlVnXv_q2aVZN9qdhMzIcBiVQhgCRWyU_h2zMoNYunjEIMLM1sv9I-HXnebCygtWCh2kbHiDX0k2S4JNWuPZhLvy98PMP7AySKHv1fkEfr1pK0ODeOy6t8To2OKS/s1600/IMG_8896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlGjREXYIzJ7KpNFLPlVnXv_q2aVZN9qdhMzIcBiVQhgCRWyU_h2zMoNYunjEIMLM1sv9I-HXnebCygtWCh2kbHiDX0k2S4JNWuPZhLvy98PMP7AySKHv1fkEfr1pK0ODeOy6t8To2OKS/s640/IMG_8896.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Next to the fireplace I set this urn with greens </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and glittery ribbon and a silver gazing ball </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the middle.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The beautiful thing about decorations like this </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is that I can keep them out through January.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrnzeTea7GMnntRuqR5W4i7a_t2Rp9JwPCow_SFunzSHlSHsLqQw505CYpyiN4t1g7M9nDkPr_7QyX5OtyGdF-VasqJUis693uRdiXKSlmA1BGywebLxm2nhF3iB0tojHwZAvKefiBLOZ/s1600/IMG_8793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrnzeTea7GMnntRuqR5W4i7a_t2Rp9JwPCow_SFunzSHlSHsLqQw505CYpyiN4t1g7M9nDkPr_7QyX5OtyGdF-VasqJUis693uRdiXKSlmA1BGywebLxm2nhF3iB0tojHwZAvKefiBLOZ/s640/IMG_8793.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the other side of the room the Wine Cabinet </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is set with a Wintery scene as well.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fresh flowers for the party sit inside a </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">silver champagne holder.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebke4cb5B5xh03qxydhwL02Whd6E6Xhc-0OzCg7qLvRBUnKePm3mkYcGqRS0MKjMOfOLkgcyOhNluVd0V6w646saO31_Dthd4lQU7m62iX74tP0WbludAxRJK7LqmIxfeG4C6J6nwtZZh/s1600/IMG_8907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebke4cb5B5xh03qxydhwL02Whd6E6Xhc-0OzCg7qLvRBUnKePm3mkYcGqRS0MKjMOfOLkgcyOhNluVd0V6w646saO31_Dthd4lQU7m62iX74tP0WbludAxRJK7LqmIxfeG4C6J6nwtZZh/s640/IMG_8907.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some of the elements from last years mantle now grace the top of the Wine Cabinet.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6BNh4DzRlY2TrUep0D-jYf2Pv2Q6b1hk70FK3007JyMBOnlFl4BnneVZ4M0f9gdMqGX8QtHNonGvByjVCGPA_iqnKaGlljp0YwGWTb21BpWtDcHg9zpJNLDbGxZUpPG_AezBQCFfhUaX/s1600/Operation+Breakthrouh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6BNh4DzRlY2TrUep0D-jYf2Pv2Q6b1hk70FK3007JyMBOnlFl4BnneVZ4M0f9gdMqGX8QtHNonGvByjVCGPA_iqnKaGlljp0YwGWTb21BpWtDcHg9zpJNLDbGxZUpPG_AezBQCFfhUaX/s640/Operation+Breakthrouh.jpg" width="512" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For our Company Charity this year I organized </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to "Adopt-A-Family" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">through a great organization </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Operation Breakthrough.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They help families in need in Kansas City all year long.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The office had fun buying gifts for our "adopted" family </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and brought them to the Christmas Party.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Giving back is what Christmas is all about.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwIwjK6UgHUPuVlrrx-UWNtW7abnj_psPG8JqX5waMnKu7BeXgUSAxkAoHfP7o8_DCfNRXDX2tXykwt3c9tfjOFsHW6SOy8jJWfE5ex1alUFG3uaA7TB588A0cIrmgW5tzttaWYs0Rjgd/s1600/IMG_8901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwIwjK6UgHUPuVlrrx-UWNtW7abnj_psPG8JqX5waMnKu7BeXgUSAxkAoHfP7o8_DCfNRXDX2tXykwt3c9tfjOFsHW6SOy8jJWfE5ex1alUFG3uaA7TB588A0cIrmgW5tzttaWYs0Rjgd/s400/IMG_8901.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing with, </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I thought I would share some pictures  that I snapped of the Living Room before  our Company Christmas party began.   We decided to hold the...

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Tabletop Trees~Christmas in My Living Room

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I shared my <span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-decoratinglets-start-with.html" target="_blank">Living Room Christmas Mantel </a></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with you recently.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because the Mantel makes such a statement </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to keep the rest of the room soft </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and kind of uncluttered.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Also, to be perfectly honest </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have done a "designer" tree in this room </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">for a lot of years and I am just tired of doing it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would rather spend time doing other things...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like baking, or making gifts, or wrapping them...  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It takes a lot of time and I seem to be the only one </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">who appreciates it.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So no more about that (my bitter party of one is exiting).  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me show you my Tabletop Tree!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgJ08aG-OiAatq6t0hq5nfTzV8CdCbBbvLfNb6RlvVgjU-oZsTtHafI4nLPU5f8kIKrN01Gi9A95_f9MvYPWv5BioetX_uC7sOAHtu25j8e24jv75E-oeJdGOiuZ3eqcgDX299tHnOFE/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgJ08aG-OiAatq6t0hq5nfTzV8CdCbBbvLfNb6RlvVgjU-oZsTtHafI4nLPU5f8kIKrN01Gi9A95_f9MvYPWv5BioetX_uC7sOAHtu25j8e24jv75E-oeJdGOiuZ3eqcgDX299tHnOFE/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="616" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The beauty of a Tabletop Tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">is that it can be placed just about anywhere.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't take up much space </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and because I placed it in the urn it looks much taller. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I filled the urn with sand and stuck the tree inside.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The sand really keeps it stable and it doesn't topple over.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's also easy to adjust the tree so it isn't lopsided.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used a round table from my guest room with a gold table skirt and a white topper. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmlSIC81XbtAeMnHsyPrLjX-cYmtw6deVvC2cR9bXbvO_HGvayPdkSaZLP2YrTJab_OTvkJY9BhkA2DQVMJoiitBamzFKPbRNuVxAEe490JKx_dwQWIdqzwGn_OF0UoLizjSTCIX3JvM/s1600/IMG_6570-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmlSIC81XbtAeMnHsyPrLjX-cYmtw6deVvC2cR9bXbvO_HGvayPdkSaZLP2YrTJab_OTvkJY9BhkA2DQVMJoiitBamzFKPbRNuVxAEe490JKx_dwQWIdqzwGn_OF0UoLizjSTCIX3JvM/s640/IMG_6570-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed some keepsakes around the base of the urn.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My favorite picture of my grandparents </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my kiddos when they were teeny tiny.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love this little hand blown glass present.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The cloche in the background is filled with ornaments and the cute heart pillow I won on Debra's blog, Common Ground. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5C6OV_KVQsYAHjFJfBolfZLsp7ImDfYlCJZCPaXvpw7c1i5QpAeeDvwSTyCEStg4-aH9G-6uk3qiv8m1AKGZB6P0vfrGb1tQiByWmvVVzlTupdhOVXcpD4VcaL5RC3gok8b-ODKa5Jo/s1600/IMG_6422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5C6OV_KVQsYAHjFJfBolfZLsp7ImDfYlCJZCPaXvpw7c1i5QpAeeDvwSTyCEStg4-aH9G-6uk3qiv8m1AKGZB6P0vfrGb1tQiByWmvVVzlTupdhOVXcpD4VcaL5RC3gok8b-ODKa5Jo/s640/IMG_6422.jpg" width="380" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used soft golds, blues and silver in the tree this year.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted a kind of snowy Swedish look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I started with lots of lights </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and wove the white and silver ribbon through the tree.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I finished placing the ornaments </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I placed little tufts of snow inside of the tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with <span style="font-size: large;">pine cones</span> resting on top.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBPeDNeGguMCg1_Cu7kr6RQ-RCslgIqMnFWx7YjTPPAG2zxbgrsFt3DiH9aeeOYqAkx9470TIveHzIQ-vGNA142Ka-U018p3DWC3YSPEceQnZDuMSd-PLnxw1WWjj9xJwL2epzDC0oU/s1600/IMG_6426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoBPeDNeGguMCg1_Cu7kr6RQ-RCslgIqMnFWx7YjTPPAG2zxbgrsFt3DiH9aeeOYqAkx9470TIveHzIQ-vGNA142Ka-U018p3DWC3YSPEceQnZDuMSd-PLnxw1WWjj9xJwL2epzDC0oU/s640/IMG_6426.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the effect that this gives the tree.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also placed some of the fluffy snow </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">in the bottom of the tree inside of the urn.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtgA7V3GOYfZPu9ChBUn0oeP-rYOw3xrI2_zxr-p2GnM4lCffPNOrYMVWXIYU0LBv4oaGN36_Ahes6leL3TWZw7uz6OjZv8WFZfiSee6GZcB67stBXcFBNJrhuy8qyTqnzTtGfVUatxM/s1600/IMG_6429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtgA7V3GOYfZPu9ChBUn0oeP-rYOw3xrI2_zxr-p2GnM4lCffPNOrYMVWXIYU0LBv4oaGN36_Ahes6leL3TWZw7uz6OjZv8WFZfiSee6GZcB67stBXcFBNJrhuy8qyTqnzTtGfVUatxM/s640/IMG_6429.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used picks that I had with clear sparkly ends on them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQu0KYIgz3K-h78FVAI8QU6eVandID7ph9Dal3prkjGU7N5e4FrNENZcZhRjIO2r4JEMKx_-3XTq_DpNypDIQ0PqpEOTljpidNU-Pj9JNstqL2NGtutK6wm8H6jDoqYzP7TtjgNqXw7E/s1600/IMG_6427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQu0KYIgz3K-h78FVAI8QU6eVandID7ph9Dal3prkjGU7N5e4FrNENZcZhRjIO2r4JEMKx_-3XTq_DpNypDIQ0PqpEOTljpidNU-Pj9JNstqL2NGtutK6wm8H6jDoqYzP7TtjgNqXw7E/s640/IMG_6427.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I ended up only buying a few ornaments this year, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">most of them I already had.   </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQKCfgT3Iw2IlBJDROYdj89MOYnYW9zNwk5IHces_StzOSyhNfbSrkpKRA3GXw6gBETHDgsvUauHQFM9kdzgXv-smuUN6MDKYjhH6IYPeDedJ2zC6XrzRZImduPL-pjN5ZB_H2tGxNoQ/s1600/IMG_6571-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQKCfgT3Iw2IlBJDROYdj89MOYnYW9zNwk5IHces_StzOSyhNfbSrkpKRA3GXw6gBETHDgsvUauHQFM9kdzgXv-smuUN6MDKYjhH6IYPeDedJ2zC6XrzRZImduPL-pjN5ZB_H2tGxNoQ/s640/IMG_6571-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This crown tree topper was a new find at Hobby Lobby.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianB9Q75IBV1rcrW_7LF5jC1JDPYdIGxFyL70nW0TC1dUqwZGwqkn7yluxX8_e5S_GAclErs5gIu9y6nPQmRE2bsUX5gTZlXgIIdcoYDAt4ULtzSepsKpmumBv1Ury16srQw99_seP8K4/s1600/IMG_6558-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEianB9Q75IBV1rcrW_7LF5jC1JDPYdIGxFyL70nW0TC1dUqwZGwqkn7yluxX8_e5S_GAclErs5gIu9y6nPQmRE2bsUX5gTZlXgIIdcoYDAt4ULtzSepsKpmumBv1Ury16srQw99_seP8K4/s640/IMG_6558-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I made these wreaths from the fresh rope garland that I bought at Costco.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I adore the unstructured look of them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQdJK5JRX4IUERmtBgHXa59KzAH6xPTAAe-hZjqbJak2lt3ZLpnT87R1zZaTvDx_HR5KvJjmTawXgPpz9FOCvcgDImbQIUpkZXDVQAIKT5iFD_9T0DTfU3UbwKwtp4U3FHXq1-toWSZ4/s1600/IMG_6563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQdJK5JRX4IUERmtBgHXa59KzAH6xPTAAe-hZjqbJak2lt3ZLpnT87R1zZaTvDx_HR5KvJjmTawXgPpz9FOCvcgDImbQIUpkZXDVQAIKT5iFD_9T0DTfU3UbwKwtp4U3FHXq1-toWSZ4/s640/IMG_6563.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is really hard to get a good picture in this room.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NFXnU_5_TcyiHdAg3qa8aHgKZG08Mq_wxhrrWeLYkD_JA8PCWw-JkH7A8eP4zjT938kMgM9BaSNkF_RJIMkVXma0qTbbGHUnkGHywaKu_OohzVhBRUmHgrmKp8Hkdi1Cse9IlBvh_-Y/s1600/IMG_6575-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NFXnU_5_TcyiHdAg3qa8aHgKZG08Mq_wxhrrWeLYkD_JA8PCWw-JkH7A8eP4zjT938kMgM9BaSNkF_RJIMkVXma0qTbbGHUnkGHywaKu_OohzVhBRUmHgrmKp8Hkdi1Cse9IlBvh_-Y/s640/IMG_6575-001.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZP17k1pB2I_EVg8MIwXsVDgU68I0RVEmsw9THCj1BJxa59pFbenBmLSJa7LGYANqZJbgpm8_0UdT8pG3Uipeths2rrnlMm3qjLbWK8CPPTgNXp-JhOcneKUnbV-f7oTB4V-ghNE9Xpw/s1600/IMG_6567-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZP17k1pB2I_EVg8MIwXsVDgU68I0RVEmsw9THCj1BJxa59pFbenBmLSJa7LGYANqZJbgpm8_0UdT8pG3Uipeths2rrnlMm3qjLbWK8CPPTgNXp-JhOcneKUnbV-f7oTB4V-ghNE9Xpw/s640/IMG_6567-001.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just wired the garland onto the grapevine </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">wreaths that I already had.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I could have wired all of the loose greenery </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">but I like the way it falls every which way.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE2FTUEedAMhK_aKl0_TNcHO-j0Btr2JVGPOgolMSLmnH6i4fwrPd05MhELfjJ_mOKmuHTYLhgLGXAPDHAZopuJ-50T2Mrq1hLEgK0xZFqkMPaCFS_Ss_FPEoySnCcXKoNBmEEWBPj2s/s1600/IMG_6433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpE2FTUEedAMhK_aKl0_TNcHO-j0Btr2JVGPOgolMSLmnH6i4fwrPd05MhELfjJ_mOKmuHTYLhgLGXAPDHAZopuJ-50T2Mrq1hLEgK0xZFqkMPaCFS_Ss_FPEoySnCcXKoNBmEEWBPj2s/s640/IMG_6433.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My wine cabinet got dressed up too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just a little garland and a few ornaments.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtc4tcMCziRINKDww3O-CyitJDI4lcnYnEVIxyIgKYIQHKNFSNxlA9_qcYSG6VoV-wIHmB2Vum_PFYe18x7PTqLyebo3vzvJ2CuvWkMQUpkdEIJTvGmUVT5NaLj_1SdamAz0qAekTODI/s1600/IMG_6564-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtc4tcMCziRINKDww3O-CyitJDI4lcnYnEVIxyIgKYIQHKNFSNxlA9_qcYSG6VoV-wIHmB2Vum_PFYe18x7PTqLyebo3vzvJ2CuvWkMQUpkdEIJTvGmUVT5NaLj_1SdamAz0qAekTODI/s640/IMG_6564-001.jpg" width="500" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The paperwhites are in full bloom in my silver reindeer bowl.  I finally tied them up and staked them the other day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I walked by and they were flopping all over the place.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevNz7IlR1y0SP9ymZioQF12vIFOg77Woj99sFoJgHySp9gyp0D80u7u5DSwKrPrkugjh3VKsh3iDfSrdo3xZacBkREXHOD-1gf5pNmVkntM7pSLlChlcBeIcVrpMrVyZBAugn4I9MsdU/s1600/IMG_6418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhevNz7IlR1y0SP9ymZioQF12vIFOg77Woj99sFoJgHySp9gyp0D80u7u5DSwKrPrkugjh3VKsh3iDfSrdo3xZacBkREXHOD-1gf5pNmVkntM7pSLlChlcBeIcVrpMrVyZBAugn4I9MsdU/s640/IMG_6418.jpg" width="616" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by to see my tiny tabletop tree </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">and my living room!</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">linking up to these great parties: </span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Kim at <a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">SavvySouthern Style</a> for Wow Us Wednesdays   </span></i></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Roeshel  at <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a></i></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stone Gable  <i><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Tutorials, Tips, and Tidbits </a></i></span></i></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span> <span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> <a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/">No Minimalist Here Open House Party</a>  </b></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Courtney at <a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/">French Country Cottage</a> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Heather and Vanessa at <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a> for Inspiration Friday <br />Debra at <a href="http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/">Common Ground</a> for Vintage Inspiration Friday</span><br />Sherry at<a href="http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/"> The Charm of Home</a> for Home Sweet Home Friday </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span><i><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Jen at <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/">Tatertots and Jello</a> for the Weekend Wrap-up Party </b></i></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="color: #666666;"><i>                                     <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donna at <a href="http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/">Funky Junk Interiors</a> for Saturday Nite Special</span></span></span></i><br /><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span>Roeshel  at <a href="http://diyshowoff.com/" target="_blank">DIY Showoff</a></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

Tabletop Trees~Christmas in My Living Room

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