The Greening of the Sideboard

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">As I am setting the table with my St. Patrick's Day theme </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I am dressing the Sideboard at the same time.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Not much ever stays the same around here </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">and Nothing is off limits for use in my decorating.  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKr0afHPShEgFwT1GrCw8rRDzU3eEg3rvLf5DTFS7jYIavEwlKYnduhuh4iSaIE8wf6cmUSFi88K6_OaZYzKuE0GV7C1UexMsOO4gNz3Cp9HNHZz3MIcrHLvTR7AwCYm4r2_Jn5r-fNeI/s1600/IMG_3481-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKr0afHPShEgFwT1GrCw8rRDzU3eEg3rvLf5DTFS7jYIavEwlKYnduhuh4iSaIE8wf6cmUSFi88K6_OaZYzKuE0GV7C1UexMsOO4gNz3Cp9HNHZz3MIcrHLvTR7AwCYm4r2_Jn5r-fNeI/s640/IMG_3481-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I usually have a "Jumping Off" point or idea and an "Inspiration" piece. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> This time it was Green, Spring, and this wooden bird tray from Nell Hill's. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> My BFF Kristy bought it (after much urging) for her home last year before she placed it up for sale.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I laughed when I opened my Christmas present that year and saw that she had given it to me.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">"You loved it much more than I did!" </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I love the green on the black and it goes with so many things in my home.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Thank You Kristy and I MISS you!</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_0JNlVIN7MiU1nZNW8_DfIkJq6A7r0MIxGT2lVsNDK_t1YcacpMBVvEVugrEeZxv5d9UN6NoXuzZNDRC9QMLR17tPZXMCjCtxsqDMDQopNUZF1BR80V7qxv7wNHIi0qw7GY8VAcuMtGj/s1600/IMG_3479-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_0JNlVIN7MiU1nZNW8_DfIkJq6A7r0MIxGT2lVsNDK_t1YcacpMBVvEVugrEeZxv5d9UN6NoXuzZNDRC9QMLR17tPZXMCjCtxsqDMDQopNUZF1BR80V7qxv7wNHIi0qw7GY8VAcuMtGj/s640/IMG_3479-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I gathered these green pottery pieces and the glass jar from the Hearth Room and Kitchen.  Rocks, moss and lichen add a natural element. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I subscribe to the "rule of three" in decorating a vignette.  Three items placed High, Medium and Low.  </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">If the High isn't tall enough then elevate it on a few books </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">or a small box. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Also remember to add texture, shine and color. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> The shiny item is a gold platter tucked behind the jars.</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">  If you are creating a vignette and it's just not coming out the way that you want refer back to these rules. </span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> I bet you are missing one of them!  </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GLgKjiH_KIEgOyr-mwWQCnQqWz2B9xjkEZi-PICZLKQFGIjZTrpykayKyV9C0eICSw2U-lH11D91mIlvFYQJDDg2WnenTffM64w1kW0wU2X6F4jj3t5ZZ2oPUXHozinuPKFK84FeZ83d/s1600/IMG_3480-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GLgKjiH_KIEgOyr-mwWQCnQqWz2B9xjkEZi-PICZLKQFGIjZTrpykayKyV9C0eICSw2U-lH11D91mIlvFYQJDDg2WnenTffM64w1kW0wU2X6F4jj3t5ZZ2oPUXHozinuPKFK84FeZ83d/s640/IMG_3480-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">More green tucked into my bird's nest basket.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WiJ9FQQ-odkmAadKWtmwxl4KfSFxVirHd_kdULG4rIEsTQlc0zC9wQUXc6NsEsdp_g-jEbTliZ_-gDVLB-BwuabJ0XtGMRP842pLlxOJsgm0QBhcMckJlas19Tpt_JxDpvG84H-NJNw1/s1600/IMG_3477-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3WiJ9FQQ-odkmAadKWtmwxl4KfSFxVirHd_kdULG4rIEsTQlc0zC9wQUXc6NsEsdp_g-jEbTliZ_-gDVLB-BwuabJ0XtGMRP842pLlxOJsgm0QBhcMckJlas19Tpt_JxDpvG84H-NJNw1/s640/IMG_3477-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">And there you have "The Greening of the Sideboard".</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Come back tomorrow to see the surprises in my St. Paddy's day table!</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span></i></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at:</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Gina at </i><a href="http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/"><i>The Shabby Creek Cottage</i></a><i> for Transformation Thursdays<br />Sherry at </i><a href="http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/"><i>No Minimalist Here</i></a><i> for the Open House Party on Thursdays</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i><i><a href="http://frommyfrontporchtoyours.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">From My Front Porch To Yours</a> for Treasure Hunt Thursday</i><br /><i> Cindy at </i><a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/"><i>My Romantic Home</i></a><i>for Show and Tell Friday<br />Courtney at </i><a href="http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/"><i>French Country Cottage</i></a><i> for Feathered Nest Friday<br />Honey at</i><a href="http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/"><i> 2805</i></a><i>for Potpourri Friday</i><br /><i>Heather and Vanessa at </i><a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/"><i>At the Picket Fence</i></a><i> for Inspiration Friday <br />Diann at </i><a href="http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/"><i>The Thrifty Groove</i></a><i> for Thrifty Things Friday</i></span></div></div>

The Greening of the Sideboard

As I am setting the table with my St. Patrick's Day theme  I am dressing the Sideboard at the same time.   Not much ever stays the same ...

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