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

I shared my Living Room Christmas Mantel  with you recently.   Because the Mantel makes such a statement  I wanted to keep the rest of the r...

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We Wish You a Merry Christ"Mesh"

<br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, indeedy ... the mesh has taken over the our front alcove.  And, it's all my husband's fault!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">You see, in our house ... we have a rule.  The inside of the house is mine, and the outside of the house is his (well, actually, that's really mine, too, but I just let him *think* that it's his, lol).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Every year, when one more box of net lights is purchased ... *one* more spiral tree is added, and reindeers with moving heads arrive, there's my husband, with a big grin on his face.  He loves Christmas!  And, when he told me that he wanted to add garland above the door and for me to "make it pretty" (*while waving his hands in circles*), I knew I had my marching orders.  So, here's what I did:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaNxrFNrSj_R1c2zpvNh-A1rIasV93oF4FyJ5gJVJTSX1DIfwFmEpmNr5uDphSPFwZgM3DvcfZd6nDubr8AKqAKsdtVmUnZOfs_ZZymhq45dPGj6zX0sKecebn88FOvfQiNE5BvX8Ow/s640/xmasoutoverall.jpg" width="360" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our mesh wreath isn't alone this year:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7QD81fAh_iHIqRnZFytCV4RbEc8NiAl9OXascbGHjFKaMeg_MOPJkzG5pOwmxT8Da0b2vcv-mzazpCDY3DaRJPX3oT7Wwvpv3aBcIDJeYu6rWcqrvKU6MD_5wFD4RtP1S76lvX-kbA/s1600/xmasoutwreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7QD81fAh_iHIqRnZFytCV4RbEc8NiAl9OXascbGHjFKaMeg_MOPJkzG5pOwmxT8Da0b2vcv-mzazpCDY3DaRJPX3oT7Wwvpv3aBcIDJeYu6rWcqrvKU6MD_5wFD4RtP1S76lvX-kbA/s640/xmasoutwreath.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once my husband added the garland above the door, I added matching red mesh, striped mesh and various ornaments:</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHqZzenkxmBlWTd4RoTRHspvwaXUmBDUDtTcI3Qe1DwZeA_9GBYmgwNsbcZz2nJUuw9qkPOLQJ408DP33BdE4ypN5TBFVtQ6d_NQcKPvOWnSLHelEIzHxKFcncAwbsrjUjifXAUKNCA/s1600/xmasoutgarland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHqZzenkxmBlWTd4RoTRHspvwaXUmBDUDtTcI3Qe1DwZeA_9GBYmgwNsbcZz2nJUuw9qkPOLQJ408DP33BdE4ypN5TBFVtQ6d_NQcKPvOWnSLHelEIzHxKFcncAwbsrjUjifXAUKNCA/s640/xmasoutgarland.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't stop there, so I went ahead and doused our plain topiaries with mesh and ornaments, as well:</span></div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowK_m-uqBE2isBEjzBybTgDA6Cx9ad0k9eunWOHI9-MOIc3oXidAsMjAWdbIFjnf7pzrIOJ8OkpjGrWqiI6hhAZ0r-11kbYdeZACC6FpZzyaSlWJJQx9_9F6yzrvc-kp9LTRGFYUEmw/s1600/xmasouttree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowK_m-uqBE2isBEjzBybTgDA6Cx9ad0k9eunWOHI9-MOIc3oXidAsMjAWdbIFjnf7pzrIOJ8OkpjGrWqiI6hhAZ0r-11kbYdeZACC6FpZzyaSlWJJQx9_9F6yzrvc-kp9LTRGFYUEmw/s640/xmasouttree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div align="justify" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I'm always fearful to get too close to all of it, as I just *know* a family of lizards is going to jump out at me, I'm really enjoying it (and actually looking forward to adding MANY more ornaments next year)!  Plus, okay, it doesn't look too bad all lit up at night:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUynJa2ZxG4eKeE70VkV_0P3VqwzJLUQu8emDIrULHLHTXETnWoKpn1XRT_MursO6ZJMbuZRhCPDnITVG8GpZNZsOAx3Wk_k9rh8SJQexri2iidoVLvUomUjlqKQDqWDnxkf6p4mT1lQ/s1600/xmasoutnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUynJa2ZxG4eKeE70VkV_0P3VqwzJLUQu8emDIrULHLHTXETnWoKpn1XRT_MursO6ZJMbuZRhCPDnITVG8GpZNZsOAx3Wk_k9rh8SJQexri2iidoVLvUomUjlqKQDqWDnxkf6p4mT1lQ/s640/xmasoutnight.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While we're out here ... you can see how I sp</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ared the wreaths on our windows from the mesh and only added an oversized, classic red bows:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWPiY0h-AODMma8oeWrTEc5yqOXbH4w7m0hTBtR91y3S57RRefWGURmLC5m_zr4LvpzZzsL1FqPojJqJNJOnoKcvw75GkWVDlkfqMYflbuuwNB6hL2XaT8h_0LZ24GM3mvgxskvWOOg/s1600/xmasoutwreathred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWPiY0h-AODMma8oeWrTEc5yqOXbH4w7m0hTBtR91y3S57RRefWGURmLC5m_zr4LvpzZzsL1FqPojJqJNJOnoKcvw75GkWVDlkfqMYflbuuwNB6hL2XaT8h_0LZ24GM3mvgxskvWOOg/s640/xmasoutwreathred.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember the reindeers with the moving heads?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z57fN2R0v2xqHgqww2tXfVfSfxX1NZxex7T7yxmhOKD-_yX9hGmliiiHJmCl1TAqH8fpo3DWgUaliih6mroJrglkA0U6-57nuhM4Qw7Swq_fAAxz5LzFMC_7t_In6orfeW0vlq2rxA/s1600/xmasoutreindeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Z57fN2R0v2xqHgqww2tXfVfSfxX1NZxex7T7yxmhOKD-_yX9hGmliiiHJmCl1TAqH8fpo3DWgUaliih6mroJrglkA0U6-57nuhM4Qw7Swq_fAAxz5LzFMC_7t_In6orfeW0vlq2rxA/s640/xmasoutreindeer.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, it *never* snows here, BUT, according to PicMonkey, it's snowing here right this minute!  Yay ... Merry Christ*Mesh!*</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYTUu4PuBRk5t72ZsPlEgGe2fBDw5g92JLSU3K1UwnwRuHaXcIv7rgatHYcugn9yL-YQa3fMyCnDUg9Xefsxtp1mfpkLsDh2XEoAwa08kpA2ml3fioYEg4LI0srfRjwnO72qjc12u_w/s1600/xmasoutoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYTUu4PuBRk5t72ZsPlEgGe2fBDw5g92JLSU3K1UwnwRuHaXcIv7rgatHYcugn9yL-YQa3fMyCnDUg9Xefsxtp1mfpkLsDh2XEoAwa08kpA2ml3fioYEg4LI0srfRjwnO72qjc12u_w/s640/xmasoutoverall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for visiting!  I'm off to play here:</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sutton Place/<a href="http://www.onsuttonplace.com/homespun-christmas-link-party-doors-and-wreaths/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+onsuttonplace%2FTBAW+%28On+Sutton+Place%29">Homespun Christmas Party - Doors and Wreaths</a></span><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" />

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Christmas Curb Appeal

<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well it has hardly seemed like winter here </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;">according to weather </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;">but this week the temps got a little cooler.  </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 guess I just wasn't in the mood to decorate outside </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;">when it was in the 60's.  </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;">But once the clouds came in this week </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 we got a little chill in the air </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;">it was time to get out there </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;">an<span style="font-size: large;">d </span>create some </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 Curb Appeal!</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/AVvXsEgw1PqVS8C6BISZ4KrtS9mRRYzUv3oiI9Zbgf6dwYKmpYh5C60ue_aBRUNQ8sfYvkgZ2FUWxIpGk0o4Mgk4BZMlAh9SJL_1qaLk7mZXS4sGjK16pP6YWLihVk-eWDJFC9jOo_NGASbZkA0/s1600/IMG_6613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1PqVS8C6BISZ4KrtS9mRRYzUv3oiI9Zbgf6dwYKmpYh5C60ue_aBRUNQ8sfYvkgZ2FUWxIpGk0o4Mgk4BZMlAh9SJL_1qaLk7mZXS4sGjK16pP6YWLihVk-eWDJFC9jOo_NGASbZkA0/s640/IMG_6613.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;">Remember my new bench from this past spring?  </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;">Well, it got all dressed up for 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;">with plaid, and green and red.  </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 used items that I had around the house, </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;">mostly from Estate Sales </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 <span style="font-size: large;">my </span>sled from the Goodwill.  </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/AVvXsEjnm5HzuZG_XsKXvN31MSUMAv8LwMAIT22kdqL26R5tX2ujVzcfvS1RkXRjMC0bB3MRDdY8xtqkBZ0KT5PRE35d36-woCAvlT7EK-9CWPRp7CqUmqgtcGuPktJ7XtC78-XbyAdTnau5-sQ/s1600/IMG_6614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnm5HzuZG_XsKXvN31MSUMAv8LwMAIT22kdqL26R5tX2ujVzcfvS1RkXRjMC0bB3MRDdY8xtqkBZ0KT5PRE35d36-woCAvlT7EK-9CWPRp7CqUmqgtcGuPktJ7XtC78-XbyAdTnau5-sQ/s640/IMG_6614.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 found these ice skates for $2.00 </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;">at an Estate Sale and snatched them up.  </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 had fun putting some of my Martha Stewart Glitter on them. </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Don't they look all snowy and shiny?  </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 really sparkle in the sun!</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/AVvXsEiN0CeQXB7aiBDqXWbBH83mi10sJqWQdt38PEMkpsCyDyHR9JR_ymhtkzYlmqcdHIfB8rdtaoyUlja3XUG_ZBlAz0e67caSUvtuo7MIdLjXj5lqzPqVpafvBwrtecOvXm9OGOW5jMDQZD4/s1600/IMG_6609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0CeQXB7aiBDqXWbBH83mi10sJqWQdt38PEMkpsCyDyHR9JR_ymhtkzYlmqcdHIfB8rdtaoyUlja3XUG_ZBlAz0e67caSUvtuo7MIdLjXj5lqzPqVpafvBwrtecOvXm9OGOW5jMDQZD4/s640/IMG_6609.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;">Here is a better picture of how pretty they really look.  </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 warned the family that they had better not sit still too 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;">or I would glitter them up too!  </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 have been glaming up all kinds of things around the house.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What doesn't look better with a little glitter?</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/AVvXsEiC8dPhFvqdo1elVEnTetbfBxvomD-2d2bVxbmMuTh016d1n45ZA4ZHN4eFcIhtTeLiJFiVmmDavoihMrergBr38uYA1h0xGMwqNfAnHW9ngJEWEtJbGObsNaMa79nPwxmhfxJ6fALWcYs/s1600/IMG_6625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8dPhFvqdo1elVEnTetbfBxvomD-2d2bVxbmMuTh016d1n45ZA4ZHN4eFcIhtTeLiJFiVmmDavoihMrergBr38uYA1h0xGMwqNfAnHW9ngJEWEtJbGObsNaMa79nPwxmhfxJ6fALWcYs/s640/IMG_6625.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;">Along with the ice skates, I added some fresh 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;">and a red pretty bow with some jingle bells to the sled.  </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 wrapped my outdoor pillow with some festive ribbon </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 placed it on the plaid Pendelton blanket.  </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 urn was dressed up with a wreath </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 some fresh greens too.  </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/AVvXsEhG6RLI-AR0hiUWbUUCKS7q1I9UB_6la8p5Mbk_UbnxPIc03YZMmBmsUZ0i-4VT__9ZSJpn5IoTuO6zuNdKW3PMs4WWucWZoSxNnFVIgyslUnfk5g7LGJ39rby4YxyuG-pvumD3UXEs3bU/s1600/IMG_6618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6RLI-AR0hiUWbUUCKS7q1I9UB_6la8p5Mbk_UbnxPIc03YZMmBmsUZ0i-4VT__9ZSJpn5IoTuO6zuNdKW3PMs4WWucWZoSxNnFVIgyslUnfk5g7LGJ39rby4YxyuG-pvumD3UXEs3bU/s640/IMG_6618.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 created a welcoming front door entrance </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;">by filling my urns with loads of<span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </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;">greenery and lights<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> </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 added real wreaths to the front doors<span style="font-size: large;"> and </span></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;"><span style="font-size: large;">tied a red bow to the bottom. </span>  </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/AVvXsEhzF4JqNY0ooRojZN-EqTAeQs0H_2hRGKPGUx3FtDZ3JV0nieCKzyyYBfb_B_FeyoYb1O3WjNyooWxeJiuwPiPq-7rnYB7-LBRKT3d5i0jfTBY4uER3bNEzIMDv3ScLtnxCurMvJxjmg2k/s1600/IMG_6611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzF4JqNY0ooRojZN-EqTAeQs0H_2hRGKPGUx3FtDZ3JV0nieCKzyyYBfb_B_FeyoYb1O3WjNyooWxeJiuwPiPq-7rnYB7-LBRKT3d5i0jfTBY4uER3bNEzIMDv3ScLtnxCurMvJxjmg2k/s640/IMG_6611.jpg" width="572" /></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 started with the center stakes </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 bought this summer at Nell Hill's </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 then added light branches from Target.  </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 am embarrassed to say that my pots stayed naked </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 a week with only the stakes and the light sticks in them.  </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 was just not motivated to finish!  </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;">You can see that I wrapped some greenery roping </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;">around the edge of the pot.</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/AVvXsEjfZkF7kuMva0AG9tqDpJ86xHJ87qjIiXaP_3BB7egqMyJmrE3GB8AcpXA9vie69HLYotkv4lt4WuF0gfng3enoCK2n6zZpyh3sLXOEsnkvElyo9miQ-dM0yO_ZQ-j8nqmZQ7Plwicu-B4/s1600/IMG_6631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZkF7kuMva0AG9tqDpJ86xHJ87qjIiXaP_3BB7egqMyJmrE3GB8AcpXA9vie69HLYotkv4lt4WuF0gfng3enoCK2n6zZpyh3sLXOEsnkvElyo9miQ-dM0yO_ZQ-j8nqmZQ7Plwicu-B4/s640/IMG_6631.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;">Then I stuck the greens inside of the stake.  </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 used greenery from my local nursery </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 they sell by the pound.  </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 finished it with red berries and pine cones.  </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;">Side Note~ My dog loves these berries and if she finds them on the floor she eats them!   </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 have to be careful to clean up my mess  </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;"> when I am decorating so they don't get on the floor.  </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/AVvXsEiSOYOuBF_fVFzntVUbeo8_QhvK5aA2Iui7TkqS8aXStaQ3tqnHO1LTc04BlksDJ3YXP0k191UR1kaNHA4uRsuYTD-4iBvw9e6VVXmXK1ZcecNjCt_QOd84x-qdlhn4QbeLzqAX0WqyYfM/s1600/IMG_6629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOYOuBF_fVFzntVUbeo8_QhvK5aA2Iui7TkqS8aXStaQ3tqnHO1LTc04BlksDJ3YXP0k191UR1kaNHA4uRsuYTD-4iBvw9e6VVXmXK1ZcecNjCt_QOd84x-qdlhn4QbeLzqAX0WqyYfM/s640/IMG_6629.jpg" width="422" /></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;">Last year in one of my very first posts </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 showed you my Lanterns in these urns.  </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;">It was one of my most Pinned projects!</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/AVvXsEjlWAlLKPK5dpqh1DYKTJktTBl-rsx8wgtG81iX2kqQIXZrWFNyViIkunrB1NYk9t1UJMe7cbqSjuC5JPt9h1Bhw7CUg7BYdn1QIp1NnM0BbMLOhH4dlublr_EVoSjuj_K8NRbJnJj3hSA/s1600/IMG_2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWAlLKPK5dpqh1DYKTJktTBl-rsx8wgtG81iX2kqQIXZrWFNyViIkunrB1NYk9t1UJMe7cbqSjuC5JPt9h1Bhw7CUg7BYdn1QIp1NnM0BbMLOhH4dlublr_EVoSjuj_K8NRbJnJj3hSA/s640/IMG_2023.JPG" width="426" /></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;"> You can see my post<a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2011/12/lanterns-on-porch.html" target="_blank"> here.</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 to look back and see what I was up to a full year ago.</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/AVvXsEhiYwthY4_W0YI8kGp8XlH8z217CHZboKdVYSb7cgu2clP1MUwbyPij-2HCc1cX5aOqmHYQX5AZCahn9YfdzpIMS0MpcmnOFiFY1fAIED-ewWi-3dNsXXMhCn3PeXVYvsEzhUemLAKUZ4Y/s1600/IMG_6621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYwthY4_W0YI8kGp8XlH8z217CHZboKdVYSb7cgu2clP1MUwbyPij-2HCc1cX5aOqmHYQX5AZCahn9YfdzpIMS0MpcmnOFiFY1fAIED-ewWi-3dNsXXMhCn3PeXVYvsEzhUemLAKUZ4Y/s640/IMG_6621.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;">My window boxes got all gussied up too </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 fresh greens and some large ornaments.  </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'm sure I copied this from Pinterest.  </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/AVvXsEg4tGolMTCrFpXV1oNwzOGtppVH-MY-Llhnz5SHRc1fYI4eCI_w2WO2UeH3uOsvCB5wKNMHpl7sgRJPX_cWxqP7A79szf64-oalcJ4gaIzMnVwyA97ZE8F5Ps3QOKtBI8LtGc6cebXgZM0/s1600/IMG_6626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4tGolMTCrFpXV1oNwzOGtppVH-MY-Llhnz5SHRc1fYI4eCI_w2WO2UeH3uOsvCB5wKNMHpl7sgRJPX_cWxqP7A79szf64-oalcJ4gaIzMnVwyA97ZE8F5Ps3QOKtBI8LtGc6cebXgZM0/s640/IMG_6626.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;">All I need now is some SNOW!!!  </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;">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></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;">XO Cindy</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;"> Sharing at:</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;"><a href="http://www.onsuttonplace.com/" target="_blank">On Sutton Place</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;"><img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMMxpHJxx-Vbk0NIid3Agq9q-weExvWYJI0Nn63wXPPJf_OYlfmgh8o9_GkEqZe0tYfvUVlmC2flBp-NOWDtM4af5VvBCL8za-tQjVNAEs3eQ0WBuOulEotJ57NlGhHIIvfcJkIky-Ms/s400/Homespun+Christmas1+%281%29.png" style="height: 302px; width: 300px;" width="397" /> </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: xx-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Marty at <a href="http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/">A Stroll Thru Life</a> for Tabletop Tuesday</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><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></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> Judy at <a href="http://diybydesign.blogspot.com/">DIY by Design</a></span></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><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><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><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></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;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div>

Christmas Curb Appeal

Well it has hardly seemed like winter here  according to weather  but this week the temps got a little cooler.   I guess I just wasn't i...

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All Because of a Plate

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Picture a gal walking into HomeGoods one September morning.  As she passes through the automatic doors, she is greeted (by name) with a comment she hears all-too-often, which is "weren't you just here YESterday?!"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Laughing (and, okay, *slightly* embarrassed), she buckles her purse into the child safety belt in her cart and goes on her way ... starting on the left aisle, as she always does.  As she turns the corner of aisle 3, she notices splashes of Christmas decor has been added!  Her eyes, caked with Benefits macara, get bigger and bigger as she spies beautiful holiday plates.  It is then that she sees this gorgeous one:</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLpWTnugPMkZsVdVi6XATm0HWr3RMRLEbYVY3dDjgHLhZ7QSaO0vPZ9BDZdDsVCD3hQHWublNu78634pFGg6ABedXCxMFgsmAPKcH79M5czZhQDZ4aJfMkZf0MNbWg9tbr628uGeOzA/s1600/xmassittingplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNLpWTnugPMkZsVdVi6XATm0HWr3RMRLEbYVY3dDjgHLhZ7QSaO0vPZ9BDZdDsVCD3hQHWublNu78634pFGg6ABedXCxMFgsmAPKcH79M5czZhQDZ4aJfMkZf0MNbWg9tbr628uGeOzA/s640/xmassittingplate.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She knows that she MUST add it into her holiday decor.  Her heart races as she comes up with a plan ... right there in the middle of the aisle.  Nevermind the fact that older, respectful women are trying to get around her ... this gal is on a mission to make this plate work!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So, here's what she did ... she decorated their sitting room in reds, white and greys ... all because of this plate (and its twin):</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dFALh5fBAAPLKV1oDT5Jef-aMNbxkxhnJdpA6w5xY9yp-31RtKfjO644oRgFb1eC9PRUzICMpffXHY1A1T1-o2NKitWmxsjzuwIQmPz6DuVg6dCEinfj_UySxB1me0wuo7iD_dSgLQ/s1600/xmassittingroomoverallt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dFALh5fBAAPLKV1oDT5Jef-aMNbxkxhnJdpA6w5xY9yp-31RtKfjO644oRgFb1eC9PRUzICMpffXHY1A1T1-o2NKitWmxsjzuwIQmPz6DuVg6dCEinfj_UySxB1me0wuo7iD_dSgLQ/s640/xmassittingroomoverallt.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61olFWBn3lFZwy7WLn4Mly7raK6FnxlvtDBnaFxxLcmURMWmSN-YGSk_P1gfFsFaTUILsdJmDWopUzOyPRRS5kGax2x984jc4mHqG2ht4-RX_ppSwEGZkCtSKyGndeuNUKpZXr6JFow/s1600/xmassittingright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg61olFWBn3lFZwy7WLn4Mly7raK6FnxlvtDBnaFxxLcmURMWmSN-YGSk_P1gfFsFaTUILsdJmDWopUzOyPRRS5kGax2x984jc4mHqG2ht4-RX_ppSwEGZkCtSKyGndeuNUKpZXr6JFow/s640/xmassittingright.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, she bought beautiful new fabric for the window:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayh9drgXTQh9-UmfYktR0dYuQ5Xf9FU9bw26Vlk2-zmmG7xV01Pt9Y9oQjbza5EWzHkOndVHWzjQKR4yrdYjBSUcOD35rt6iyAB3wJ1zw0QwxBtuXDtWZ_lGrFfWXNw_8Asyc-WglSQ/s1600/xmassittingfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayh9drgXTQh9-UmfYktR0dYuQ5Xf9FU9bw26Vlk2-zmmG7xV01Pt9Y9oQjbza5EWzHkOndVHWzjQKR4yrdYjBSUcOD35rt6iyAB3wJ1zw0QwxBtuXDtWZ_lGrFfWXNw_8Asyc-WglSQ/s640/xmassittingfabric.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, she had to buy a companion plate to place on the sofa table in front of the window, with a red feather tree and ornaments offering to be holiday company to it:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSCQsZ-lOyLtMk8yzagO3W3L2ll6J2tIijint6DeEdQKOVwtwyzS_DCXmHDnClaf1A_UTnz_EfxZmt2snKZcawjK4dXlOyqUwZRMtqI64GXsm2Xzreuou1ROxB0URD7ySNggIxo9AlQ/s1600/xmassittingfeather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSCQsZ-lOyLtMk8yzagO3W3L2ll6J2tIijint6DeEdQKOVwtwyzS_DCXmHDnClaf1A_UTnz_EfxZmt2snKZcawjK4dXlOyqUwZRMtqI64GXsm2Xzreuou1ROxB0URD7ySNggIxo9AlQ/s640/xmassittingfeather.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, she had to dress the tree in matching colors:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiyc3NgGqS2VpAXIH-q0nZwboiHs1If2iGULqvSlcPEsFYwtEDjCzx0YAAhntwJwSV_8kPoSvmnBHbQaqdHips5-9-9WlGkdLFp6muQ3wdLOcyUaC5yRBjBPzRIpWgqbDVMCJ3AjCJg/s1600/xmassittingoverallw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiyc3NgGqS2VpAXIH-q0nZwboiHs1If2iGULqvSlcPEsFYwtEDjCzx0YAAhntwJwSV_8kPoSvmnBHbQaqdHips5-9-9WlGkdLFp6muQ3wdLOcyUaC5yRBjBPzRIpWgqbDVMCJ3AjCJg/s640/xmassittingoverallw.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never having done a tree in reds, silvers and whites:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK31DFhBUNkwIQ7ciHRnq3eiBLfdgrKzmVQuT1UzlCVih2Yjh0iAN-iJoWT8bvogOsvXfX4vs6dXWDpPblMKMeHw8TuJXk-pSSZJubY99r8SKt-zyCOxE4GtS65SqrK7M4UiYIRHogA/s1600/xmassittingtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK31DFhBUNkwIQ7ciHRnq3eiBLfdgrKzmVQuT1UzlCVih2Yjh0iAN-iJoWT8bvogOsvXfX4vs6dXWDpPblMKMeHw8TuJXk-pSSZJubY99r8SKt-zyCOxE4GtS65SqrK7M4UiYIRHogA/s640/xmassittingtree.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4YoZTJ7Sz-JQcWoYK9F550lNuKZGlPQXHH9znnzVclqeqp_dZ8zYmU5kK0OSlCLYDWtTXV0OMkyKOiSxIoNZwt53_DhA-GKaj6A0pqaSp_jYLFiOd4P3gZhD0qvj6AO-zL7-gMNH7A/s1600/xmassittingtreeorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4YoZTJ7Sz-JQcWoYK9F550lNuKZGlPQXHH9znnzVclqeqp_dZ8zYmU5kK0OSlCLYDWtTXV0OMkyKOiSxIoNZwt53_DhA-GKaj6A0pqaSp_jYLFiOd4P3gZhD0qvj6AO-zL7-gMNH7A/s640/xmassittingtreeorn.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with a few of these cute fellas finding their way on there, too:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8cHvQsibtrxW4iJdvm-9Fe0TkTSfQY9nxrUQYsa-uxf7hSZDT3y1mBiU0WAeQT17vAlFnSyQwe80VAqmCYgrD3q4S3UVxogunnEjJaEVb_1_EiOVpgzIwQOb6XhkSHLEVW5eeKyJTA/s1600/xmassittingdeer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8cHvQsibtrxW4iJdvm-9Fe0TkTSfQY9nxrUQYsa-uxf7hSZDT3y1mBiU0WAeQT17vAlFnSyQwe80VAqmCYgrD3q4S3UVxogunnEjJaEVb_1_EiOVpgzIwQOb6XhkSHLEVW5eeKyJTA/s640/xmassittingdeer.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, of course, a wild and crazy topper sealed the deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhwvJ3sicBOP3dVjzxCdTNT-3mc8RwOpxafVwduN10vScBYEnEGBYCbrvMR7Xl5hIYPDyfE18tCSEg2lrfi4avmsYeJyts4FpLlS1EwwkvFzL66Gz0-5iw_O4WXKYUXBSToHR1C0RLA/s1600/xmassittingtreetopper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhwvJ3sicBOP3dVjzxCdTNT-3mc8RwOpxafVwduN10vScBYEnEGBYCbrvMR7Xl5hIYPDyfE18tCSEg2lrfi4avmsYeJyts4FpLlS1EwwkvFzL66Gz0-5iw_O4WXKYUXBSToHR1C0RLA/s640/xmassittingtreetopper.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, leftover ornaments made their way over to the bookcase ...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJSnMuKXAGkMC320RQYxqewsuCWoTRcP-NB2c6k5odGMCy98INm8MtRzZMS1eRWQTIcbBnrtBe9WWC8of8TvBZGXyXthrxHdGKoWsSGYfp66R5mCpPfUEUmPFa1jo-nlQfmeXDURt8Q/s1600/xmassittinglantern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJSnMuKXAGkMC320RQYxqewsuCWoTRcP-NB2c6k5odGMCy98INm8MtRzZMS1eRWQTIcbBnrtBe9WWC8of8TvBZGXyXthrxHdGKoWsSGYfp66R5mCpPfUEUmPFa1jo-nlQfmeXDURt8Q/s640/xmassittinglantern.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and, Miss Reindeer got a silvery, blingy collar (with a little help from rhinestone "ribbon" from Michael's):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC4J-VRFSZaR8piyy5K7JNINsIENAiEp2OcC803hvFqOXp2J12ZypKL4eUecuoeRRgqdsB0qkFFLJQ2Kz0npHEjrcvJXmQ_kARCIE3MmOvvHTttaD6_aTEdh3Ltbao9LApGl3kIGHhA/s1600/xmassittingreindeerb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxC4J-VRFSZaR8piyy5K7JNINsIENAiEp2OcC803hvFqOXp2J12ZypKL4eUecuoeRRgqdsB0qkFFLJQ2Kz0npHEjrcvJXmQ_kARCIE3MmOvvHTttaD6_aTEdh3Ltbao9LApGl3kIGHhA/s640/xmassittingreindeerb.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, the robin's egg blue accent chest was traded out for a mirrored chest, with festive subway art (from HomeGoods) and more leftover ornaments being added on top:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTt8tk5F2IHzAzn7WGOGvuekd7ycYtLdOIHcN4t0IV4fE8ywWDaI86-rtY6HVF7ljLeCIIwiz8hQMLGlYnpEaBsjxWbZXvbk8N7lWpSBKC4chCjAGmVSa4z0UTAm8hhDkRXvGaiTd1Q/s1600/xmassittingsubwayart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTt8tk5F2IHzAzn7WGOGvuekd7ycYtLdOIHcN4t0IV4fE8ywWDaI86-rtY6HVF7ljLeCIIwiz8hQMLGlYnpEaBsjxWbZXvbk8N7lWpSBKC4chCjAGmVSa4z0UTAm8hhDkRXvGaiTd1Q/s640/xmassittingsubwayart.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Do you see what I seeeee?":</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopCCtwW3PQCG4QIR7p-9qG0lYLKgHKkz3jFDeaJKLrG_B9dFgq0dXYRbXWuYQYYVLLZUaX78eIVM-zpnJslSOgaMfzyZGcaW5LM2LqjhK4mAVABhUrbhnGsxeNBpXSmjfCGHLYtx9zQ/s1600/xmassittingbowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjopCCtwW3PQCG4QIR7p-9qG0lYLKgHKkz3jFDeaJKLrG_B9dFgq0dXYRbXWuYQYYVLLZUaX78eIVM-zpnJslSOgaMfzyZGcaW5LM2LqjhK4mAVABhUrbhnGsxeNBpXSmjfCGHLYtx9zQ/s640/xmassittingbowl.jpg" width="360" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of this plate, I ... I mean "she" is truly enjoying her holiday sitting room, dressed in reds, whites and greys.</span>  <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_LEHeA3gELIC7Zc5ZkooyK7ojSmU1VAjO1TtW6EHunoRaxx428uybny-JBScLLTeaEBPrZysC9cS8hoVYm2_191OgF4HhJ0nM1uRrXBzJmAlkDHQmlbLv3GOJlypVUPfy4EVKyuVjw/s1600/xmassittingnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_LEHeA3gELIC7Zc5ZkooyK7ojSmU1VAjO1TtW6EHunoRaxx428uybny-JBScLLTeaEBPrZysC9cS8hoVYm2_191OgF4HhJ0nM1uRrXBzJmAlkDHQmlbLv3GOJlypVUPfy4EVKyuVjw/s640/xmassittingnight.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, tell me, have you ever changed your entire decorating plans ... all because of a plate?  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Join me at:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jennifer Rizzo/<a href="http://www.jenniferrizzo.com/2012/12/welcome-to-holiday-housewalk-linky-party.html">Holiday Housewalk Party</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia/<a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-115/">Tuesday's Treasures</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Savvy Southern Style/<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2012/12/wow-us-wednesdays-96.html">WUW</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Southern Hospitality/<a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/green-and-red-christmas-sparkle-in-the-kitchen/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+southernhospitalityblog%2FPQqu+%28Southern+Hospitality%29">Holiday Home - Vignette Party</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Housepitality Designs/<a href="http://housepitalitydesigns.com/2012/12/12/a-merry-and-bright-home-and-the-better-late-than-never-christmas-inspirations-linky-party/">Better Late Than Never Christmas Inspiration Party</a></span></div><br /><img alt="post signature" class="centered" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54490/324/23F7A341254AC000A256EF1E6BE921AB.png" />

All Because of a Plate

Picture a gal walking into HomeGoods one September morning.  As she passes through the automatic doors, she is greeted (by name) with a comm...

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After School Special

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember those After School Specials?  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sure do!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, that was all before DVDs and </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">DVRs and Video Games.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We would come home and get a snack </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and watch the weekly After School Special.</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;">Well, this After School Special is for Miss Beaux.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She comes home starving after school </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and she always makes a snack </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and watches a little TV before homework.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So I thought I would plan a special <span style="font-size: large;">treat</span> for her </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and a little time together baking afterwards.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">She has a huge sweet tooth!</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/AVvXsEh3KLTFAufm6C8obRmzT4Kp1QRrtyyCaKDRLJenr6hUxMvmhjCzJ2x3hgsgCM2k_Vkz15yJO7icXLVXHLzReY58ZtWaEKjjGeZcXxQXZu_jYc08xpo5GKxORNu67CJu4-_3tu5LK_OijCE/s1600/IMG_6577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KLTFAufm6C8obRmzT4Kp1QRrtyyCaKDRLJenr6hUxMvmhjCzJ2x3hgsgCM2k_Vkz15yJO7icXLVXHLzReY58ZtWaEKjjGeZcXxQXZu_jYc08xpo5GKxORNu67CJu4-_3tu5LK_OijCE/s640/IMG_6577.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 fixed her up some hot chocolate <span style="font-size: large;">on the kitchen island </span>with </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">whipped cream and sprinkles.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cause everything tastes better with sprinkles right?  </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/AVvXsEitN49GTNK1PaCdQZHb9nma_Xei54OoDDrj2NwHRL-ziMpjdz5Q-jvSBv507woLp4c60IjaHIWe9NRjak8iL9HaRjcrjKW3ssSMuXRTidlm4NJztHI3z9BQSxPRvW8Xj1zTIucdhXnIx_g/s1600/IMG_6589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitN49GTNK1PaCdQZHb9nma_Xei54OoDDrj2NwHRL-ziMpjdz5Q-jvSBv507woLp4c60IjaHIWe9NRjak8iL9HaRjcrjKW3ssSMuXRTidlm4NJztHI3z9BQSxPRvW8Xj1zTIucdhXnIx_g/s640/IMG_6589.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 found these cute snowman <span style="font-size: large;">mugs</span> last year </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">after Christmas for next to nothing.  </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/AVvXsEi2PgFCkmSZpM2ZozhaTVPRYD6X693wo6jwZy1knUi5NzmsYDxNdViU8RgWmV4mUAfLKB8dfUFGoV-_vwZDETNY9814H813eelhxUxA7O8xKMVuJSElGtXjT12Y4MLh8nDz_sfC3T80NSQ/s1600/IMG_6579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PgFCkmSZpM2ZozhaTVPRYD6X693wo6jwZy1knUi5NzmsYDxNdViU8RgWmV4mUAfLKB8dfUFGoV-_vwZDETNY9814H813eelhxUxA7O8xKMVuJSElGtXjT12Y4MLh8nDz_sfC3T80NSQ/s640/IMG_6579.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;">Bright colorful Christmas plates </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">with black and white checked napkins are so cheery.</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGMJZji50vl9Re425fMMUWwgUqPW1MkvqN2_hVG6xTidfoeukzrvdlTiDNTC2q7GwqkIPaTV3lpl9YZkmmHKKz7079ATHNc_soDB0g46BV31NXZAI0E1OAAbo0Pv3KGTyBCZCrbSeWsc/s1600/IMG_6591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGMJZji50vl9Re425fMMUWwgUqPW1MkvqN2_hVG6xTidfoeukzrvdlTiDNTC2q7GwqkIPaTV3lpl9YZkmmHKKz7079ATHNc_soDB0g46BV31NXZAI0E1OAAbo0Pv3KGTyBCZCrbSeWsc/s640/IMG_6591.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The place setting <span style="font-size: large;">rests on these adorable red snowflake placemats from P<span style="font-size: large;">ier 1<span style="font-size: large;">.  </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">They were so cute and inexpensi<span style="font-size: large;">ve </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">that they had to come home with me!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span><i> </i></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/AVvXsEgGuB2KP9J4sFP6jQCxUweXCvF762wkYC1CqU_GiamJt1kOo6C-VSni6S0kTG9W_PbtUDFbBq9EygrL2tewVXr3TS78Xl8MCoAWJuNCCQnzSxc7-a8OFm-KE5HS_IEY6gKPzx2xfJc4bjk/s1600/IMG_6578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuB2KP9J4sFP6jQCxUweXCvF762wkYC1CqU_GiamJt1kOo6C-VSni6S0kTG9W_PbtUDFbBq9EygrL2tewVXr3TS78Xl8MCoAWJuNCCQnzSxc7-a8OFm-KE5HS_IEY6gKPzx2xfJc4bjk/s640/IMG_6578.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 tied up the clear resin silverware with red and white striped </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ribbon and a cute jingle bell.  </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/AVvXsEgnpWMponkqGHHLHBVfB1oQ59hf7aZXhQgkSbXALoAbtdC-PMMC7_alxvIKOAUL3TYZ4oia7Ohd6S053z6Zi33L2f-18gccqot_3VpwUPpqFfQ3AkiFeFkY64JclI8aUgrG71ktsX4iTaY/s1600/IMG_6586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpWMponkqGHHLHBVfB1oQ59hf7aZXhQgkSbXALoAbtdC-PMMC7_alxvIKOAUL3TYZ4oia7Ohd6S053z6Zi33L2f-18gccqot_3VpwUPpqFfQ3AkiFeFkY64JclI8aUgrG71ktsX4iTaY/s640/IMG_6586.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;">A cookie cutter is used as a napkin ring for the black and white checked napkins.  </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlPpcleClAB30oN-z-URGd9vh4rxhLhtzCgo53Rb1mIoNy3J4rehIxSL5uiKGiiYgZ-OOXbTGxaaznCgD76GjrSy0rjYPCDYGGhhTAypLtvk5Syn0ci7g6vRnhiYp_ARYD20rTJCsTWA/s1600/IMG_6587.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlPpcleClAB30oN-z-URGd9vh4rxhLhtzCgo53Rb1mIoNy3J4rehIxSL5uiKGiiYgZ-OOXbTGxaaznCgD76GjrSy0rjYPCDYGGhhTAypLtvk5Syn0ci7g6vRnhiYp_ARYD20rTJCsTWA/s640/IMG_6587.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A hint of the activities to come.</span></span></i></span>  </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/AVvXsEgLvDTCl8qDUn6549oki0YwqMDSqQvmBewxOu9Tfxwk5FkPcez0nX504l4DY2TAW3LNvz5FK7VnxeBcaaHhd74WTPBugzayfREbIdX3V-0LXkRh63Aan-3CfzOKfvFNNvJpPsybL0ua7WU/s1600/IMG_6585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvDTCl8qDUn6549oki0YwqMDSqQvmBewxOu9Tfxwk5FkPcez0nX504l4DY2TAW3LNvz5FK7VnxeBcaaHhd74WTPBugzayfREbIdX3V-0LXkRh63Aan-3CfzOKfvFNNvJpPsybL0ua7WU/s640/IMG_6585.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;">Holiday cookie cutters lay waiting in my </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Crate and Barrel mixing bowls.  </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/AVvXsEjF5CNgtfJ0gGr1u7IWHgMksqYur2E4YgdSkcuNvpJXeW1kEZnTH7clHoP0JAbRRF5rOya-YzsCRE0CmhK6nf0qe6_G0OQb_n7OPPNDoEiPmJZlmk47nJTn9fYWRbkxu6bsSyMOXHqZD8g/s1600/IMG_6584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5CNgtfJ0gGr1u7IWHgMksqYur2E4YgdSkcuNvpJXeW1kEZnTH7clHoP0JAbRRF5rOya-YzsCRE0CmhK6nf0qe6_G0OQb_n7OPPNDoEiPmJZlmk47nJTn9fYWRbkxu6bsSyMOXHqZD8g/s640/IMG_6584.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;">Along with colorful cupcake liners,</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/AVvXsEhox5TyZ2GxkPIBmZAEO9AQrb9k2-98-3U6OK3Rkp20ENu_4uVKMw5D87TSY6ecJ1i0-FW3iC4PuKNv2FJpk_YjM_q_LtUGd5RL54Uxr8BWAZKQ6RYBcLA6VyombLSSwjL4975vISenz0E/s1600/IMG_6583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhox5TyZ2GxkPIBmZAEO9AQrb9k2-98-3U6OK3Rkp20ENu_4uVKMw5D87TSY6ecJ1i0-FW3iC4PuKNv2FJpk_YjM_q_LtUGd5RL54Uxr8BWAZKQ6RYBcLA6VyombLSSwjL4975vISenz0E/s640/IMG_6583.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;">And the stinkin cutest cupcake picks ever!  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can you see that I've been playing with Pic Monkey?  </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/AVvXsEh3RWYbY1BQ5XYoi2NBSDZJCZtXpGXltsMNRaoB-XWwaohqG6u3HhA95L2ymygho2D0zL3HLFgN-gxOLaNlEDLlRMnqALpdYZXWRWvHa1KrSvZpGxaDJSZ1WKVqpNnm_7DYo1QZ76cFKyc/s1600/IMG_6590.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RWYbY1BQ5XYoi2NBSDZJCZtXpGXltsMNRaoB-XWwaohqG6u3HhA95L2ymygho2D0zL3HLFgN-gxOLaNlEDLlRMnqALpdYZXWRWvHa1KrSvZpGxaDJSZ1WKVqpNnm_7DYo1QZ76cFKyc/s640/IMG_6590.jpg" width="426" /></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 cookie jar is waiting to be filled </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so we had better get started.  </span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love holiday baking!  </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;">Until Next T<span style="font-size: large;">ime,</span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">XO Cindy</span></span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">sharing at:</span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a></span></i></span></i></span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></i></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"> <a href="http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/">Cuisine Kathleen's-Let's Dish</a></span></i></span> </span> </span></span></i></span></div>

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