Ti's the Season!

 Ti's the season for sure!

I've only begun to think about my holiday decorating, no tree up or mantel decorated just yet!

I decided to have a little fun with these

seasonal plates.

Since this will be just a casual meal I chose my Fleur-de-lis black and white checked tablecloth.

My red rick rack trimmed black and white mini checkered napkins 
came in to play too!

What's that? 

Polka dots??

Well, I did say I wanted to have 

some fun!

These chargers from Pier 1 Imports work

out so well for many different themes.

Today they remind me of the snow blowing and whirling around!

These red dishes have just the right

coloring (my kind of red!)

I thought these were sweet when I saw

them at T.J. Maxx and had to have them!

The polka dot plates have been waiting

around for something to do, so today

I put them into action!

I topped it all off with a coffee mug and a peppermint stick to stir into the coffee!

These red flatware pieces are from

Williams Sonoma (on sale) ya have to keep an eye on them for their sales! I think they will get used a lot for various settings!

 I went into my Christmas stockpile of

deco stuff and dug out a few pieces

 The red velvet floral ball was from Pottery Barn a few years ago...one of my favorites still!

The mercury pieces were more finds from T.J. Maxx- the ornament on top was one I found at a specialty gift shop last year in PA while visiting our son.

These little stars were from Pottery Barn

last year- I love their cute sparkly look!

 Ooh, I almost forgot the wine!

A little Pinot Noir to enjoy!

All set for dinner! 

Now here's the kicker!

It's take home tonight!

Yep...and I don't have to cook!  

This turned out to be fun and even though the black and white doesn't exactly coordinate with my decor, 

I love it!

 Now where's the dinner!  

Honey....

Chargers from Pier 1 Imports

Red Plates from Dillards-  Waechtersbach- Candy Apple

Red Ti's the Season plates by Pottery by Santa

Black and White Polka Dot plates by Terramoto

Red flatware from Williams Sonoma called Pantry Flatware

Napkins by Park Designs

Stemware by Mikasa- French Countryside Ruby (ribbed)

Crystal glasses by Ralph Lauren- Ashton

Tablecloth by Primitive Artisan from India

I'm joining Susan @  

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday

Winter Gardening and Holiday Decorating Ideas

Some of you know I'm a bit of a gardening

enthusiast.  

I can't leave well enough alone! 
While downstate visiting the family

I went to a garden center with the most fabulous
 plants this called Bordines, 

in Rochester Hills, Michigan my home town.
I picked up a couple of small plants
for my windowsill.

 My kitchen window will serve as my

winter Garden
My Baby Tears on the left brought in from
this summer and given a hair cut!
Two Amaryllis, one Christmas Cactus
and one Cyclamen

  Cyclamen

  Christmas Cactus

 And my Amaryllis that are growing!

Yay!

Maybe there is hope for it to bloom

by Christmas...they do move fast 

once they get going!

While visiting at Bordines I went in one

of the greenhouses that had natural

wreaths, baskets and planters

 on display and the aroma was 

heavenly!

 Hanging baskets of boughs, pine cones

and ribbon

 Maybe you'll be inspired by these

hanging baskets and planters.

 They told me if you spray "wilt-pruf" on the

greens and mist them they will last longer.

Of course if you have snow that will

do too!

 These are big- probably 4 to 5 ft.

tall with the sticks.

 They have them in peat containers

obviously you could dress that up

or set it in another pot
(There is no dirt inside- just fresh
cut boughs set inside)

Many variations of greens are used.

 Their natural wreaths were all beautiful

I think if you scratch and sniff 

the screen you can smell these!

 See the Protea or Proteas flowers? 

A little Hawaiian influence!

 I like the different greens they used

My favorite one

 They hold classes and showed

people how to make these

ribbon wreaths

 A couple of samples of ribbon

wreaths

Wish I knew how they did this! I got these

pictures from their Facebook page.

Perhaps if you go to Pinterest there

will be some pictures and tutorials.

I would love to attend something like this 

if I lived a couple hundred miles

closer!

Winter Gardening and Holiday Ideas

I can't leave well enough alone!  

I went to a garden center with the most fabulous plants this

past weekend called Bordines, 

in Rochester Hills, Michigan my home town.

 My kitchen window will serve as my

winter Garden

 A Cyclamen

 A Christmas Cactus

 And my Amaryllis that are growing!

Yay!

Maybe there is hope for it to bloom

by Christmas...they do move fast 

once they get going!

While visiting at Bordines I went in one

of the greenhouses that had natural

wreaths, baskets and planters

 on display and the aroma was 

heavenly!

 Hanging baskets of boughs, pine cones

and ribbon

 Maybe you'll be inspired by these

hanging baskets and planters.

 They told me if you spray "wilt-pruf" on the

greens and mist them they will last longer.

Of course if you have snow that will

do too!

 These are big- probably 4 to 5 ft.

tall with the sticks.

 They have them in peat containers

obviously you could dress that up

or set it in another pot

Many variations of greens are used.

 Their natural wreaths were all beautiful

I think if you scratch and sniff 

the screen you can smell these!

 See the Protea or Proteas flowers? 

A little Hawaiian influence!

 I like the different greens they used

My favorite one

 They hold classes and showed

people how to make these

ribbon wreaths

 A couple of samples of ribbon

wreaths

Wish I knew how they did this! I got these

pictures from their Facebook page.

Perhaps if you go to Pinterest there

will be some pictures and tutorials.

I would attend something like this 

if I lived a couple hundred miles

closer!

Winter is coming here.  We have a light dusting

of snow today and are expecting more

this week.

How's it going in your neck of the woods?

I'm joining Rose Vignettes for Fresh Cut Friday

Losing things!

Early last week I discovered my battery charger 

seems to be lost.  

After many attempts to find it I ended up ordering a

"used one" on the internet (saved about half).  

Lucky me my husband is an electronic

guru and he rigged up a charging device

to get my battery back in action until

my new/used charger comes!

 See the battery in there with the red thingy's

attached.... well they were all being metered-

 by these fancy do-dads to know when he reached

the voltage limit

It's all a big mystery to me, but I am grateful

he knows how to do such things!

Now- I did say losing "things"!  I've also lost 

the left shoe of my Easy Spirit Clogs that

looks like this!  Just in case you see a

blue shoe like this all by it's lonesome

you will know it belongs to me!

Call 1-800-Shoe-Liz

LOL

Seriously how do you lose a shoe

and a battery charger in

a week!

I know in my heart they will 

show up and I will laugh about it, 

but for now I'm just dumbfounded!!