It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Blog Hop – Mantels & Tablescapes
I’m thrilled to be teaming up with
Kathy from Life On
Lakeshore Drive, Doreen of House Honeys and Tammy from One More Time Events to bring
you…
Kathy from Life On
Lakeshore Drive, Doreen of House Honeys and Tammy from One More Time Events to bring
you…
It’s
Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!
Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!
Each week will feature a different
element of
Christmas and
each
party will have it’s own hostess.
Dec. 12th House
Honeys will host trees & wreaths
element of
Christmas and
each
party will have it’s own hostess.
Nov. 28th
Life on Lakeshore
Drive will host
ornaments & decor.{Link up your ornaments and decor here}
Life on Lakeshore
Drive will host
ornaments & decor.{Link up your ornaments and decor here}
Dec. 12th House
Honeys will host trees & wreaths
Once you link up at one of the host blogs, your link
is visible on all
four blogs.
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is visible on all
four blogs.
We can’t wait to see your Christmas
creations! Please grab a button to add to your
post, sidebar or party page
creations! Please grab a button to add to your
post, sidebar or party page
to help spread the Christmas cheer.
The
only rule is that we ask that you follow the hostess each week! Just let
us know you are a new follower, and we would love to follow you
back!
only rule is that we ask that you follow the hostess each week! Just let
us know you are a new follower, and we would love to follow you
back!
**There will also be a Grand Prize giveaway from Cookin Stuff for those who share at all 4 parties!**
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transform cookware forever and this latest innovation will elevate your
cooking experience to another level.Our beautiful “Aeternum-Evolution” line of cookware incorporates all the
great benefits of our bestselling Aeternum line and takes this
fantastic cookware to another level by adding even more great features.
We hope to see you at each party!
{FYI: following is not a requirement
to link. But, these ladies all
have great blogs, so we would love to have you stay in touch!}
It’s also not a requirement to display the button, but if you would like
to add it to your post, sidebar, or list of link parties, please feel
free!. The more participants in
the party, the merrier!
Hi friends!
This week I am sharing
our
our
Christmas mantel & tablescape
decor
decor
This year, I went with a predominate
red & white
red & white
theme in the dining room.
I started the table with a plain
white table cloth.
white table cloth.
I made the runner using red &
white polka dotted
white polka dotted
wrapping paper I bought, on sale,
from Hobby lobby.
from Hobby lobby.
I used a simple red charger
and
and
layered a white thrift store
Johnson’s Bros dinner plate
Johnson’s Bros dinner plate
and topped it off with a fun polka
dotted
dotted
square salad plate, bought on
clearance,
clearance,
from Hobby Lobby.
(Love how they match the wrapping
paper perfectly!)
Bright red napkins were folded to
mimic
mimic
the Santa hats on each
chair
chair
and I simply added a cotton ball at
the top.
the top.
I then placed the flatware in each
napkin.
napkin.
The snowflake stems came from Dollar
Tree several years ago.
Tree several years ago.
The little snowflake votives are from
Yankee Candle.
Yankee Candle.
For the centerpiece I used
some
some
icy candle sticks from
Kohl’s,
Kohl’s,
added some epsom salts for
snow,
snow,
and topped them off with
a
a
polka dotted ornament.
I also used my favorite mirror, added
some red glittered ribbon to white
some red glittered ribbon to white
candles and placed them all in the
center of the table.
center of the table.
The mantle in the living room is more
traditional.
traditional.
Mr. B is in charge of the tree decor
in this room
in this room
and he likes a warm comfy
feel.
feel.
The mantel set up didn’t change
much
much
from last
year’s decor.
year’s decor.
One thing I did add was the banner I
made.
made.
I started with some burlap looking
scrapbooking paper,
scrapbooking paper,
clear snowflakes from the Dollar
Tree,
Tree,
gold paper doilies from Michael’s, a
scalloped circle punch,
scalloped circle punch,
glitter and ribbon.
I wound up not using the hole punch,
the gold rope
the gold rope
or the gold glitter LOL.
Every have that
happen?
happen?
You start with one thing in mind
but,
but,
once you get started it all
changes?
changes?
I printed out my letters in a fun
font,
font,
watered down some glue,
painted on the glue to my letters
and covered them in
glitter.
glitter.
I started with gold glitter and
realized it wouldn’t show up very well
realized it wouldn’t show up very well
so, I switched to red
glitter.
glitter.
After cutting the doilies to
size,
size,
I hot glued all of the pieces
together
together
and hot glued them to the
ribbon.
ribbon.
I also glued a piece of rick rack to
the back of the ribbon
the back of the ribbon
in order to hang the banner, using
Command hooks.
Command hooks.
Even Mr. B was pleased at how
it really added
it really added
that extra something to our
mantel!
mantel!
Now, it’s your turn!
We can’t wait to
see your Christmas mantels and tablescapes!
see your Christmas mantels and tablescapes!
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Athena at Minerva's Garden says
Hi Doreen: So nice to see this party–thank you so much for hosting! Kathe’s tablescapes are always so beautiful, and her mantel is very festive.