Tablesettings

6 Last Minute Easter Table Setting Ideas

April 5, 2012

How did Easter sneak up on us? I am having 11 people over on Sunday and haven’t even gone shopping for the food yet. This afternoon I sprang into action to get the table set. I pretended I was working back in retail display and used only what I had on hand. I shopped my [...]

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Snowflake Placemats and Pine Place Cards

December 5, 2011

Christmas Table setting ideas - snowflake place mats

I am going to let it snow on my Christmas dinner table this year. I am trying to keep things simple this year and my table is no exception. I went in search of something easy and found the white cardboard snowflake cutouts that I used as place mats at U. S. Toys/ Constructive Playthings. [...]

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How To Enlarge A Dining Table for Extra Seating

November 21, 2011

Every Thanksgiving my small dining table that normally seats 6, gets extended to seat up to 14 with the help of a handy piece of plywood that my dad made many years ago. My dining room table and chairs were handed down to me from my mom and dad. The table doesn’t have leaves to [...]

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A Few Little Bits of This and That

November 14, 2011

I have 3 things I wanted to share with you today. 2 are related to decorating, the 3rd one – a bit more personal. 1. Today starts the week long Handmade Holidays series with StyrofoamTM Brand Foam over at Under The Table and Dreaming. 25 bloggers are participating and have made holiday decorations using all [...]

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Simple Place Card Holders

December 1, 2009

When I was a little girl I always thought the word “Hospitality” meant something about going to the hospital. It sounded scary. My thoughts were re-enforced by the fact that every time my parents entertained, my mom got very uptight and sick with worry. Now that I am older, I laugh at that childhood notion, [...]