Some more of the Details: Christmas Table Setting

For our Christmas Eve dinner I tried out two different centerpiece place settings. One I had been planning all along the first one you see here but the other I wanted to try out just to see how it would look. I think the second one would have worked well if I had had a white or blue table cloth but it was just not working with what I had.

This first table setting is very rustic and I love it. I had purchase a bag of pine cones last year at and after Christmas sale so they were muy cheap and then I got the round faces this year I used fresh cranberries and floated them in water with a tea light candle in each vase - totally worked and very easy to put together.

Here's option two - again could totally work but just not with the color scheme I had going. Also I had been planning to make pom poms with each person's name on them for everyone's place setting and have that be the place card but in the end that did not happen.


Ornaments could make a great place card and I may try that next year since I bought some clear glass ornaments I could work up something cool with those, like perhaps putting each person's picture in it... ohhh already planning.

Here is what made the final cut - I added a few more candles than I had previously designed and I think it looks/looked great. Simple yet beautiful. I was pretty impressed with myself.

Some Changes Going On

Last night I made some changes to our Christmas tree - I didn't like the colored lights anymore so I took all the ornaments down and put up white lights NOW I'm much happier. I also added some more silver and snowflake ornaments to the tree to help balance out all the red. Okay now (for the most part) I can relax and enjoy it. There may be one more change I need to make we'll see. How is your Christmas decorating going at home?

And just for a cutie pie picture update, look at this little guy. Could he be any cuter? In his little sweater all snuggled up in a pile of blankets. Looking very distinguished.

Holiday Subway Art

A few days ago I came across the blog eighteen 25 and saw this awesome Holiday Subway art that the gals of eighteen 25 were giving away for FREE, how awesome is that! I have been wanting to make or buy some subway art for our house and this is just a cute way of incorporating that type of art and something for the holidays in our home right now. You can find the post about that download here.

Here's how it looks framed in our kitchen:

and a picture of Zico Biscuit in his Santa sweater - looking at me like what are you doing?

Wine a little... makes you feel better.

Well I am still totally overwhelmed with work, but wanted to share the latest addition to our home decor! A brand new (from Pottery Barn Outlet) wine holder/bar/rack. Isn't it awesome! There is so much I want to share with you all lately but just haven't had ANY time to sit down and blog, but hopefully this weekend will allow me a few minutes to get organized and get back into the blogging swing... I miss it! Hope all is well.

So what do you think?

Project Wednesday: Hanging Shelves

We purchased some hanging shelves from Ikea a few... dare I say months ago where once they got home just sat, to the point of me thinking ... "I think I'm just going to return these shelves we're never going to hang them and it may not work out how I wanted it to to begin with..." type thing. UNTIL this past Sunday when I looked a wall in our guest room in a different light (LOL) and thought hey I think the shelves will work on this wall instead... so I broke out the hammer, the drill and unwrapped the shelves. As usual things are not always as easy as they seem and of course that always holds true when doing something around the house... but I did it! What an accomplishment. The process wasn't that hard once I finally got my head around the plan at hand and the end result is awesome (in my book). What do you think?

Here's how it went... my starting point was figuring when the printer/copier/scanner is open how much clearance do I have to hang the first shelf, so that's where I made the measurement for the first shelf; very scientific and visionary. :)

Then between the first one from the bottom and the middle one I measured a foot distance and between the middle and top one I measured 6 inches so I could put some tall on both the bottom and top shelves.
Here's a close up of the fine craftsmanship!
and TA DA here it is all decorated and ready to go... awesome job, huh!
I am very proud of myself if I do say so! :)
So for all those projects you have laying around the house that you think will never get done.... there is hope!

Savannah: Anniversary Trip

Fer and I wanted to go on a short little getaway for our anniversary this year and what better place for us but, Savannah! (I know we need to branch out but we really enjoy our trips to Savannah, so there.) This time we stayed in two different hotels because we were there for both business and pleasure. First we stayed in a new hotel called The Bohemian, which is located on Bay Street on the side facing the river, it's a boutique hotel, part of the Kessler Group and it's beautiful. The hotel staff if very friendly and helpful and it's decorated with all kinds of amazing art, definitely worth the visit.

Here's a picture of Fer and I, we were spending our 12th anniversary in Savannah. Amazing to me that we have been married for 12 years... holy cow. I am truly blessed.

then we switched from The Bohemian Hotel to The Mansion at Forsyth Park - same family of hotel and equally as beautiful.

it was raining the first day we were there, here's a view from the window.

Since we were there during the week we were able to go to Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room Restaurant, it's a Savannah classic and so delicious. All comfort food and so much of it (easily 15 different plates) that you feel like you're having Thanksgiving dinner.

We waited around until everyone left from our table so that I could take a picture of just HOW much food you can eat... It's something else, huh.

We always have to visit Forsyth Park while we are there, this time our hotel was across the street from the park. It's so beautiful there.

Here's a picture of the Mansion from the outside.

Here's some of the Christmas Decorations inside of the Mansion.love the aqua and white.

Here's a close up of the Christmas Tree at the Mansion. It was so pretty and a great idea, a white tree with beautiful aqua ornaments on the tree.

and a close up of the tree at The Bohemian Hotel, different but equally as gorgeous. This tree was silver with white lights and deep purple ornaments but this one had a seaside them with shells and starfish hanging from the tree, I loved this one.

Happy NEW YEAR! Happy 2010

Wow,we made it 2010

Here's a decoration I thru together last night while cleaning up all the Christmas decorations. I used the silver ornaments, vases and champagne flutes all set on a silver tray. Looks good, huh.

May all your goals and dreams come true in this new year!