Hot chocolate station

I have always wanted to do a hot chocolate station so today I got my area done.  I used the butler pantry to have a hot chocolate station for two.

I wanted to use some of my new poinsettia plates for this area.  I mixed them with my vintage stoneware plate, coffee pot, cream and sugar dishes.

I thought that it turned out pretty good for my first try.  Now I am ready to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate by the fireplace.

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Simple Christmas tablescape

My last tablescape in the kitchen is a simple one.  I just used a berry and holly tablecloth and followed with matching plates and centerpiece.

I recently bought the berry hurricane from Yankee Candle.  I placed it on top of a candlestick with a plate on top to give it height.

I got the four appetizer plates from Wal-Mart last year.  I love how they have different words on each.

Well that's it for changing out the kitchen table this season.  The next one will be for New Years Eve.


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Christmas hutch

This past weekend I got the rest of my Christmas decorating done.  Yes I know that it is kinda of late but I only have Sundays to decorate.  The last area is my hutch in the basement.

Nothing fancy just a little greenery and berries to all my vintage stoneware.  I also added these Santa trays that I recently got.

Now that all of my decorating is finally done I will be changing out the kitchen table once again.

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These are a few of my favorite things

I have always loved that song.  I can't believe that I have never seen the movie "The Sound of Music".   I love old movies and watch TCM all the time.  Why have I never watched this movie?  Could it be that I thought it would be boring?  Or maybe because it is such a long movie?  I don't know why but  I am going to make a point to see it this year for sure.  Yankee Candle came out with candles for this song and I only own five of them.  If you can believe it I have a closet full of their candles but that will be for another post.  This year I thought it would be fun to do my table in the basement with my twist of this song.

The candles that I have are bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens, whiskers on kittens, cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudel.  I added my kettle, some mittens, brown paper packages tied up with sting, a pair of geese and some bells to represent door bells and sleigh bells.

The bottom of the table I decorated with some of the  things that I like.

Well that is my version of the song and like I said I am definitely going to watch the movie.

UPDATE 12-15

I watched the movie Sunday afternoon and I have to report that I liked it very much.  I wasn't too sure since it was a long musical.  It was a little slow in the beginning but I stuck with it and I am glad that I did.

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Woodland tablescape in kitchen

I hated to change out the poinsettias plates but I was wanting to use these woodland plates this year also.  I have a few different set of plates so I am trying to use them all this year.  I am still using the plaid and poinsettia theme for this tablescape but in a different way.  I got these plates last year at Wal-Mart and I noticed this year they added the owls so I just had to get some.

I love these plates.  There is also a scene with a house but I only have four spots at this table.  I have two of each plate if I want to use them in the dining room.  Here are the close ups of each plate.

I saw these little wheel barrows and thought they would be great to use with a tablescape.  They are actually ornaments that I bought at Wal-Mart.   They are so adorable.  It is amazing what you can find there. 

Now for the centerpiece.  I thought that my birdhouse that I have on my hutch in the basement would go perfect with the woodland theme.  I just added some greenery, berries, pinecones and these gorgeous poinsettia picks that I found at Hobby Lobby.

I still kept with the poinsettia and plaid theme as before just changing a few things made a difference.

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A little Christmas whismy in the living room

I have to admit that I think that this is the best tree that I have every decorated.  I usually struggle with them looking full.  I might have went a little overboard this time. 

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I made this with empty boxes and wrapping paper.

I couldn't resist getting these two nutcrackers for my collection.

This is what my tree looked like last year. Kind of straight looking like a stick.

We don't have much room to put a tree in this house.  We only have the small wall space on either side of the fireplace so we have to have a thin tree.   This year I added some greenery picks to the bottom half of the tree to make it have more of a tree shape than looking like a stick.

As you can see it has a much better shape than last years tree.  Here are some close ups of the ornaments.

I didn't decorate the entertainment area this year.  I only put up my vintage nativity.  I put it on the shelf  above the televison this year so I can see it every day.  Nothing fancy going on with it, just thought it would look nice by itself.  I think that I will use it in the dining room next year on the buffet.

This Nativity has been in my family before I was born.  My mother told me that she got it back in the 50's when you could get a piece at a time from the grocery store.  I also have a smaller version that was my grandmother's.  It has a light in the top for the star and it plays Silent Night.  My mother always set it on her hutch every year.  I remember playing with it when I was little.  I liked to wind up the music box and listen to it and sing.

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