Category Archives: Holidays

Thanksgiving 2020 tablescape with Currier & Ives

This set really says “Thanksgiving” to me because it is the set we used for holidays and Sunday dinners at my grandmother’s house the entire time I was growing up… Continue reading

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All new Holiday Gift Guide for hostesses and tablescapers – Gift Ideas Under $50

(Updated Nov. 15, 2020 – See individual updates below for availability and price changes.) I know it’s only September and we are still in the midst of Faded Summer… but I think it’s safe to say that in-person holiday shopping … Continue reading

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Wild Irish Rose St. Patrick’s Day Table

Last year I had the opportunity to meet a woman whose parents had collected thousands of pieces of Haviland Limoges in hundreds of different patterns, including many large and full sets. She had spent several years helping them sell the … Continue reading

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Winter’s Majesty Christmas tablescape

So, yes, it is December 26 and I’m just now getting around to sharing my Christmas tablescape. I truly have no excuse – I wasn’t even that busy this year! I set and photographed the table a couple of weeks … Continue reading

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Christmas through the house

Are you one of those folks who decorates their entire house for Christmas? Beautiful garlands everywhere, multiple trees, the whole house looking somehow coordinated? I wish I could be one of those people… but I’m not. I seem to focus … Continue reading

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