Seasonally Inspired Living + Entertaining
Looking for Thanksgiving centerpiece ideas on Pinterest boards and home decor magazines can be as overwhelming and time-consuming as planning a wedding! Give your brain a break this Thanksgiving and create a Metallic Inspired Thanksgiving Tablescape with an easy but elegant mixture of metallic and natural elements. The metallic trend is here to stay but …
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Spring days scream for spring flower arrangements placed on every surface of your home. Don’t save these gorgeous spring blooms for Easter dinner or Mothers Day brunch, brighten your living room, entranceway table and Spring tablescape with a combination of Snapdragons, Pussy Willow branches and fragrant stock everyday! I have a collection of vases for …
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Growing up, Christmas Eve was the holiday dinner around the table in my house. My mom would create a wonderful menu, I would set the table with my sister and Grandmom Funch would arrive from New York, with her car filled with gifts, to stay over for the big night. The dinners were warm, cozy, …
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“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” right? Except you have a million things to get done before the magic can really begin and that’s on top of attending holiday parties, gift wrapping and or course don’t forget, you still have to decorate your own home and tree. How about combining a few of …
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To me flowers make the table! I like to use unexpected vessels for my arrangements but occasionally they aren’t water tight. Here is my quick fix for that and a how-to for creating an easy holiday centerpiece with flowers and candles using a few of my favorite greens – Seeded Eucalyptus and Boxwood clippings as …
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Use clippings and found ribbon to easily bring a bit of the garden to your Spring table by creating easy nature inspired napkin rings for your next gathering. Just for you! My Spring Entertaining Checklist. Download, print out and make your next gathering as enjoyable as a spring breeze. I love setting a pretty table …
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What can be more fun than a picnic in the park? A picnic in the park with an opera show and a tablescape competition of course – well at least fun for me anyway. At the recent Opera Tampa Picnic In the Park event held in Curtis Hixon park, for the first year they included …
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Unlike other seasons that loudly announce their arrival, Autumn quietly comes to us, each day slightly cooler, filling our gardens and tables with the warmer colors of nature. Travel slows from the summer months but has not yet hit its’ holiday stride, it is the perfect time to host a Fall Gathering at home and …
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Looking to create a tablescape for a special gathering and not sure where to start? Begin with one item to create your INSPIRATION. It can be a color, a texture, a word, your favorite vase, the holiday itself, anything will work. For this tablescape it was the mirror top of the Antique French dinning table …