Table Setting for Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving!  Blake and I typically don’t go home for Thanksgiving and usually host our friends and/or people that can’t get home to their families.  This is the first year that our gathering will be on the smaller side, just four of us.  We have two of our friends coming over (normally we have anywhere from eight to twelve people) and I’m looking forward to a more intimate dinner. I’m so excited because it afforded me to be a little more extravagant and creative on my table setting.  The last few evenings, I shined the silverware, ironed the napkins, washed the plates and got everything ready so that tomorrow won’t be so stressful.  I found these great plates on sale at Sur La Table.  They had a green acorn print on them and I thought it would be a little different than the traditional orange, yellow, and burgundy. I used mason jars (it took me five stores to find them) with mixed filler from the grocery store (they matched my plates perfectly) and made my own bouquets. For the tablecloth, I went to Joanne’s Fabrics and bought several yards of burlap and put it over a table cloth to give the table a more rustic feel.  I got this great idea for the mixed nuts from a regular blogger I read and I’m having a brain fart right now and can’t remember where I just read it…PLEASE! forgive me?  Post to my blog so I can credit you. I hope you all have a fabulous Thanksgiving with your friends and families. I’m thankful for all my new friends and bloggers I have met.  Your all so talented and inspiring!   See below what I cooked up for the table for tomorrow. I’ll post on Friday what we had for din din!  

  

 

  

 

Table Setting Items

Tablecloth:  Burlap Fabric from Joanne’s Fabric Store

Mixed Nuts: Von’s Grocery Store

Vases:  Mason Jars from Michaels

Flowers: Filler from Von’s bought separately and made my own bouquet

Acorn Plates:  Sur La Table

Leaf Plates: Pottery Barn

Green Glasses:  Home Goods

Chargers:  Borrowed from my friend Nick (believe she got them at Cost Plus)

Silverware:  Mikasa

French White Steak Knives:  Home Goods

 

~HAPPY THANKSGIVING~

What are you thankful for?

Holiday Inspiration

Holiday Inspiration by peggyandfritz featuring short sleeved tops

EBay Finds Part II

EBay is like a big tag sale online.  Sometimes the things I love (furniture) are located out of state and the shipping charges make the purchase too cost prohibitive.  Instead, I envy the person that lives close by that can pick it up (especially all the Florida people).  It doesn’t stop me from thinking of what I would do with it or how I would fix it up.  Unless you have a good imagination, it might be hard to visualize these pieces in a space.  Trust me…with a little bit of paint and a whole lot of love (and some accessorizing) any one of these would make a great addition to any space.

I love the idea of this Lucite Shelf as a bar.  Imagine the top with a vintage tray with various types of bottles, your barware, and glasses.  I would add coffee tables below with a few decorative items.  Love this.

If I bought this chandelier, I would paint it a bright color and/or white.  I have a similar one in my garage that I bought at a flea market in green (it’s a lot larger).

While I do like this in a dark blue, I would love this headboard reupholstered in a tan Belgium linen.  It has great lines and is classic in design.

If I had play money right now, I would bid on these two mid-century Meissen vases. I find the design quite interesting.

This bamboo tray is perfect for putting perfume bottles or something decorative in a bathroom or on a coffee table.

I want these bamboo chairs.  What a great deal.  These would look great with a cool patterned fabric.  Perfect for my beach house.

Do you see theme with all this bamboo?  The yellow would look great, but I would likely change the color.  These would look great in any space.  Use them as nesting tables or sprinkle them around the house as different side tables.

This bed would look fabulous painted a turquoise or a classic white or black.  Love the circles on the top.

Murano Lamp

Can you see the potential?  My boyfriend cannot visualize and just thinks I’m adding more “crap” to the garage.  LOL!

EBay Fanatic

Sorry I’ve been dormant lately.  I’ve been traveling a lot and busy with work and have had a lot going on. Hope you’re all great and getting ready for Thanksgiving.  Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time futzing around on EBay  I can spend hours searching for various things.  I’m always combing EBay for vintage glassware for entertaining, art, decorative pottery, etc.  Lately, I’ve been obsessing on blue glassware and anything in little carry cases.  Here are some things I think are great:

I love the color combination of this vintage pitcher and ice tea glasses.  They also have someone else selling three more of these glasses.

I love hobnail juice glasses for summer picnics or outdoor gatherings.  Serve wine or water in them.

Jeanette Blue Jasperware Glasses

 Vintage Wedgewood Glasses

How cute would these Colony Glasses and Carafe be for my dream house in Napa?

These Libby glasses in a vintage holder would look great on a bar.

Stay tuned for some of my other EBay favorites.  What do you like to shop for on EBay?  What’s the best deal you ever got?

 

Dreaming

I’ve been traveling for work lately and finally catching up from being gone.  I miss blogging.  It’s actually my stress release at the end of a long day.  I love dreaming and the imagination.  It’s the only thing that keeps me sane.  I’m dying to know, what is it that you dream about?

 

SWEET DREAMS!

Outstanding in the Field is Simply Outstanding

What a great day we had yesterday.  Blake and I attended Outstanding in the Field with my great friend Nick and her hubby Sash.  The event was being held at Wattles Farm.  Who knew this place existed off of Hollywood Boulevard, I certainly didn’t.  It exceeded all my expectations.  We had such a great time and met some fabulous people along the way.  Take a peek for yourself.

Everyone brings their own plates and places them here.  Fruit laying on a table.

I loved this view of the palm trees in the Hollywood Hills.The beauty of Wattles Farm.  

 The table being set up.  It was set for about 150 people and curved down a long walk way and under the trees.  It was amazing.

The staff getting everything prepared.  I snuck in to get a picture.

The beautiful flowers from the farm (Top to Bottom:  Gerber Daisy, Mexican Sage, and a Dahlia).

 

The winemaker Joe Davis and his wife Jill from Arcadian Winery located in the Santa Rita Hills.  They were pouring their 2008 Pink Pisoni Rose and 2006 Sleepy Hollow Chardonnay while appetizers were being served.

Sash, Nick, Me, and Blake sipping wine.

The founder of Outstanding in the Field welcoming everyone.

The guests listening below.

Everyone sitting down and finding seats (see below).

  Our great friends Sash and Nick above and Blake and I below.  Our neighbors at the table were rude and terrible!  Just kidding!  Had to say that incase they read this.  We had a blast with them!

Tim is on the Left and Patrick is on the Right.  Blake and I with the winemaker’s wife Jill.   She could not have been any sweeter!

They served throughout the evening their chardonnay, pinot noir and a syrah.  Lot’s of wine!

The Menu for the Evening.

 

The potted pork and liver pate below along with the main course, chili braised pork shoulder over grits.  Of course, I started yapping and having a little vino and completely forgot to take a picture of the yummy buttermilk salad and the chocolate cake with berries.  Oops!

Our waitress with Patrick.  I called her chiclet girl because her teeth were so pearly white!  She was super nice.  They had one server per eight people. 

After we finished our main course, people started looking up because it started to sprinkle.  This was so funny because it never rains in LA and you can almost guarantee any event you go to, it will always be sunny.  We had rain for almost a week and it had cleared up yesterday and late afternoon the clouds rolled in and we thought for sure it wouldn’t start sprinkling until after the event. 

Patrick’s wife covering her head.  We were joking that she looked like the flying nun!  She was great fun!

It started to get dark and continued to sprinkle and unfortunately, the last remaining photo’s I took of the dessert and some of our guests did not come out.  I thought the flash was on but somehow it got turned off.  Probably a good thing, since we were all wet, a little tipsy, but overall had a fabulous and wonderful time.   We want to do it again next year but in a different city.  If you love food and wine this is the event for you.

CHEERS!