Tablescape Thursday - 3 in 1 Christmas Tables

 Happy 2nd Day After Christmas........lol
When I started this...it was just the day
after.............but anyway..........

Hope you all had a joyful day, filled with 

lots of love and laughter and good food 

and fellowship as you celebrated the

Birthday of our Wonderful Lord.

Our celebrations were all wonderful and we loved every

minute of them.  Nothing like having your family with

you as you celebrate any holiday, but especially

 Christmas

as it is one of our all time favorites.

Thought I would show you my Christmas Eve table,

Christmas Day brunch table and Christmas night

dinner table.  I got a lot of mileage out of this

one centerpiece as you will see....................

Notice the lil packages to the left top of each plate, 

 they are andes mints with gift box embellishments from 

the scrapbooking section stuck on them.  Had them left

over from a few Christmas back, and the have lavendar

in them,  and there is also some lavendar on the spode

dinnerware.  So was a nice color touch.

This was a make it with what I have table,  only thing 

I spent was $6.95 for the flowers.

Saw these flowers at Sam's and they were the inspiration,

as I realized they had the same colors as in the spode

christmas dishes, then thought of these lacy looking

candle holders,  so put a glass inside and used one as

a flower holder .  The arrangement didn't look as good

on all sides as I had hoped but decided to use it anyway,

but just turned the best side out and put it at the end of

the table.  Kinda ran out of flowers,  and was gonna
stick christmas balls in there but didn't like that either
but it turned out fine.  I always say where there is
a will there is a way!!   lol
This shot was taken from the right side of the table.

Forgot I had these lil package sprinkles for the table.

They were red and green mixed............so just pulled

out the green ones,  and they were the added touch

I needed.

This shows part of the centerpiece from the left side

of the table.

Notice he is sitting in there all by his lonesome.  I was 

running out of time so left well enough alone,  but

thought of something I could add when I did the next

table as you will see further on down............

this is what he looks like from the right side of the table.

Nice overview of our Christmas eve dinner table.  It was just
for 4..............

The next set of pictures below is of our brunch 

table......It was for 5 of us,  but turned out to

 be the  7 of us at the last minute, so added

them in at the other end of the table where

the flowers are...............

 I added salad plates,  cups and saucers and

changed the silverware and napkins. Added a 

pitcher for juice and andes mints with no
embellishments, no time......

These napkins are a darker green with a swirly

pattern,  but go well too, thankfully!  Also

every one was so neat,  I didn't even have

to change the tablecloth which I thought

I would for sure...............so that made

it really easy...............

 Also added some green christmas balls to

the decorations

Added that green Christmas ball and ribbon in with Mr. Bear

and also on the table,  so made it a bit more colorful and festive.

This shot was taken from the top left side of the table.

Below are the final pictures from our Christmas

 night dinner table.  I had actually planned something

else,  but was whipped by then, and this was just 

easier since it was just the 3 of us.

 Decided to add in some red this time!  Used the same 

plate and napkin ideas I was originally gonna use for the 

other table I had planned,  So just added the red chargers

 and my new white corelleware I got for Christmas instead 

of the white basket weave plates.  

Also added different silverware, glasses and these 

adorable lil bear finger tip towels I bought years ago, 

 they work quite nicely as napkins. 

Then added some red Christmas balls and lil

package sprinkles and I had taken all the 

Christmas balls that were on the ribbons that

I used to embellish the napkins and stacked

them at the end of the table till I got ready

to do the next,  and thought it looked pretty

neat,  so just spread them out and added the

red Christmas balls in there

This was what I did at first.............

 Nice close up of the cute lil bear!!

Then decided to add the red  salad plates in.....liked it 
much better, more color of course.  So my table setting 
was so easy this year, it was amazing.........................
and the table is still fine,  no  messes after 3 times.........
now that is amazing!!  lol

I think the Lord really gave me extra lil graces like this
since I am still having tendinitis issues,  it is much better
tho,  so I am very grateful for that,  and think it will
probably soon be gone.

Yesterday we did absolutely nothing!!  lol
I knew I had better,  as I was feeling it more than I
had the previous days.

Sorry this was soooooo long,  but didn't 
think it would show the results of the 
subtle transformations if I split it up.....
and that was the whole point, to see
 how you can take it from this to that!!

I am linking up to Susan over at Between
 naps on the porch,  be sure to go over and
 check out all the beautiful tablescapes.
Just Click here!

Am also linking up to Kathleen over at 
Kathleen Cuisine. If you would like to
see for yourself,  Just Click Here!

Have a Delightful Day,
Can't wait to hear how your Christmas was!!

Hugs and After Christmas Blessings,

Nellie