Need a Simple and Inexpensive Centerpiece???

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope this finds you still enjoying

 the Christmas season and not too

frantic and/ or harried!

I am making beef stew today (Mon.)

 to freeze for Christmas eve. That is

 our traditional fare Christmas eve

 night. Also finally decided on what 

we are having for Christmas dinner, 

and reworking this centerpiece you

 will see in this post, so I can use it 

again, yet it will still look quite 

different. Also had a chat with my

 daughter while cleaning up the 

kitchen, just love my blue tooth

 hands free head set......cause I can

 just be working and talking away.

it's really a great lil invention, 

for sure!!

This was our table for our early 

Christmas dinner with my daughter

 and hubby and our whole family

 last Friday. Got to thinking maybe

 someone out their might be racking

 their brain as to what to do for a 

centerpiece, so thought I would

 share this table idea.....

This was easy, quick and no $'s spent,

 except for candy canes.

Remember that if you need a closer

look to just click on any picture

and it will expand them all.

I decided to use our Christmas dishes

that used to belong to my late Mother-in

-law, because a sweet friend from church

gave me some matching mugs and I

 thought it would be nice to use the
 Spode dinnerware and fun to incorporate

the new mugs into my centerpiece.

                      The dishes have trees with packages
                       under them so thought it would be fitting 
                       to use a package centerpiece. So I chose 
                       colors of wrapping paper that worked 
                       well with the dishes. These dishes have
                       some rather different Christmas colors
                       in them, like brown, yellow, lavender, 
                       blue and rusty red rather than Christmas
                       red. That is the reason you see brown
                       ribbon on the boxes and the green 
                       napkins tied up with brown ribbons.

I simply wrapped up some empty

 boxes with Christmas wrap. I wanted

 to make the center one 3 boxes tall, 

but it made it too high....which would

 impede dinner time conversation, so 

I decided to go with a bow, Christmas

 pick and candle on top instead............

You can use real Christmas packages 

if you want as long as they go with 

your color theme for your table.

I really wanted to put some lil trees in

 the mugs, and tried some boxwood from 

my yard but just didn't like how it looked,

  so decided to use candy canes instead,

and then filled empty spaces on the table

 in with gold mercury glass votives.

Wish I had taken one picture with the

 lights out, cause it really looked elegant

 with all the gold votives.

I added green bows to the 2 end presents 

to compliment the dishes as well.

Here is lil darlings place......had these lil

 plastic Christmas packages from a few 

years ago, so thought they would be good

 for her to have some to play with..........

as it does keep her busy for a lil bit.

The dishes came with the pretty

 glasses to match.

I also have these 5 lovely antique

green goblets , and I like to mix 

things up a bit sometimes so the

 table is not overwhelmed with too 

much of the same things, and they

add an extra splash of color, and
I love to use them at least a few
times a year.  They are great for
St. Patricks day too........lol

These goblets belonged to a real

 sweet neighbor lady we were friends

 with about 40 yrs. ago, and I bought
 them at an estate sale after she passed
 awayfor just $1. each.........I have
 always cherished them because of her 
and think they are just so beautiful. 
 She told me that she got them at a
 hotel in New Orleans when she was
 a young woman.

Someone else in blogland has them 

but hers are a bit taller than mine.

Think hers might be iced tea goblets

and that mine might be water goblets.

Always like to add a pc. of candy

for after dinner.  Andes mints

go perfectly with these dishes.

Just in case anyone might be

 interested I have surprisingly

 seen this same pattern in paper 

goods at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Thought someone might like the

 look, without all the work.......lol

Thanks for visiting and hope you 

enjoyed yourself.

Have a wonderful rest of the week,

Christmas will be here before we 

know it.

Love, Hugs and

Merry Christmas Blessings,

Nellie

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