Easy and Elegant Gingerbread House Girls Night In

Thanks for joining me today for 

an easy and elegant gingerbread house girls night in

using paper products.

 With a burlap tablecloth as the base

I used plaid plate chargers 

and matching plaid mini pedestal stands.

 I added matching plaid mugs 

to enjoy your favorite

seasonal eggnog, coco or coffee!

Then I mixed in red polka dot ribbon

wreath napkins and dinner plates

that are both beautiful and practical because they are paper.

This makes clean up both easy and quick 

so you can move on to gingerbread house decorating

with your girlfriends.

Gingerbread House Girls Night In With Cozy Cable Knits

Today we are hosting a Gingerbread House Girls Night In Idea for your holiday get together!

 Grab your girl friends, sisters and other special women in your life 

and invite them over for some gingerbread house creating

or just catching up before the rush of the holidays!

 The table is set with cozy cable knit dinner plates, red fringe linen napkins and 

mini pedestal plaid plates topped with matching plaid mugs for your cup of cocoa.

 I adore the green & white pom pom napkin rings which match the

burlap plate chargers.  Also the gingerbread table

accents make perfect place cards.

 For additional festivity I placed a linen

cable knit holiday tea towel under each place setting.

 Our gingerbread house is not real, 

but will last the season for 

many years of enjoyment.

Combining plaids, gingerbread, cozy cable knits

and festive colors is a great way to kick of the holidays

with girlfriends!

Christmas Tea Towels Make Great Gifts!

This season we have a great collection of tea towels available at the shop!

 I'm offering a few gift ideas & all these are under $15 each!

Top 5 Reasons Tea Towels Make Great Gift Ideas:

 Makes a great teacher, day care provider, bus driver, manicurist, mail carrier gift. Add with a set of paper plates and napkins or your favorite candle scent.

 Easy to ship without worry of breakage or expensive shipping costs

 Keep a few on hand in your gift closet* for a quick surprise visitor or to take for a hostess gift.

 Buy multiples for gifts for your book club, Bible study group or other monthly meetings or club friends

 Makes a great gift idea for someone you do not know very well such as a coworker gifts draw, in law family member or new neighbor.

*A gift closet is an area of your home whether it’s a closet, drawer or small tub that you collect inexpensive gift ideas for unexpected birthday and holiday gifts. These can be both seasonal and gender specific items.

MeeMaw Animal Party

Thanks for stopping by!

Today we're celebrating a grandson's

birthday with an animal party.

I have linked the sources for the 

table elements in the store name(s).

 Sometimes it's hard to plan for a boy vs girl birthday

especially elementary school age

so I went with an animal theme.

 I knew a floral centerpiece would not do so

I shopped the house and borrowed my 

topiaries from the front hall as the centerpiece

pretending they were giant evergreens in a 

jungle for animals!

I had bought these on QVC.

 Playing off the animal theme I used these

silver salt and pepper shakers.

Mine are from Godinger years ago

but you can find them still on Ebay.

 Each place setting features a burlap charger,

black plate, animal party napkins

and a festive napkin ring from Hobby Lobby.

 To play up the animal theme I purchased

plastic zoo animals from Amazon and sprinkled them

around the table.

 To add to the festive table I used

multi colored plastic tumblers

as glasses.  These were used all summer

and purchased at Target.

This was a super fun table to setup

as boy will be boys we ended up 

playing leopard battles zebra etc

after dinner!