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!

Halloween Porch at the Little Bee House

Welcome to Halloween on 

the porch of our Little Bee House!

 I layered the lanterns I already

have and enjoy so much as the 

nights are earlier now in fall

with a set of three pumpkins from Target.

 In our sitting area I replaced the

fall pillows with linen pillow covers

I found on Amazon that match the

polka dot theme of the other pumpkins

 On the black wicker table I filled

a gray urn from QVC with polk dot,

striped and check pumpkins from Pier One.

In addition to two mini Halloween

light up bottle brush trees also from Pier One.

 The witch has flown straight into the wall

of the porch by the door on this 

black and orange wreath from Pier One

with more pumpkin polka dot and stripes!

 Finally these happy pumpkin topiaries

in my urns flank the entry way

to create a mood of Joy

for all the trick and treaters!

They are from Frontgate.

Such a happy little porch~we have really enjoyed it!

Wishing you and yours a Happy Halloween!

Ghoulish Girls Night In

Welcome to a Ghoulish Girls Night In Dinner!

This would also be a great idea for

your turn to host Bunco, Bridge or Bible Study.

 I went rather non traditional in color scheme

for this tablescape using pinks, silver, black and white.

I also mixed new and vintage together 

as I often like to do to 

create a ghoulish table.

 At each place setting I used the Totally Tikka 

Lenox Black and White Dinner Plates with

salad plates from my Grandmothers set of china

and a sherbet/champagne goblet 

from a vintage set I picked up at an antique store

a few years ago.

 For linens I went with my Grandma's pink damask

napkins.  I just love these napkins, well worn

with love and buttery softness!

 Here's a better picture of the glassware set

with silver edging which matches the

silver and white stripe paper table runner.

 I had to have some bees on the table

so I used the set of Wallace Silversmiths Napoleon Bee flatware

I purchased from Horchow several years ago.

 Each place setting has a white and silver

ceramic pumpkin from Target.

I tried to find a link for them but 

they don't seem to be available anymore.

 Initially I had the skull paper placemats

up under the dinner plates, but

you really could not get the full

ghoulish affect so I pulled

them out and placed them on an

angle at all four corners of the table.

 One additional paper skeleton for more festivity

next to the flowers.

 And speaking of the flowers 

I loved the combination of the sweet pink

roses, which matched the pink roses of the

salad plates along with the

darker trumpet flowers

which are almost blood red.

I hope you have enjoyed this 

Ghoulish table!  I certainly have 

enjoyed you stopping by to visit.

Hope you have a great day!

Meemaw's Foxy Date Night

Thanks for stopping by!

We've been having a date night 

on Wednesdays since school started

with out three grandsons and it's

been tons of fun.

This week I setup a table with

a fox theme for fall.

 These two foxes were scheduled to appear

on our front porch, but before they scamper

out there I decided they could be the centerpiece for the table.

I saw these on QVC in early August and

knew they'd be such a cute addition to the 

early fall porch decor!

They are still available online here:

 To continue the woodsy fall theme

I added an apple and pine cone

garland down the center of the table.

I always keep the place settings simple

for family nights.

 I mixed my Fiesta turquoise dinner plates with

a burlap plate charger, orange salad plate (paper)

and fall leaf dinner napkins (paper).

Finally I added my bee glasses, which are smaller

and easier for the boys to handle &

the wood handled flatware, which I thought

matched nicely to the theme.

See more of my visit to the Fiesta Outlet

store in West Virginia here

My husband and I both work fulltime so our "strategy"

for an easy dinner on a work night is to cook the night before 

& 

heat up the night the boys visit.

With a 10, 9 and 1 year old this works out great~

everyone can eat and there a just a few dishes

so we can all enjoy the rest of the night together!

Later this week I will post our foxy friends on the front porch

along with my other early fall decor!