And the winner is....

The winner of Decembers giveaway is Dharma.  Congratulations.......hopefully I will get this in the mail this week.

OK...fun time is over...on to why we are here :)  Here are the last two tables of my presentation.  What!?!?....you are tired of seeing table settings.  Too dang bad cause there were 4, you've seen two and now you are gonna see two more.  They do not have a holiday theme so you can take a break from Christmas just for brief moment.  Look people, I need a break cause I have been up to my eyeballs with Christmas decor [not mine of course] and I could use a breather.  Don't get me wrong [if any of my clients are reading this] I love doing it especially when I get there and they have the Christmas music going......it  puts me in the creative mood :)

Here are the other two tables:

The first one is Sunday Supper with an Americana theme.

We started with burlap and then layered on an old flax grain sack.  Then the vintage flag.  We took aluminum cans to put in the wooden cart for some greenery.  Funny story about that.  I was looking in my pantry for a can to open and throw out.  I went to the back for something that was maybe out of date....Oh yeah...I found a few things ok maybe more than a few dated 2004!!!  Yup...that is how much I cook.  Got the blue mugs at Walmart.  You can't really see but we got these glasses at World Market and they had a chalkboard square on them.. we just put the napkins in there.  Believe it or not I had all these mismatched napkins from when I had a chili party once.

We started with these pewter cups I had but changed them out.  Just wanted to show you the yardstick ribbon I found at Hobby Lobby.  So cute huh?  I can't believe I don't have more pictures.  There was an event following us and we did not have time to take any.  It felt like a contest to see how fast we could break those tables down.  Oh well....such is life.
The next one was a Brunch.  We used all of my vintage cream ware and vintage silver.

Cream vintage tablecloth.  Then my sister made me those burlap place mats.  More on that later.  3 large pitchers in the middle and we used the small ones for the napkin and silverware.  Then placed a piece of rosemary in with it.

Got those cute little place card holders at World market.

Canning jars with sand, votive and twine wrapped around.  Dang we forgot to light the candles.  That's OK cause my hair was on fire we were working so fast so that was enough flame in one room.

I really can't believe I don't have better pictures.  Sometimes I am a dingbat.  But lets get back to those place mats.  Let me show you some more that my sister made.  She wants to sell them and I told her to go on Etsy to do that.  No she wants me to do it.  Right....like I don't have enough to do.  Get in line girly........

 Here are the cream ones and then she has black and white.  These are not square like mine.

The black ones.  Cute huh?
Oh yeah...2 more things to say that I am off.....I have collected vintage sterling silver over the years.  None of it matches and I probably only paid $10-$12 dollars for each piece.  I love to set the table with it  [once a decade] when I entertain.  That could be a whole post so I should probably save this.  Think I will. Never mind.

And the last thing.....If you have read my blog back in June BH&G came to shoot my house.  Well, they finally told me it is going to run in the May issue.  That same month they are debuting an app for the IPAD [which I desperately want] where you can see more pictures of  homes in the mag and.....watch me shop at Scott's!  Uh Huh....they are filming me on Thursday shopping and I will be giving away all of my secret's.  OH yeah "top secrets"......sacred.....stuff no one knows about.  Except 1/2 the population of the southeast!!!  OK.....I wish they had of given me time to hire an acting coach.  Seriously people I am a bit frazzled about this.  Maybe I could turn it into a SNL sketch.....and get a stand in.  And, at first they wanted me to wear the same outfit I wore for the photo shoot.  For real...that was June and this is December and we are having a really cold spell here in the ATL.  Capris and a white t shirt.  Nope.  Not gonna work for me.

I'll let you know how it goes....

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Let the Angels sing......

The presentation is over.  You know how when you were little and you got up on Christmas morning so excited to tear through you presents?  10 minutes later you were sitting in a pile of torn wrapping paper and it was all a blur?  That is how the event looks in my mind.  It started at 1:00 and I woke up at 5am.  Why you ask?  Beats the hell out of me.  Big mistake...can I tell you how worn and torn I looked by 1:00?  And...I forgot a comb so my hair looked like I just crossed the finish line at a marathon.

We had 4 table settings and had to pack all that stuff up and load it in the car.  Then pull up to the restaurant and carry it upstairs.  Yeah...found out about the elevator after we were done.  Thanks restaurant manager...remind me to "cut you" when I get the energy.

All that aside, I had my peeps there for support and that was the best part.  Gina Christman [publisher of Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles]  was delighted with it and even called us over achievers.  I looked at her like she was speaking in tongue because I am not one of those "type A" people at all.  

Here are a few pictures of the tables.

Now remember before you go all "she's no Martha" on me, the premise was to use what you have.  I think maybe we spent about $20.00 total on all the tables.  The first one is the Christmas table.  Colors used were teal and plum with gold accents.

We only bought those gold glitter pinecones [Walmart for $1.00 each.

Denise had the brass antique tray.  All we did was spray paint some branches gold and stick them into these old Chinese pots.   Hung a few ornaments on them.

Those gold walnuts again...that was a hit!

Tried to get a full view but it is like trying to take a picture of a Christmas tree...it just looks busy.

I actually did not get a single picture!  We only had 15 minutes per table and we had to talk at the same time!  Yeah, I am sure some of you are like so what.  Girl.......I have a whole new respect for Rachel Ray talking and cooking a whole meal in 30 minutes.  That shit is hard. AND...the tables were small so it looks a little crowded.

See that little sprig of blue in the pinecone???  Well that was a plastic plant and we just sprayed it teal for some more color.  That is the one thing I have learned from blogging...you can dang well spray anything.  We ever sprayed the clear glass votives gold because we did not want to buy any.

OK...one more

This one was a New Years Table.  WE took our cues from Ralph Lauren.  White tablecloth, burlap and an old paisley wool throw.

Black leather chargers,white plates,toile salad plates.  One napkin with another vintage linen one wrapped around it.  2 small feathers for an accent.  That flat wear is mine and I got it at Homegoods...I love it.  Two things we got at World Market was the little elephant place card holders...and we put a small leather book on the salad plate for new years resolutions.

Got those at Scott's about 10 years ago.

feathers...I think Ralph would approve.

The black mirrored tray with my Goodwill silver wine bucket [$1.94] a few old black books, more walnuts and those plexiglass candlestick holders.  I have to tell you when we put the old books on the tray I heard a few "gasps".....that was a hit!

OK...the rest tomorrow...I am trying to swim to the surface this week...have a few more Christmas installations.  I also have pictures of the Showhouse and it was fab!  

Don't forget about the giveaway...you know you want it :)

Ya'll have a great Monday! Only 18 shopping days until Christmas.....OK...I think a heard a few of you gasp.....

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