Seasons Greetings to you all! Thank you to all of you who have been reading my little blog here - I know it's a bit hit and miss at times - but it's been lovely to get all your comments and encouragement since I started. I hope you're all enjoying your festivities, whatever they are!
If you read my earlier posts (1, 2) planning Xmas this year, then you'll already know that the theme was blue and silver this year. Mum outdid herself as always decorating the tree (there may have been some new unauthorized teal blue decos among the old blue...don't tell Dad).
I took it upon myself to decorate the table and managed to do it using things we already had. Turquoise blue round place mats, silver painted square place mats, dark blue main dinner plate, small white plate, blue and white floral bread plate, dark blue napkin with pale blue ribbon. Champagne flutes, wine goblets for whatever else we wanted to drink, on some square blue and white tile coasters and also round silver coasters.
I originally placed a tall vase of white flowers we already had onto a cake stand. The cake stand allows you to place dishes of food on the table using maximum available space. My Aunt bought around some blue hydrangeas when she arrived, so I swapped them in for the white flowers. I also salvaged some salsa jars, wrapped baking paper around them and lit some tea lights inside them (awesomely cute).
I didn't manage to get a blue outfit together, but I did a quick sewing job on a tie-dye neckpiece I've been planning. Am really chuffed with the result - so I'll post photos soon when I can figure out my new happy-snap camera. Here's to a successful 2010!
