Green Day

In honor of the very green holiday, I wanted to share my favorite green finds! Most of the items I own and love having in my house, others we sell in the LOC shop. All are green (my favorite color) and all are fabulous:

1. Juliska Hand Pressed Glass in Green - my wedding registry pottery | 2. Love of Character Coasters - Green Leaves Pattern | 3. Love of Character Legal Pad | 4. Dorothy Arm Chair - currently on sale at Joss & Main - love these in our living room | 5. MacKenzie-Child's Floral Tea Kettle - have in white and I love it on our stove | 6. Social Manor Pom Pom Throw - you can have it mongrammed | 7. Social Manor Cloth Coasters - Grasshoppers | 8. Serena & Lily Chevron Counter Stools - we bought for our future island because they are on sale now at a great price

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Lots of Love,

Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

Last week I had a very festive, very holiday character filled party with some of my fabulous friends! It was such a great night and the co-hostesses and I had a blast setting it up...that got entertaining! About a month or so ago, we sent out these fun invitations from Paperless Post to make sure people marked their calendars:

Wanted to start the party with a fun note and getting "Elfed Up!" seemed to do the trick. I took a lot of pictures, so I will let them do the sharing of the event:

Snowman cheese ball! We made two cheese balls (one smaller than the other) with 2 packs of cream cheese & a clove of garlic minced. Best to let them sit in the refrigerator overnight. Then day of stack them using a small pick and cover with shredded mozzarella. I  sliced a small piece of carrot for the nose and used chocolate chips for the eyes and buttons - so cute!

For fun marshmallows, dip the ends in food die (add a few drops to a small cup of water)! Perfect for the hot chocolate we served.

Amy Hopper's amazing lemon cookies and Trader Joe's chocolate covered Peppermint Joe Joe's!

Cheese Tree: Cut a cream cheese block diagonally and match up back to back making a triangle shape. Then cut the star and steam from green peppers. I added a yummy raspberry preserves dip on top from The Plaid Giraffe. 

Had to make the new bar cart festive for the party! Check out the original bar cart makeover here. We used the fun paper coffee cups for Hot Chocolate spiked with Peppermint Schnapps!

Wreath Salad: Broccolini, Arugula, Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella Balls and spritz with Olive Oil - love how pretty, yet healthy it is!

Obsessed with my new holiday platter from MacKenzie Child's!

Photos via me

Items in the pictures: MacKenzie Child's Black and White and Holiday serving pieces, dish towel, vase & paper napkins, rose hand painted goblets | Juliska salad plates & cereal bowls  | Threshold Gold Flatware | Oh Joy! for Target goblets, green pitcher & tree paper napkins | C Wonder elephant bottle stopper | Annie Glass gold edge serving pieces

It was such a great night and I have such wonderful, beautiful (inside and outside) friends! Love a good night of eating, drinking and being merry...

Amy, Paige, Rachael & Alycia

Ryan, Hailey & Amy

Jenna, Shannyn, Shelby & Aubrey

Special thanks to Amy Johnson, Amy Hopper and Paige Gade for helping host the party and keeping me sane! Such a fun way to ring in the holidays. Hope you all have had some fun celebrating yourself!

Lots of Love,

Thanksgiving Day Table 2014!

I don't know about all of you, but I am excited to spend the day with my family tomorrow and enjoy the nice break! Tonight, I headed over to my mom's to start the holiday early and we got her table all decorated for tomorrow. I wanted to share it with you before feasting time in case you want to get out there and find some leaves to paint!Okay, I know I'm not giving you much time, but maybe you have some gold paint lying around...

If you love the place settings those can all be found at The Plaid Giraffe - you wouldn't expect anything else in Nancy's casa! I am in love with her Annie Glass plates on top of the MacKenzie Child's black and white chargers. I also love her ceramic MacKenzie Child's napkin rings - jealous of those! The pewter pieces, tray and goblets are Juliska and go with my mom's everday dishes. The centerpiece is comprised of a fun metal basket from the Plaid and my mom had some greens arranged in it. Then today she picked up some flowers from the floral department at the Plaid and I did some fun arranging. The velvet pumpkin and little nest (with velvet mushrooms and acorn) is also a new item at the Plaid and they are really a great way to incorporate fall into your decor. The pumpkins come in lots of different colors.

Now to the DIY aspect of the table, the golden leaves and acorns. In my Thanksgiving Prep post, I had pinned a fun idea of painted leaves for the place cards at the table. My didn't turn out as fancy, but I still love the pop of gold they add to the place settings. Dustin found leaves and acorns out in our front yard (he must really love me). Then I used my favorite craft staple, liquid gold leaf paint, to paint them. I tried using a Sharpie, but it didn't flow smoothly, so I decided to paint on the names with black acrylic paint. Like I said earlier, if you have some paint laying around, go pick some leaves!

Overall, I love the table my mom and I put together. It helps when she has great pieces to work with, but I think if you find ways to incorporate your own character to your turkey day table, then you will be successful! Flowers always add a nice pop of color and there should be a grocery store near you open tomorrow morning if you still need to get some.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Thankful to have you all in my life!

Lots of Love,