Hello sweet readers and welcome to Monday Morning Blooms! I always look forward to the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month when I join my talented friends to share floral inspiration.
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”
Isaiah 55:12
Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of year! In my first Christmas post of the holiday season, I am excited that the Ladies of Monday Morning Blooms are collaborating with Crown Linen Designs and Arte Italica to offer you a chance to win a fabulous giveaway. You will find all the details of how to enter at the bottom of this post. I suggest you pour yourself a cup of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or whatever warms you up and gets you going. Most of all, I pray that we will allow the Hope and Joy that is the reason for the season to warm our hearts!
Setting this Christmas table was a delight. It has been a most unusual and difficult year for all of us, but Christmas fills me with child-like wonder!
You will find the links for Lidy, Mary, and Shirley at the bottom of this post.
I am old school, I guess. The reds and greens of Christmas warm my heart and awaken memories of Christmas past.
Leyland cypress, cedar, magnolia leaves, and pine cones were gathered by my Renaissance Man for a fresh and fragrant table runner!
The gorgeous Natale bowl by Arte Italica and luxurious linen napkins by Crown Linen Designs adorn my festive table!
Red roses and dried limelight hydrangeas…
…join fresh cedar, cypress, pine, magnolias, and holly with bright red berries for a seasonal centerpiece!
RM says the bowl is beautiful serving up fresh greens and flowers, but he is looking forward to when it serves up rosemary mashed potatoes!
A stack of plates highlight the exquisite Crown Linen Royal embroidered napkin!
The Merry Christmas pillow in the background is also from Crown Linen Designs. My creative and slighlty opinionated 4 year old Queen EM has claimed the pillow and it has since been moved to “her chair” in the Sunshine Cottage!
If you are a regular reader of Everyday Living you know how much I treasure memories. Every table I set always has memories attached. The antler napkin rings were found while visiting a special mountain getaway. The silver-plate flatware is a treasure from my beloved Mother. Christmas seems to elevate and heighten my senses making Christmas memories very special… some of the best!
The flax colored Crown Linen ruffled placemats are perfect for a casual or elegant table setting throughout all the seasons. A faux cedar placemat is placed between the charger and dinner plate, I found these last year for half price.
Fresh greenery on the chandelier also adds a festive touch. I typically use Leyland cypress. It lays well, doesn’t have sap, and stays fresh for quite a while.
You are in for a visual treat!! Mary, Shirley, and Lidy have created beautiful designs that you don’t want to miss!
Mary – Home Is Where The Boat Is
Shirley – Housepitality Designs
Lidy – FrenchGardenHouse
And now for the all important and awesome give away! One of our readers will receive this beautiful Arte Italica Natale Tray and Crown Linen Designs festive runner and set of napkins.
Entering is Easy and Here’s How:
Follow Crown Linen Designs on Instagram and/or Facebook, or Arte Italica on Instagram and/or
Facebook and leave me a comment that you have done so.
Follow Everyday Living on Instagram and let me know in your comments.
Share with me your favorite Crown Linen piece, or your favorite Arte Italica piece.
For more chances to win, do the same on Shirley’s, Lidy’s and Mary’s posts.
Deadline to enter is November 30th.
Thank you for your lovely visit and gracious comments. Wishing you a delightful week!
Linking with:
Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Imparting Grace,Life and Linda
Oh Pam, what beauty! I love the traditional red and greens of Christmas too and your table is set beautifully with your wonderful plate layers, evergreens and gorgeous centerpiece! I love your mix of hydrangeas, greenery, pinecones and berries in your beautiful Natale bowl but I agree with Butch that it would equally beautiful with rosemary mashed potatoes. ,-) I love the crowning touch of the evergreens on your chandy and your shot looking down on your table. As always it’s a treat to join you for some flower therapy, Happy Monday ♥
I love your table setting. It is just beautiful. I love the Natale Sprig Velvet Decor Pillow and the Natale cake stand. Following all in Instagram and Facebook
The traditional reds and greens of Christmas are certainly the best. As always you set your table with gorgeous plate stacks and love your beautiful items of memories. That Natale bowl!!!…Swoon!! Had to laugh when Mr. RM can’t wait for your traditional Rosemary Mashed Potatoes to fill the bowl. Yes, Christmas is certainly filled with memories of past and present and you have accomplished this on your gorgeous table. I am in love with Crown Linen Designs and Arte Italica products…..Happy Monday Pam…and as always so wonderful to join you for our special Monday Morning Blooms!
I have this same Fitz and Floyd Christmas China and it never occurred to me to use red with it! I always used green, it’s beautiful!. I love the Natalie bowl and the napkins. I am now following all on Instagram.
Red, green, & white for Christmas ALWAYS strikes a beautiful festive note! I especially like your lovely greenery & so appreciate the tip about Leland Cypress! A source for your faux cedar placemat would be most appreciated…
Crown Linen & Arte Italica favorites are the Victorian napkins & Vetro goblets – such sophistication!
I followed both Arte Italica & Crown Linens on Instagram + visited both their websites.
I also followed you, Pam at Everyday Living on Instagram.
Pam, your table is beautiful. You have styled it so elegantly with the gorgeous Crown Linen placemats and napkins. I love the Arte Italica bowl you used for your centerpiece, too. It is very versatile and I am sure we will see it used in many ways.
Your plate stack is very striking and creative. I love the faux cedar placemat.
Crown Linen and Art Italica have the most beautiful designs. I follow both of them and you on Instagram. I love all their pieces but if I had to pick one I would pick the beautiful embroidered napkins in your post. Your giveaway is very beautiful and generous.
Your festive table is perfect in every way. The Crown Linen placemats and napkins are absolutely beautiful with your plate stack. The Arte Italica bowl filled with hydrangeas and roses makes a beautiful centerpiece. Perfection my sweet friend. Have a wonderful week.
Thank you sweet Dianne. I hope all is well with you and Bob!
Beautiful Christmas table. Always always I use green and red at Christmas. Red for the blood Christ shed for us and green because He lives. Let us not forget Christ in Christmas.
Amen, Alice!! Merry Christmas!
Amen, Alice! Without Christ there is no Christmas!
Pam, I was looking forward to these posts today! Let me just first say how beautiful your table setting is in your dining room. It’s like coming home, truly. Your mix of the natural linen placemats and napkins with the Arte Italica Natale bowl as centerpiece are such a handsome combination. Your silver flatware with the antler napkin rings also echo that handsome combination. Of course I follow you by email subscription and FB, though I am not on IG. I follow Crown Linen on FB and have loved every single thing I’ve purchased from them (they really up the experience with their small tokens!). The placemats, napkins, and lumbar pillows like yours are items I have purchased, and still have varieties (such as your flax placemats) I want to add to my linen collection. I am following Arte Italica on FB, and the tray they are offering is both gorgeous and utilitarian (love those handles!). You need it also to go with your bowl! Thank you for the chance to be part of this giveaway, and best of luck to all who enter!
ps – look at your large photo in your collage and how that candlestick’s curve follows the line on your DR chair behind it. Isn’t that gorgeous? Not sure if intentional or serendipitous, but I love it.
Absolutely stunning, dear Pam. I love everything about your gorgeous table especially those cute napkin rings! Stay safe.
Thank you Katie!
Good morning Pam! I love everything about your beautiful table. A source for the red glasses would be appreciated. I love the tip about the Leyland Cypress and your centerpiece is lovely. You have definitely given me courage to try my hand at arranging. After your post about Highlands earlier this year, my husband and I decided we would visit in October. What a lovely area, thank you! I have followed Crown Linen Designs and Arte Italica on both Facebook and Instagram. They both have so many lovely pieces, how could you pick? But I’ll go with the Merry Christmas pillow that RM has claimed. 🙂
Hi Debbie, the red glasses were purchased at a department store years ago and they are now out of business. I have broken two and wish I could replace them. I am so glad you enjoyed Highlands.
What a beautiful table. I love the fresh greens.
Thank you Penny!
Darling place settings, the antlers really set it off!
Aw, thanks so much!
Good morning Pam! I’m a new follower! Just signed up for your Blog, Instagram and Pinterest. Your post today is so beautiful and I look forward to many more. I follow Crown Linen Designs & Arte Italica on Instagram. I like the Bumble Bee embroidered linen placemats and matching napkins from Crown Linen Designs. I also love the Giutietta dinnerware from Arte Italica. Thanks to you and the other ladies for giving us the opportunity to win such beautiful gifts!
Welcome, Shirley. It is always wonderful to have a new follower!
So beautiful! thank you for the inspiration! I have followed all of the accounts on Facebook and Instagram and would love to be a winner! I have extensive collection of linens and dishes but none from your beautiful partners. Pick me! Pick me! There is no way to pick a favorite piece but those lacy designs from Arte italica & anything monogrammed from crown linen would be swoon worthy!
So stunning Pam, all the fresh greens and the red touches with roses and your gorgeous stemware make my heart sing! The Crown Linen Designs napkins are gorgeous, and your beautiful and special memory gold antler napkin rings are a wonderful touch! I don’t blame EM for claiming that pretty Merry Christmas pillow! How lucky you are to have RM gather beautiful greens right from your property to adorn your table and chandy! The faux cypress place mats look fantastic in your plate stack. You have really brought the outside in and captured holiday magic with this table!
Jenna
Oh, Pam, I am totally inspired. You have certainly given me encouragement to get in the Christmas spirit. I must get moving. I looked at my calendar this morning and almost went into shock when I realized Thanksgiving is next week. Your table is simply gorgeous and in your beautiful dining room. I love the pieces from Arte Italica and the linens from Crown Linen Designs, just stunning. I believe the Merry Christmas pillow is my favorite.
Wishing you a lovely week – remember to breathe these next few days.
Wow, Pam! Anyone would feel truly special sitting down to Christmas dinner in your lovely dining room! Your table is strikingly beautiful with the traditional colors that you’ve chosen, and the artistic layers set to serve, and charm. I particularly love the embroidered (red) napkins from Crown Linen Designs, and I am now following them and Arte Italica on Instagram and Facebook. I was already following you, of course. Thank you for sharing your lovely home and your beautiful Christmas style with us!
Wow what a gorgeous post! My fav is the “Give Thanks” runner and the Natale Rectangular Tray with Handles. I love so much of their products! Thanks for the giveaway. This post is extra welcome right now with holidays apart looming. A good reminder of the many things we have to be thankful for and that God has put beauty all around us. God bless you!
Oh Pam, your table is so beautifully festive! Those napkins are so pretty (the tray, too) and I love how you integrated the roses with the green hydrangeas — of which I have more than a few! What a good idea this one is. It’s hard to pick a favorite because I love the pillow, too — but those napkins remind me of England and really, that’s just the best!
Sweet Pam, your table brought such a happy smile to my face this morning! It is absolutely gorgeous! I’m a traditional girl like you so the setting and colors make my heart sing! The cypress and magnolia leaves add such a lovely festive touch. Now for the linens and Italian pottery….I follow Crown Linen Designs on Instagram and have been smitten with the napkins with red embroidery. They look so pretty on your table. I’m not familiar with Arte Italica, but I just followed them on IG. I noticed your bowl with the stunning arrangement at first glance. I think it is my favorite piece. I think we could all use the hope and joy that the Christmas season brings. I’ve already decorated my house for the season, and it has brought me such joy and comfort to be surround by all my special memories. My dear friend, I hope this holiday season brings you lots of peace, joy, and blessings!
Wow, Pam! Your post is absolutely gorgeous! I love your plate stack. Your candlesticks add additional elegance. All the greenery is so pretty. The linens are exquisite. Your bouquet is perfect! My husband would prefer a bowl of mashed potatoes too! Lol Your pillow is beautiful. I’m going to enjoy reviewing this post a few more times. While we’ve never put up a tree before Thanksgiving, it’s probably going to happen this year! Enjoy your week! Clara ❤️
Oh Pam, this is Christmas at its best. I too love the traditional colors of red and green, although this time for my post I went with a completely un-traditional color scheme. I can only imagine how delightful it is to gather around your beautiful table set so wonderfully with cherished mementoes of people you love, and then those gorgeous linens and that stunning centerpiece!
I was in love with Crown Linen Designs and Arte Italica products from the moment I saw them at market, and still am. Their attention to detail is above everyone else. I wish you a blessed Monday, sweet friend. Always a true blessing to join you for our Mondays! xo Lidy
I love your table with all the greenery down the table and under the plates. Of course the Natale bowl or any of their pieces would be wonderful to have. I was planning on attending an event with Victoria Magazine, that was cancelled, where the owner of Crowne Linens was a speaker. Her linens are so lovey. I do hope they reschedule next year. Thank you for sharing your table.
The bowl is exquisite… my favorite
TRADITIONAL BEAUTIFUL!!
Thank you Nancy!
Wow this is my kind of table! I am traditional too and I adore the red and green color theme! Love the garland you RM gathered and how you centered that beautiful bowl with florals. I entered for the giveaway on Shirley’s page and I’m already a follower on FB and Instagram!
I am not on Instagram or Facebook, but I would love to enter the giveaway, if possible. OH, I just love the Provence Tumbled LInen towels made by Crown Linen and the Tuscan Coffee Canister with Spoon made by Arte Italica. Such gorgeous things they both have! I really loved looking at their websites and thank you for introducing them to me today. May the Lord richly bless you, sweet friend!
I followed Crowne Linen Designs and Arte Italica on Facebook.
I followed EverydayLiving on Instagram.
If I won, I would love the Tuscan Linen 22 inch table runner.
I would select the Belle Natali Small Oval Plattter by Arte Italica
Your table makes my heart sing and the perfume of pine tickles my senses. Adding hydrangeas to the more traditional materials provides that something extra. What you gals have done on your floral Mondays is wonderful and continues to be something I look forward to.
Thanks so much for the gracious comments, Linda!
My favorite is the Crown Linen napkins with the bumblebee on them. Thank you for offering us the chance to win this awesome giveaway!! Happy Thanksgiving, a little early! 🙂
My favorite is the Crown Linens “Give Thanks” napkin rings! Thanks for the chance to win!
I don’t decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but I must say your table really excites me and I’m glad it won’t be long! I love all the giveaways, but the Natale tray is my favorite. I have followed everyone on Instagram.
I love the Natale Tray and linen runner and napkins in red. They are just beautiful! What a generous giveaway. Each table is stunning!
I’m sitting here newly retired from education. Now I have so much “me” time after 43 years in education and now focus on what I love best: Home decor! I’ve now followed you on Instagram and Pinterest. I have discovered that my favorite Crown Linen Designs piece is easily hands-down the white with gold “embroidered” Victorian napkins. And Arte Italica’s Vetro Gold crystal/glass tableware. These align perfectly with my own taupe-neutral desert-toned colors in my living and dining rooms. I’ve now followed both of these on Instagram. I’ve just moved back into my home again after being out of my home for eight months and having repairs due to a slab leak. I can’t wait to get back into decorating again! Three days before going into our state quarantine lockdown I was in an accident and my car was totally demolished. I discovered your blog hops during this time. What a wonderful way to spend my time and uplift my spirits during these challenging months. Thank you so much for sharing you beautiful home decor with me!
So beautiful! I’m following everyone on Instagram. I would love to have anything from both Crown Linen Designs or Arte Italica. Those napkins you used are gorgeous as well as the bowl
Oh Pam, your tablescape is both elegant and festive. I can almost smell the greenery. I am totally in love with the ruffled placemats and the embroidered napkins. I had fun looking up both Arte Italica and Crown Linens as they are new to me. All I can say is, WOW! I “Pinned” several photos so I can refer to them as I decorate. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your table setting with traditional red and green is simply beautiful. I love the cedar placemat it adds so much to each setting. It would be so fun to have the addition of these fun and elegant pieces to any holiday table, it takes it to a whole new level. Always enjoy Monday morning blooms!
Thank, Denise
So very lovely Pam! I love reds and greens too. Leland cypress is gorgeous thank you for the tip.
Happy Day my friend!
Thank you Nancy! Happy day to you my friend!
Absolutely WONDERFUL and inspiring…
Thank you, Maristella!
What a gorgeous Christmas table! The fresh greens with the rich red of the roses are perfect for me!! I love traditional red and green for Christmas! The ruffled placemats are my favorite but those embroidered napkins with the red stitching are exquisite. Thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas and stay safe in these scary times!!
Pam, your table setting is so warm and inviting. How special for those who will dine with you at this festive table. You girls have partnered with two of my favorite accounts! I admire the beauty each has to offer!! My current favorite on Crown Linen Designs are the velvet ruffled placemats. Over at Arte Italica I’ve got my eye on a pair of the Vetro gold chargers. I’m following Crown Linen Designs and Arte Italic on both IG and FB. And you know I’m a follower of your beautiful accounts. Thanks for the opportunity to win this generous giveaway!
I follow Arte Italica on Instagram @jwal90
I follow Everyday Living on Instagram @jwal90
My favorite piece is the Arte Italica Natale Sprig Table Runner.
Pam I follow you on instagram,Crown Linens on instagram and facebook,Arte Italica on instagram and facebook. My favorite item at Crown Linens is their table runners.
Thank you for this great giveaway.
Marion
Crown Royale linens add both country and classic looks to your table. Love the ruffled placemats and napkin. Also love your chandelier!!
I love those linen napkins, and since our last name is King, they fit right in, right? I would love to find some of the faux greenery placemats too. Wishing you a blessed season, Pam and family.