Food & Entertaining

Tablescape Tuesday: The Greatest Of These

February 2, 2016~ Food & Entertaining, Holidays, Tablescape Tuesday, Valentines Day

“So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:13‬ ‭

There are so many ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day! You can invite the ladies over for an afternoon of coffee and treats as seen here…because an afternoon of girl talk is always fun. Of course, an evening in with Butch like I shared with you last week (seen here) is the absolute best! However, another sweet way to celebrate is to invite the family for dinner! Our family gets together every Sunday and since Valentine’s Day falls on Sunday this year, we will celebrate together! What better way to show love than to set a fun and whimsical table!

Heart placemats, napkins, and napkin rings make a fun Valentine’s tablescape!READ MORE

Tablescape Tuesday: Hearts of Love

January 26, 2016~ Food & Entertaining, Holidays, Tablescape Tuesday, Valentines Day

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:4-6‬ ‭

Some things never change…and I mean that in the best way possible! Butch and I have celebrated Valentine’s Day the same way for more years than I can remember: a quiet evening in with a home cooked dinner. It is a special time for us, and it’s much better than fighting the crowds at restaurants!

In keeping with our tradition of staying in for Valentine’s dinner and still making it special and unique, I was thinking how I could jazz up the table a little! Being the sentimental people that we are, we have saved the cards that we have given to each other through the years! So, yesterday I lived in a sea of memories as I waded through them all and found the ones we have exchanged every year on Valentine’s Day! I thought it would be a fun and sweet idea to include some of them on our table this year! The cards always play a big part of our evening after dinner as we open and read, with hearts of gratitude to our heavenly Father who is the Giver of every good gift, and the perfect love. Since cards from years-gone-by will be a part of the table this year, we will be able to re-read each one and remember the many Valentines that God has given us!

A vintage tablecloth for our table for two!

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Red roses for the centerpiece, of course!

Butch loves shortbread cookies, so they had to be included!

The heart plates with sweet words were a perfect addition!

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Since Paris is known as a romantic city, I thought the dinner plates would work well for our Valentine’s dinner!

Butch always buys me at least two Valentine cards every year, so I have amassed a large collection!

Red napkins with hearts!

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We love M&M’s!

Red Velvet cake is a Valentine’s Day must!

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
in a setting of silver”
Proverbs‬ ‭25‬:‭11‬

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How will you spend Valentine’s Day? Do you go out to eat or cook?

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Coffee Table Talk: Simple, Sweet & Social

January 21, 2016~ Decorating, Food & Entertaining

“And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭

The shelves are stocked with conversation hearts and chocolates while shades of pinks and red are lining the storefronts. And that can only mean one thing…Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Traditionally, the 14th of February is spent with a spouse or significant other, but sometimes isn’t it fun to have an afternoon of girl talk?!

You all know by now that I love coffee and treats, and today I wanted to share an easy and inexpensive way to have a small group of friends over to enjoy the afternoon! Using your coffee table allows for a smaller and more intimate setting…and eliminates the planning of a large “dinner party”! You can offer a few pick-up sweet items from your local bakery and savory mini sandwiches! My little spread was less than $20 including flowers…and don’t we all love flowers?! The setting is simple and small…and it all comes together to make for such a sweet afternoon!

The coffee table has been set with an assortment of finger foods!

Coffee mugs and plates are a sweet Churchill toile pattern that I found at Tuesday Morning several years ago!

The two-tiered stand holds an array of sweets! Petit fours on top with cannoli, cranberry-orange scones, and lemon poppy seed muffins on the bottom!

Pink mini-carnations fill three small vases and are sitting on a mirrored box!

My silver coffee service was a special gift many years ago with a story that I must share someday!

I placed a couple of books on the table with the title “Things Pondered” on top! Have you ever wondered what the things were that Mary pondered in her heart?
“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart”
Luke 2:19