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Valentine’s Day Tabletop Inspiration

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Valentines Day

Happy Thursday! Can you believe how fast January is passing? It seems that it has been a cold and rainy one in our Appalachian Foothills! I must say I enjoy all four seasons, winter allows me time to enjoy some much needed simple pleasures…reading books and magazines, a cup of cappuccino and a square of good chocolate in the afternoon, and planning additions to the garden.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:12‬ ‭

A couple of days ago I began pulling out Valentine decor in anticipation of February 14th. I love planning a special tablescape for the day. I looked back on previous blog posts for inspiration and I decided to share some of those with you. Hopefully, it will inspire you to make the day special for all those you love!

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What’s not to love about a pretty floral arrangement in a silver teapot…

…and a pearl and diamond necklace that was a gift from my “sweet honey” many years ago? Notice all of the Valentine’s cards on the coffee table, do you save them?READ MORE

The Greatest Love

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Valentines Day

“We love because he first loved us.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:19‬ ‭

Happy Tuesday sweet friends. Most Tuesdays I share a tablescape, but I have been under the weather the past three days. In my place, my romantic and sentimental husband has written a beautiful message for Valentine’s Day. I know you will enjoy his thoughts.

Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble when you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home
Perhaps love is like a window, perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer, it wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself and don’t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through”
-John Denver

John wrote and sang a beautiful song that speaks somewhat to the human condition when it comes to this thing called love.  In our humanness we must constantly work on loving and being loved..it isn’t automatic.  I’ve heard a lot about “love at first sight”.  Even so, it’s not “boom, got ‘er done.”  Only Christ, on a cross, in that moment of love’s greatest expression and demonstration can proclaim “It is Finished”.  (John 19:30)

I’ve heard it said that people don’t really “fall in love”.  Those holding this view usually insist that love is really a choice we make.  We choose to love-period! Plus nothing, minus nothing.  I personally believe that both falling and choosing are true. They are intertwined and together encompass “being in love”.READ MORE

L-O-V-E {A Valentine’s Day Tablescape}

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Tablescape Tuesday, Valentines Day

“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭8:7‬ ‭

 

Hello dear friends. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. It is the perfect time to share a delicious meal and a lovely table with those you love! More than twenty table stylists are sharing their Valentine’s tablescapes today. If you have come here from my friend, Mary at Home Is Where The Boat Is, welcome to Everyday Living.

 

A special thank you to our hostess, Chloe at Celebrate & Decorate.

 

Renaissance Man and I always eat at home on Valentine’s Day…it is a perfect time to invite another couple for dinner! Or perhaps someone who is single or a widow who could feel all alone and left out for Valentine’s Day.

The red velvet heart with a little gold crown complements the box of red, white, and pink flowers.

All the links are provided at the bottom of this post. Rather than a full week of tablescapes, they are all posted today for your reading pleasure!READ MORE