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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 114 • Happy New Year!

~ Simple + Southern Sunday

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭3:5-6‬

…and just like that, it’s 2017!  We want to wish you a wonderful new year full of joy and blessings!  Every Sunday we share our week in photos with you…and you never know what we might come across in our everyday living!  We love sharing Simple + Southern Sundays with you, our readers!  Today, we are reminiscing over the past 52 weeks to bring you some of our favorite pictures!  What a fun way to start off 2017…we hope you enjoy!


Butch captured this beautiful and peaceful country church in the spring while the wisteria was in bloom!READ MORE

Here, There, and Everywhere: Our Top 5 Travels of 2016

~ Travel

 “but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:31‬ ‭

As 2016 comes to a close and 2017 quickly approaches, we hope that the New Year brings much health and happiness! Thinking back over this past year and all of the exciting things that happened, I am reminded of how much I have to be grateful for.  If you have been following our blog this year, you have joined us on many adventures as we traveled from coast to coast in our beautiful United States!  We also ventured out of the country for a little trip into Victoria, Canada to visit the amazing Butchart Gardens!  From our first trip of the year, not too far away from home…to sharing the beautiful European cities of Edinburgh and Dublin…an opulent palace in St. Petersburg, Russia...to Pike’s Place Market in Seattle…and our final trip of the year to New England, you, our sweet readers, came right along with us!  We took ferries, hopped in with personal tour guides, boarded flights, and laced up our shoes for many walking tours! As you will see, New England was extremely popular with you all!  And we agree…it was a lovely trip!  Join us today as we take a little trip here, there, and everywhere!  I hope you enjoy re-visiting our most popular travel posts of 2016!

 “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
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On our trip to New England in late September we stayed three days in Boston.  We packed in a lot in those three days!  On my agenda was to take a walk along the streets of Beacon Hill, a historic neighborhood of Federal-style row houses with brick sidewalks and narrow gaslit streets.  It was beautiful, and you all agreed!  No one invited me in, but I loved viewing the architecture, the unique doors and window boxes!
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Top 5 Tablescapes of 2016

~ Food & Entertaining, Tablescape Tuesday

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

At the end of the year, it’s always fun for me to look back on what the blogging world held.  2016 brought many new followers who soon became friends, we partnered with a couple of well known companies, and my favorite…48 new tablescapes!  If you have been around for very long, you know tablescaping is one of my favorite hobbies…and it is always interesting to see what connects with you, my sweet followers.  You have been so encouraging as I continue sharing my love of making tables beautiful for you to enjoy!  Today, let’s reminisce a little as we look at the most viewed tablescapes of 2016!
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I had the idea to set an elegant table in our garden, which included moving our dining room chairs outdoors…oh the things we do for a blog post!  White linens, white china with gold rims, gold chargers and flatware, crystal stemware, and beautiful limelights provided the perfect elegance for our evening.  I wish all of you could have joined us for that magical summer evening  (And I wish you could’ve been here to haul the chairs back inside too!!)
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