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And So It Begins…

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Well, this is a first.  We have our Christmas tree up and it isn't even Thanksgiving.  My husband bought a new faux tree this year, and since the boxes were sitting right in front of our front door where the UPS man left them, my husband decided to go ahead and set it up.  And it is beautiful.  I probably would have gone with colored lights, but he wanted white, so there we are.  We won't get the ornaments on until Thanksgiving weekend, so for now I will just enjoy the blazing splendor of all those 1000 lights!

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I got these two fun little table toppers off to my quilter in North Carolina on Friday.  I will be so excited to get them into my holiday decor!  I love the fabric collections I used (Sweetwater's Cookie Exchange and Hometown Christmas).  I don't think it is even that obvious that I used the same fabrics in both little quilts.  They are crisp and modern and cheerful, just what I wanted.

Busy week this week.  And that is an understatement.  I somehow thought it would be a good idea to invite a friend and her daughter and twin grand daughters over for a tea party on Tuesday!  And it is a good idea, but I just wasn't thinking about the volume of cooking I'd be doing in this week, with Thanksgiving on Thursday.  Guess no sewing is going to happen, but I will let you know how my tea party fixings go.  I plan to make Madeleines, scones and little tea sandwiches.  Oh, and my famous pound cake.  Sara is coming early from work along with Eva, so there will be seven of us.

I plan to dust off the Royal Albert Old Country Roses and bring out my best lace table cloth.

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I am going to try to make a centerpiece that has these reds and golds in it.  And of course use it for Thanksgiving too.  I will let you know how that goes!  I wish I could find a white pumpkin to hollow out and arrange red and gold mums and roses in, but I doubt I will be able to find any such thing at this point.  I'll let you know on Wednesday if I pulled it off!

I know you all must be busy this week too, with cooking and planning and list making.  Make it a good one!

27 responses to “And So It Begins…”

  1. Wow! With your lovely new Christmas tree up, I thought for a minute I’d missed a week or so! Pssst … I’d have gone for colored lights, too, but the tree is beautiful with the white lights.
    Love your Christmas table runners and hope they have a safe a quick journey to and from NC.
    Love your Old English Roses china, too. Have fun at the tea party and please do take pictures.
    I finished the top of the Jacob’s Ladder quilt yesterday and hope to quilt it myself since it’s just 30″ square.
    Hugs!

  2. Wow! With your lovely new Christmas tree up, I thought for a minute I’d missed a week or so! Pssst … I’d have gone for colored lights, too, but the tree is beautiful with the white lights.
    Love your Christmas table runners and hope they have a safe a quick journey to and from NC.
    Love your Old English Roses china, too. Have fun at the tea party and please do take pictures.
    I finished the top of the Jacob’s Ladder quilt yesterday and hope to quilt it myself since it’s just 30″ square.
    Hugs!

  3. Wow! With your lovely new Christmas tree up, I thought for a minute I’d missed a week or so! Pssst … I’d have gone for colored lights, too, but the tree is beautiful with the white lights.
    Love your Christmas table runners and hope they have a safe a quick journey to and from NC.
    Love your Old English Roses china, too. Have fun at the tea party and please do take pictures.
    I finished the top of the Jacob’s Ladder quilt yesterday and hope to quilt it myself since it’s just 30″ square.
    Hugs!

  7. Your tea sounds wonderful! Such fun. We too put our tree up last night. It’s also new this year, but is a skinny tree. Very skinny…as in what were we thinking skinny? White lights are on, decorations will get on there eventually, but not very many because there’s not much room. So skinny….sigh.

  8. Your tea sounds wonderful! Such fun. We too put our tree up last night. It’s also new this year, but is a skinny tree. Very skinny…as in what were we thinking skinny? White lights are on, decorations will get on there eventually, but not very many because there’s not much room. So skinny….sigh.

  9. Your tea sounds wonderful! Such fun. We too put our tree up last night. It’s also new this year, but is a skinny tree. Very skinny…as in what were we thinking skinny? White lights are on, decorations will get on there eventually, but not very many because there’s not much room. So skinny….sigh.

  10. Your two runners look great!
    Have a wonderful week! Prep, decorating, cooking, doing tea … and lots and lots of people. Enjoy!

  11. Your two runners look great!
    Have a wonderful week! Prep, decorating, cooking, doing tea … and lots and lots of people. Enjoy!

  12. Your two runners look great!
    Have a wonderful week! Prep, decorating, cooking, doing tea … and lots and lots of people. Enjoy!

  19. Both of the table runners are beautiful…crisp, clean and modern. I’m with you on lights… I like the colored ones best. As for a white pumpkin… check out the markdowns at Micheals/HobbyLobby/Joanns for one of those foam pumpkins… you can cut the top off and put a vase down inside. They might still have a couple. Your tea party sounds wonderful… enjoy this week of special friends and family!

  20. Both of the table runners are beautiful…crisp, clean and modern. I’m with you on lights… I like the colored ones best. As for a white pumpkin… check out the markdowns at Micheals/HobbyLobby/Joanns for one of those foam pumpkins… you can cut the top off and put a vase down inside. They might still have a couple. Your tea party sounds wonderful… enjoy this week of special friends and family!

  21. Both of the table runners are beautiful…crisp, clean and modern. I’m with you on lights… I like the colored ones best. As for a white pumpkin… check out the markdowns at Micheals/HobbyLobby/Joanns for one of those foam pumpkins… you can cut the top off and put a vase down inside. They might still have a couple. Your tea party sounds wonderful… enjoy this week of special friends and family!

  22. Love your tree and your table runners! Can’t wait to see them quilted!
    Have a fun tea party I’m sure it’ll be amazing:-)

  23. Love your tree and your table runners! Can’t wait to see them quilted!
    Have a fun tea party I’m sure it’ll be amazing:-)

  24. Love your tree and your table runners! Can’t wait to see them quilted!
    Have a fun tea party I’m sure it’ll be amazing:-)

  25. Love the idea of a tea party! How fun! I also love your table runners.
    I have to say, Mary gave me the best laugh!

  26. Love the idea of a tea party! How fun! I also love your table runners.
    I have to say, Mary gave me the best laugh!

  27. Love the idea of a tea party! How fun! I also love your table runners.
    I have to say, Mary gave me the best laugh!