Holiday Style Oliohop

I'm thrilled to welcome you to 2012 Olihop Holiday Style!

Before I begin let me explain a little about what an Oliohop is.  

It all begins on Olioboard, an online tool for creating 2D and 3D design boards.

An Oliohop is a blog collaboration of 10 bloggers at the same time.  This month we are focusing on Holiday Style.

Perfect, I know!

We are taking a look at my vision for Tablescapes Holiday Style this year, 2012.

I always begin with some inspiration.  Soft, quiet colors of Duck Egg, muted greens and natural burlap.

I always mix old with new.  Some unexpected with traditional.

Let's take a look at Holiday Style in my own home.  A work in progress...

My Annie Sloan Work Book for making notes and tracking my thoughts.  Duck Egg Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ is my inspiration for everything.

Yes, that's a book...and yes I painted a pearl necklace...the unexpected!

The final table for two for the Holidays.

Buffalo Check in a soft Duck Egg Blue.

I put my Apparel Design skills to work and made an apron just for the Holidays.

Now for the final Olioboard Tablescapes Collection...

My favorite part of Oliohop is seeing and sharing the other amazing nine bloggers and their posts!

Drop by to see what they have been up to.

http://colorchats.benjaminmoore.com 

http://tobifairley.com/blog/

http://lisamendedesign.blogspot.com 

http://jenniferreynoldsinteriors.com/blog/ 

http://www.sarahgunnwallcandy.com 

http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com (Lynda Quintero -Davids )

http://andieday.com/blog/

http://alliecat4ever.blogspot.com (Alicia Phillips )

http://kimberlyandcameron.blogspot.com (Kimberly Ward )

Have a super week!

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Thanksgiving.. happy

 

We are celebrating our second Thanksgiving here today (this one is from Saturday).  I was so excited to have a few hydrangea left in the garden to grace the table.  

Wishing you a wonderful day filled with friends and family!

xo

 

 

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Molly Wood Garden Design {fall}

Last week I had a chance to stop by my friend Molly's shop for a little table-scaping class she was having.  She has the best selection of goodies and plants!  It is always an inspiration to walk through the garden and the shop.  

This is just a peek at the goodness that she has going on there.  

For more info on Molly and her services stop by her site.

 

Molly Wood Garden Design

1660 Orange Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627 

P 949.548.1611
F 949.548.8557
E info@mollywoodgardendesign.com

  

 

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Pimlico Magazine {thank you}

  I wanted to say a big thank you to Pimlico magazine for including me along with the other wonderful bloggers in their Winter 2012 issue.  They asked me to share some of my holiday table setting ideas and I think that setting the table can be one of the best parts of entertaining so I was happy to put together some of my favorites!  I offered a little sneak peek a few weeks back and here is the final result. Hopefully my schedule will allow for some entertaining this holiday season that I can share with you here on the blog too.  This issue is full of great ideas from wrapping to what to wear, check it out here.  

 

Here are a few other shots from that day.  It is always fun to have a little photo shoot!

 

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Tablescapes for Fall

I LOVE dishes and I LOVE tablescapes.

Fall/Holidays is my favorite time to set the table.  Colors of rich browns, oranges, golds, purples and greens.  They are so yummy together!

Shopping through your own cabinets for dishes and decor items around the house is a great start.

Collect and place them in one area, a good way to see how odd bits and bobbles really can be displayed together.

Bring in multiple styles, sizes and colors of dishes to see how everything will coordinate.  

LAYERS!

I cannot express enough how important layers are.  More than one fabric, pattern and color is a requirement.

Take what you already own and add what's needed from a little shopping at the stores.

Empty wine bottles can be inspirational and very useful too.  

A can of spray glitter added to the outside of empty wine bottles and you've added a little extra sparkle to candle holders.

Love the wine bottles grouped together with two different colors of taper candles.

Leaves are quilted in the placemats and runner, repeating the leaves down the center of the table and in the napkins.

The napkins pull all of the colors together. 

Don't forget to add some details to sideboards and cabinets in the same space.

Add spray glitter to some leaves but not all of them. The mix of flat and shiny is more appealing to the eye.  (sparkle and glitter can be overkill if applied too much)

Collect, layer and inspire.  Make your next gathering a little extra special.

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