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Let’s Mingle & Jingle–Holiday Progressive Dinner Blog Hop

December 13, 2018

Don’t you just love entertaining during the holidays? I sure do! Today I’m joining a few of my blogging friends for the final installment of our Virtual Progressive Dinner Blog Hop. Throughout the year we’ve shared easy recipes, tabelscape inspiration and fun party ideas with you. Today we’re celebrating the holiday season with the Holiday Mingle & Jingle Blog Hop.

If you missed any of this entertaining series, you can find the other seasonal posts by clicking these links…Spring Floral Fiesta, Summer Backyard Bash and Flavors Of Fall.

If you’re coming over from Positively Southern, welcome. Tamrya’s main course pork tenderloin looks so good and is the perfect hardy dish for a holiday gathering.

fyi–If you need to join the Mingle & Jingle party from the beginning, you’ll find all the stops on the blog hop below and at the end of this post.

Now, who’s ready for dessert?

When I was picked to host the dessert portion of the Mingle & Jingle dinner, I panicked for a minute. You see, me and kitchens are not the best of friends. As a designer, I love to design and decorate kitchens but I’m not a fan of cooking in them. So what’s a designer to do when it’s time to whip up a yummy holiday dessert? Get creative and decorate her dessert!

Crazy Confetti Christmas Cake

My Crazy Confetti Christmas Cake was super easy to make and would be a fun activity to share with kids.

The first thing I did was pick up a plain frosted white cake from Publix. Then I popped into Target and bought candy canes, honeycomb ball cake topper and old-fashioned Christmas candy. I already had the mini bottle brush trees on hand.

Once home, I unwrapped 6 candy canes, put them in a zip lock bag and crushed them into small pieces to make confetti candy cane mix. Next I sprinkled the confetti candy canes around the top edge of the cake.

And then I decorated the top of the cake with candy canes and other holiday pieces. I wanted my cake to be fun and crazy so all the pieces are a bit off-center.

Once I had the cake decorated, I knew I wanted to dress up the cake stand. I cut strips of ribbon and taped them to the top of the stand to make it more festive. This is such a simple and easy trick you could use anytime you’re serving cake at a party.

After the cake stand was decorated and I had the cake in place, I decided to take my crazy cake over the top. I sprinkled old-fashioned Christmas candy around the base of the cake and called it done.

I think my cake is ready for a holiday party!

Now that I’ve tantalized your sweet tooth, it’s time to bring this party to a close. Head over to Atta Girl Says to check out the fun hostess gifts and party favors Amy created. She really knows how to end a party on a high note. And be sure to hop over to each of the participating blogs and Mingle & Jingle with them.

MINGLE & JINGLE PROGRESSIVE DINNER BLOG HOP

Cocktail Hour—Viva La Vintage For Your Home

Appetizer—M. Jones Style

Tablescape-–Home On Poplar Creek

Main Course—Positively Southern

Dessert–ConfettiStyle (yours truly)

Hostess Gifts & Party Favors—Atta Girl Says

Thanks for stopping by the blog today. I’ve got more holiday inspiration posts planned for you as we count down to Christmas so be sure to check in each day. Or better yet, subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post!

My Holiday Home | Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour-Part 2

December 5, 2018

Welcome back to part 2 of the Merry and Bright Holiday Home Tour. Last week I shared my tree, Christmas stockings and other elements of our living room decor. This week I’m back to share my Christmas tablescape and a few holiday touches I added to the kitchen and master bedroom. If you missed part 1 of the tour, you can find it here. And you’ll find a list of all the participating bloggers at the end of this post.

If you’re coming over from Love Your Abode welcome. I hope you enjoyed Yuni’s holiday decor as much as I did. And if you don’t already follow her on IG, you can find her here. She shares lots of great decorating and recipe ideas on her feed.

rocking horse from HomeGoods

This gorgeous Christmas stocking is from Boho Luxe Home who sponsored this year’s Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour. Be sure to head over to their website to check out the amazing array of boho inspired decor, gifts, textiles and wallpaper.

Now let me show you my holiday tablescape…

I carried my blue and white holiday decor theme into the dining area and used it to inspire by table decor. The first layer of the table is a blue & white tablecloth and solid blue table runner. The centerpiece is greenery swag with three pillar candle holders. I added additional greenery pics to fill out the arrangement and scattered ornament clusters at the base of the center candle.

For the place settings, I placed my Blue Willow plates on top of white charger plates. Solid blue salad plates and blue & white bread plates add the final layer. The pink dinner napkins add a pop of color and tie back to some of the wrapping paper I’m using for gifts.

BLUE & WHITE CHINOISERIE INSPIRED TABLE

I love adding a fun touch to the backs of my dining chairs. This year I created chair ties using navy tassels, green satin ribbon and ornaments. Such a fun and easy way to dress up my chairs.

The side board arrangement is fairly simple with a grouping of mini Christmas trees, ginger jars, greenery and ornaments. For a touch of pink, I tucked a couple of faux peonies at each end of the arrangement. I hung plain garland around the top of the mirror.

Here’s the table looking down from the stairs.

THE COCKTAIL BAR

My bar table sits in a corner of the dining area and it got a holiday touch. The large monkey dish I scored at an estate sale always gets in on the holiday fun.

THE KITCHEN

One one wall in the kitchen sit this tiered table that holds my overflow of dinner and dessert plates. I hung a wreath on the wall between two botanical art pieces. I’m planning to paint the frames black but somehow it keeps getting pushed down my to-do list.

Here’s a little collection of goodies on the kitchen counter, next to the stove.

Now let’s head upstairs…

MASTER BEDROOM

Every year I hang garland and wreath on the headboard and this year was not exception. I bought this beautiful felt wreath at HomeGoods last year and love the texture and sparkle.

I bought two of these holiday pillows from Pottery Barn a few years ago and used one on the bed. Next year I’ll add colorful tassels to each corner of the pillow to give it a new look.

I placed a small tree next to the armoire and decorated it with silver, gold and champagne colored ornaments. I also draped satin ribbon through the branches to add softness.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I hope you enjoyed my holiday home. The next stop on the tour is Positively Southern. You’re going to love all the beautiful decor Tamyra is sharing this week.

Here’s the entire Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour lineup…

Wendy–Farmhouse Therapy (IG @farmhousetherapy)

Marsha–M.Jones Style (IG @mjonesstyle)

Kate–Chic On A Shoestring Decorating (IG @chiconashoestringdecorating)

Meg–Green With Decor (IG @greenwithdecor)

Yuni–Love Your Abode (IG @loveyourabode)

(me) ConfettiStyle (IG @confettistyle)

Tamyra–Positively Southern (IG @positivelysouthern)

For more even more holiday inspiration, over to the Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour Pinterest board. You’ll find photos from previous years tours as well as tons of other holiday and entertaining inspiration.

disclosure: I received products from Boho Luxe Home to use in my Christmas decor. I am a big fan of this company and only share products and brands that I love and think you’ll like too. All opinions are my own.

Spring Thyme | Recipes & Style Blog Hop

March 21, 2017

Spring is one of my favorite seasons. The weather is getting warmer, flowers are blooming and it’s almost time for picnics in the park and long evening walks. The coming of spring is such a mood booster for me and I’m just giddy that it is staying light outside until almost 9:00 o’clock.

Now that spring is here, I’m starting to see lots of spring blog tours popping up on the web. I don’t do much in the way of decorating for spring but I do love creating pretty seasonal tablescapes. And it just so happens that my friend Tamyra with Positively Southern is hosting a fun ‘Spring Thyme Recipe & Style’ blog hop and invited me join the fun.

There are a total of 9 bloggers on this tour and today is just part one of the blog hop. We’ll all be back next Tuesday (3/28) to share more spring style and recipe inspiration so mark your calendars.

If you’re coming over from Clutter Cafe, welcome. Lisa is one talented (and sweet) lady and a hard act to follow.

Whenever I plan a seasonal tablescape, I look for something to inspire the theme. Can you guess what my inspiration was for my spring Easter table? Rabbits of course! I spotted the rabbit beverage pitcher at HomeGoods and immediately knew I wanted to use it as a flower vase. #unexpecteddecor

Rabbit Pitcher (similar here )

Once I had the pitcher home, my color palette of green, pink and white fell into place and I went on the hunt for a green and white table runner. #fail.

After searching a few stores without any luck, I decided to make my own using inexpensive cotton fabric. The fabric is a soft green color with an all-over white lattice pattern. It’s exactly the design I wanted for my tablescape. Once I cut the fabric to size I used iron-on hem tape to finish the edges and had my runner done in about 10 minutes. And it cost me less than $10 to make the runner and 6 napkins. #score

Green and white fabric from Hobby Lobby

Flowers are always part of any tablescape I create so I surrounded the bunny pitcher with a mix of floral styles and colors. I combined hot pink orchids, white anemone, green hydrangea and pink peonies. The flowers are cascaded down the center of the table and add so much dimension to the centerpiece. Once I had the flowers in place, I tucked a few ceramic bunnies amongst the flowers to bring my Easter theme to life.

Noritake Ranier China // Bamboo Flatware // Green Ribbon

I opted not to use traditional placards on my table and instead did some hand-lettering on ombre tags I picked up at Michaels.

Ceramic Bunny–Target Dollar Spot

Did you notice the floral placemats under each place setting? Well it’s actually scrapbook paper I had in my craft stash. Scrapbook paper is the perfect size for a placemat and the floral pattern and colors worked great with my table decor.

Ribbon // Floral Paper //Noritake Ranier China

Whenever you build a tablescape you should create layers with your decor. I used the mini cake stands to add height and placed a small dip bowl on top filled with chocolate eggs for added color.

The white dinner plates are my mom and dad’s wedding china and I love the pretty etched floral design around the edge. It coordinates perfectly with my paper placemats. The black and white place plates are from C. Wonder which is no longer in business. #imissthatstore

And if you hadn’t already guessed it, all the flowers except the tulips are silk.

Now that I’ve created my Easter table, I’m pretty sure the Easter bunny will be dropping off an Easter basket at my front door.

I hope my Spring Thyme tablescape has inspired you to add a little spring happy around your house. For more spring cheer, hop (no pun intended) over to Totally Tailgates and check out Heather’s spring inspiration.

And there’s a list of all the participating bloggers on the Spring Thyme Recipe & Style blog hop listed below so make sure to stop by and check them out.

A big shout out to Tamyra for hosting such a fun and fabulous blog hop.

Spring is definitely in the air and I’m ready to enjoy the season!

Viva La Vintage For Your Home
Swirls of Flavor
M. Jones Style
Clutter Cafe
ConfettiStyle {yours truly}
Totally Tailgates
Life at Lydia’s House
Positively Southern
LindaG Loving Home

2016 Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour ‘Highlight Reel’

December 19, 2016

The countdown to Christmas is officially one and like many of you I am scrambling to get all of those last minute tasks complete so I can relax and enjoy the beauty of the season.

If you’ve followed the Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour this year, I hope you found lots of inspiration for decorating, entertaining, gift wrapping and celebrating the season. If you missed any of the posts, I’ve created what I’m calling the Merry & Bright Highlight Reel to share snippets from each bloggers holiday home. And if you want to catch up on Part 1, 2 or 3 of the tour, I’ve included links to each of the bloggers posts.

‘Tis the Season!

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Love Your Abode: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Design Asylum: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Chic On A Shoestring Decorating: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

My Life Well Loved: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Refresh Restyle: Part 1 //Part 2 // Part 3

Green With Decor: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

M. Jones Style: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Positively Southern: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Life and Style at 60: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Wife In Progress: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

The Home I Create: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

ConfettiStyle: Part 1 // Part 2 // Part 3

Thank you to Paper Mart and Silk Plants Direct who were proud sponsors of the 2016 Merry & Bright Holiday Home Tour.

Shop Paper Mart for all of your of gift wrap, ribbon and packaging supply needs.

Shop Silk Plants Direct for a great selection of artificial and preserved plants, greenery and flowers.

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Holiday Spiced Tea–Reindeer Recipes Blog Hop

December 13, 2016

I’m back with the final post in the Reindeer Recipes holiday blog hop. A big thank you and hug goes out to Heather of Totally Tailgates for creating such a fun blog hop.

I hope you’ve enjoy the fabulous recipes, cocktail inspiration and beautiful holiday tablescapes as much as I have. Be sure to stop by and visit my fellow bloggers to see what fabulous inspiration they are sharing today–you’re going to love it! (links at the end of the post). If you’re coming over from Positively Southern, welcome. Isn’t Tamyra’s New Years tablescape just beautiful?

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I mentioned in my first Reindeer Recipes post that unlike many of the other bloggers in the blog hop, I am not a cook. In fact, I can think of about 5,ooo other things I’d rather do than cook. So the cocktail recipe and the mini cheese boards I shared in previous posts have something in common with today post. They are all quick, easy holiday ideas that don’t involve cooking 🙂

If you’re in need of a last minute holiday gift, I’ve got a gift that anyone will love–Holiday Spiced Tea. Not only is this a super easy to make but it is sure to bring back lots of childhood memories at Christmas time.