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Holiday Dinning Table Decorating Ideas And Tips

With the Holidays now just right around the corner it's time to freshen up your Holiday Table Decorations.

Fall screams for Fall Harvest table scape's with tons of sun flowers, gourds and pumpkins. Early Winter gets the Thanksgiving mood moving. Don't get rid of those pumpkins though use them right through Thanksgiving.

Some tips and ideas are keep your staple items neutral and just change out some pieces for the changing Holidays. Purchasing a drop leaf table is also an important tip. It gives flexibility for additional seating, large or small buffet dinners the list goes on.

Place a large center piece on the buffet table with your neutral greens and add seasonal fruit, berry branches and or ornaments.

Tips:

• Take oranges, apples, small guards or pumpkins and pierce with a BBQ skewer, slip into the neutral greens.
• Pull out one color from the centerpiece and add dinner napkins of the same color to the table as an accent.

If your having a sit down dinner, make sure your centerpiece is low. Not to block out the person sitting across from you or your guests. There is nothing more annoying than having to lean over to be able to talk to someone across the table.

Tips:

• Provide ample seating room for your guests always expand your drop leaf table.
• Alternate lighting, dim overhead lights or side lamps. Add candles for ambiance lighting alternating tall tapers and votive's.
• Also, prepare in advance! Enjoy your guests don't spend all your time in the kitchen. Come back for more helpful decorating tips and ideas for the Holidays!

Enjoy!

Palm Sunday

Happy Palm Sunday ;)

Palm Sunday

In Christianity, the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It usually includes a procession of members of the congregation carrying palms, representing the palm branches the crowd scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into the city. The liturgy also includes readings recounting the suffering and death of Jesus. Palm Sunday was celebrated in Jerusalem as early as the 4th century and in the West by the 8th century.

Cute Halloween Sugar Cookies

My neighbor Afaf left my family a very nice surprise yesterday, these adorable homemade Halloween sugar cookies.

Afaf and her Mother bake cookies all the time, I don't mean just some but from the looks of her posts they make tray fulls and they are always very adorable!

Here we have little white ghosts, orange pumpkins and the oh so scary black cat with little green whiskers. These just make you want to run out and get the supplies to start baking ;)

Thank you Afaf!

Happy Fall ;)

Heart Felt Gifts For Fathers Day!

Here is a list of things for your kids to do to make Father's Day more special:

• Make Dad breakfast in bed
• Homemade Photo Album
• Posters
• Homemade Cards
• Take Dad out for breakfast
• Take Dad out to dinner
• Gift certificate for a massage
• A new shirt
• Take Dad fishing
• Cook Dad a steak on the grill
• Take Dad golfing
• Go to a baseball game
• Give lots of hugs
• Clean the garage for Dad
• Wash Dads car
• Mow the lawn for Dad
• Bake Dad a cake
• Bake cupcakes for Dad
• Take Dad to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

Make Dad feel special on his special day.  Nothing is better than sharing this special day with the ones you love!

Happy Summer!