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!

Fondue Parties For Tweens Teens And Adult Parties Are Back

To Make Chocolate Fondue for your next party all you need is a Fondue Pot found at any local kitchen store, fun foods for dipping and some great Friends!

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces of good chocolate chopped
• 8 ounces of heavy cream
• pinch of salt
• fun food for dipping: (pound cake, pineapple, strawberries, Oreo cookies, bananas)

Chop with a serrated knife the chocolate, here we used white Ghirardelli my fave!

Take a small sauce pan and add two inches of water. Turn stove to med heat. Place a glass bowl on top to use as a double boiler.

Add the chocolate, cream and salt. Stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.

Pour into Fondue Pot and light tea light.

Using the Fondue forks or skewers dip cookies, cake and fruit into the chocolate!

This is great for any party Adult or Kids (with supervision).

HINT: Make sure to stir the chocolate every so often to prevent burning, add more cream if chocolate gets too thick!

Have fun ;)