Welcome to Christmas Day at our home....
My pink and blue theme was thrown out the window when a lovely friend of mine loaned us some tables to seat our guests and she offered a red and white gingham tablecloth....I couldn't resist ! I teamed it with white linen and antique lace, tea sized tablecloths scattered down the table.
Places were set with my best beloved crystal, silver service and white china dinner set with a dainty gold trim. Pears were placed at each setting with our guests names tied around the pear stalk. It was was a cute and inexpensive touch and of course some of the guests cleansed their pallets with their pear in between courses.
I used table centrepieces that I already had around the house. I used my pretty crystal vases with wire frogs in them to stand a few sprigs of my white hydrangeas in. A white iron hurricane lamp was perfect for holding 3 white cane hearts in for my main centrepiece.
Each lady attending received a sweet little glass box that I found from an Indian discount store for $2 each. I replaced the paper inserts with some pretty white spotty scrap booking paper and sprinkled some white glitter in each box. 'Make a Wish' was my message to each lady. I hope each and every one of them finds their wish coming true this year.
On the menu....
Fresh river prawn cocktails with avocado and cocktail sauce (a 40 year old tradition in our family started by my Grandmother)
Baked pork and chicken with crackling, roasted potatoes, pumpkin and fresh green vegetables........and of course gravy
Christmas Pudding (made by mwa in my Grandmother's pudding basin)
and champagne for me !!!
and who can forget the gifts..........
lucky me !
It was beautiful weather, beautiful company, beautiful food and lots of love to share around.
Merry Christmas !
I hope your day was beautiful as well.
xo
Your table looks so pretty and festive!! And, the food sounds yummy!! I loved that you used pears as a placecard holder. Wishing you a wonderful New Year!! xxoo Heidi
ReplyDeleteHello Heidi and welcome to French Blue and Peachy Pink. I just love the pears too ! Thankyou for your lovely comment and a big Happy New Year to you also, may it bring you lots of love x
ReplyDeleteHAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR my friend! how are you! how was your holiday season! fill me in when you have the time! when i was doing my new years post -- i had problems uploading different blogs and yours was one! i am going to go insert it -- people are looking at it so i want them to see you! it has been crazy here -- hope you life has been a bit calmer then mine : ) hope to talk with you soon!
ReplyDeletetake care...sending tons of hugs!!!!
me and mine!
Hello beautiful Andrea ! Christmas was lovely but busy as always with our tribe of children ! We are on to the first birthday of the season now believe it or not. No sooner do you pack away the tree than the birthday candles come out ! lol This one is a special one and I am sure a blog story will come as a result.....I am trying to take a break but the blogger in me can't stay away ! I am so happy that you enjoyed your Christmas and thanks for including me in your blog but don't worry if you can't upload it. You are doing better at it with me as I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of how to do such a thing ! lol I found a beautiful blog from your recent post which I adore so thankyou for sharing......big hugs back at you xo
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower, loving your blog. Just had to tell you how beautiful is your table, love it.
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Marlene