Hello, hello! When last we met, I'd been washing pinecones (kind of an odd thing to do, huh?) and you all had some fun responses! I told you I'd be using those freshly-cleaned beauties in this week's tablescape. And I gave you a little peek at an atypical winter tablescape. No cold, snowy feeling here ... So what was my inspiration? I enjoy walks in the woods once the weather turns cool. Underfoot ... the rustle of leaves and the crush of fallen nuts. Overhead ... the soft swish of breezes in the trees. All around ... the sounds of birds and scurrying wildlife. Dominant colors of grey and brown pair with amazing textures ... and the mostly barren earth takes on a beauty ... Keep Reading...
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HOW TO CLEAN PINECONES: Authentic Blogging Gets Dirty
Welcome to the second week of 2012! I hope your new year is off to a great start. It's been a touch and go week at my house: Everything I touched had to go somewhere! That's the kind of year it's going to be while I'm de-cluttering and downsizing and organizing ... and I'm loving it! Yesterday I started thinking about my tablescape for the week and decided to use pinecones ... because the only pinecones I used during the holidays were little ornaments on the woodland tree in Renaissance Man's study ... and I missed seeing the pretty bigger ones. I keep a basket of pinecones in the study year-round, so I went to my easy-reach stash and grabbed a few. And then I looked at them ... and saw dust and cobwebs. Yikes! It's ... Keep Reading...
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2011 Favorite Tablescapes: Playing in the Dishes
Welcome to My Place to Yours and a brand new year of playing in the dishes. If you're a new visitor, I hope you'll feel very welcome ... and come again often! If you're a longtime friend, I'm very glad you're back. If you're like me, different blogs evoke different emotions in you. Some make me laugh; some make me cry; some inspire my creativity; some challenge me. There's one blog that causes me to relax and slow down every.single.time. It's Cabin & Cottage. While it's true I was already working on this post when I saw Jacqueline's The Year in Tablescapes, I guess "borrowing" her idea still makes me a copycat blogger. I told her immediately. Other than the "year in tablescapes" idea, however, our posts have very ... Keep Reading...
