Gingerbread House and Peppermint Road Tablescape

We have gone away for New Years and since

Christmas just came too quickly this year

with such a late Thanksgiving,

I have another table to share with you,

and it couldn't possibly wait until next

Christmas!  

Let me apologize right away for having problems

with commenting on your blogs.  I think it might

be because we are in Mexico.  I will do a blog

post soon on how our home did during the

hurricane in September and how it is doing now.

This was our Christmas morning

breakfast table using my new

rosette tablecloth from 

Koyal Wholesale.

It reminds me of a bed of snow

at this time of year.  We had no

snow to speak of and Christmas Eve

we got tons and tons so that was a fun

surprise.

My new little gingerbread boys and girls

hold the utensils.  They were from

Hobby Lobby this year.

I had fun making the peppermint road

and candy pedestals out of melted

peppermint candies to accent the

gingerbread house which is the 

centerpiece of the table.

I left the pedestals in the oven just

a minute longer and you can

see that they lose their design

at start to bubble.

But I still love them.

Here is another one that I made with

red and green peppermints and cinnamon

candies around the outside.

My oldest granddaughter was over

that day and she helped me make

these and did all of the setting of the

table.  

I showed her how I wanted the plates

stacked and she did it all!  How

fun.

I remember getting to go up a few years as

I got old enough to help my aunt set the tables

for around 35 people for Christmas Eve.  

Those are wonderful memories of being able

to help prepare.

The gingerbread house is actually a fake

one that I have had for quite a few years.

I have looked for another one in the

subsequent years but haven't ever found

one.

I love its Hershey's candy bar door and

roof.  My little Mark Robert's elf sits

astride the roof like he is decorating it.  

He had a Hershey's Kiss in his hand

at one time but either he ate it or

one of the other little elves running

around here.

Little gingerbread trees and ornaments

decorate the table.

I made the candy cane napkins a

year or two ago and the jingle bell

napkin rings are perfect for

Christmas morning.

I didn't have quite enough of the candy cane

napkins, so red organza napkins are placed

every other seat.

To make the peppermint road and the

pedestals, you just unwrap the candies

and place them in the shape you desire.

Place it on a cookie sheet covered with

parchment paper or a Silpat.

I made a curved path out of parchment

paper for my design for the road and I

used a small springform pan to shape

the pedestals.

Heat the oven to 275 degrees and bake

for 9 minutes or until they have melted

enough to spread out and touch each

other.  Another minute and I started

to lose the stripes and got bubbles.

Once you remove the pan from the oven

it is very soft and with the edge of a 

butter knife you can push the candy back

a little to smooth edges if you want.

Here's my little elf helping to set the table.

She doesn't look too chipper in the photo

because she was beginning to come down

with a little flu, but I think she still had a

fun time helping.

Here is our deck Christmas morning!  It 

was so fun to have new snow for Christmas.

I hope you are having a wonderful start to

2015!

I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday