A Table for the Royal Birth

My feathered placemats were so magical

that I had to try them in another color

for this week's tablescape.

White clouds of Heavenly feathers

nest the plates fit for a king

celebrating Christmas.

Today I combined the white feathers

with royal crown plates and

glittering silver plates.  This is just

one of those tables that took my breath away.

I love plate stacked upon plate with crowns

topping them.  These were a wonderful 

collection of 24 each that I got from our

local company Tai Pan

complete with 24 bowls.

We have already had two dinner parties

on this table and guests were worried

about getting food on the feathers but

as a designer told me when I asked about

cow hide, "Well, the cows (or in this case birds)

are out in the rain and mud - it washes off easily!"

So that relaxed all of our guests.

I love this beautiful silverplated flatware

that I got for Christmas 2010,

but I always feel badly when people 

ask about them because they are discontinued.

They were Padova from Horchow.

They were on sale (duh!  they were being

discontinued) and I got them at the price

of stainless steel.  I wish they had more 

for you!!

The pewter goblets are fit for a king too.

I received 12 of these as a gift a few years

ago with a huge pewter punchbowl.

This glittery silver tablerunner centers the

table.  This was a new purchase this year

from Koyal Wholesale, another wonderful

source for tablecloths at great prices.  This is

so soft and elegant you could use it as a wrap!

Mercury glass creates the centerpiece.

I embellished one of the vases with

a kingly crown ornament.

This little white and silver

fairy just slipped her way onto

the table.  She thought she matched

perfectly!

It looks all wintery and white but we have had

the warmest December ever!  There is snow in 

the tops of the mountains right outside this

window but we haven't had any in the valley.

But it looks wintery in here.

What a wondrous time of year when we

celebrate the birth of the

King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

I saw this Christmas Tree napkin fold

demonstrated on the Hallmark Channel

morning show, Home and Family and

had to give it a try for one of our

dinner parties.  Isn't it fun.  You have to

turn the napkin inside out to get the 

design to show up, but it is easy to do.

Just look up a tutorial on youtube.

Well, just one week left to prepare

for Christmas.  I think a set of these

feathered placemats would be a 

perfect gift for anyone that loves

tablescaping.

I hope you are having a

wonderful time filled with joy and

love for this great time of year.

I would love to have you here to

celebrate with me - wouldn't that be

a fabulous party!

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday

Feathered Nest Friday