Surprise Early Valentine's

We have big plans for Valentine's Day, but

we are entertaining a group, so I decided to

surprise hubby tonight with an early 

Valentine's Day dinner,

complete with card and gifts,

on the coffee table in front of the fireplace.

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw that

hubby brought home red and white roses

yesterday after watching a Hallmark movie

together.  The movie was Perfect Match

and it was about a man and woman butting

heads while trying to plan his nephew's 

wedding.  You learn in the movie the

meaning of red and white roses, so my

sweetheart showed up with red and white

roses the day after.  He really is addicted

to Hallmark movies, and we both love watching

them.

I decided I would surprise him with a dinner

featuring his red roses.

I just love my fur and gold coffee tables

and a heart shaped fur pillow would be the

perfect seat to use as we eat dinner in

front of the fire.

The placesetting starts with a red woven heart-shaped

placemat.  It is topped with three white plates,

the final one set on an angle.

I tossed a few rose petals on the plates and

the fur.

I picked up a little greenery at the grocery store

and layered that down the center and tucked in

some of the gorgeous red roses.

The were so fragrant.  You could smell them as

I set the table, and later hubby could smell

them as he was eating.

A few red votives were mingled in.

These cute plates set off to the side of

the main place setting.

These heavy ruby goblets were ones that I had

custom ordered in Cabo a few years ago.

 My ruby red flatware worked perfectly.

The red is so powerful, it is offset nicely

by all of the white.

These napkins were Home Goods finds 

last year.

A magnificent cream puff decorated

with Valentine's Day candies topped each plate.

I just love these little domed stems.  They make

any dessert extra special.

Here is a picture without the dome.  

I had to get a shot off the balcony

of our fireside dining. 

Over the years we have loved setting a low table

in the great room in front of the fireplace.  

It always makes dining so special.

I placed a couple of fun and simple gifts

on his pillow to surprise him.  I found this

cute Trophy Husband tee online and had 

made a year review of 2017 on Chatbook

and another trip book from Disneyland and Hawaii.

He came in and immediately told me what a

rough day he had.  He lit up when he saw the

surprise, grabbed his camera and started taking

pictures, and then said that he needed to buy

me flowers more often!

We both agreed it was fun to celebrate early,

so it could be just the two of us.

I will be posting this surprise with

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