There’s more too, but I’ll spare you!.

I was also able to use my Christmas plates that I bought for myself at the end of season last year along with the plates from this amazing china set one of my mother in laws gave me..The set belonged to her mother and no one else in the family was interested in it, so I was able to put it to good use and it made the table setting a little more meaningful too!.

I’ll have to share more about those dishes with you in the future.I’m pretty fascinated with it right now..This picture turned out pretty blurry, but you get a sense of things..

I always try to keep the middle of the table pretty simple.My family lets me play Martha Stewart on holidays and I don’t want to scare them off by doing anything too over-the-top.

I stick with what works for us and that’s usually a table runner, some tea lights, and some other little things scattered about.

Also, I think salt and pepper shakers that are a little confusing as to which one’s which and where it comes out are starting to be expected..It was all going in the trash anyway..

The pot that I’d been eyeing up for the last few years as it was filled to overflowing with all kinds sunny, happy flowers.The pot that I always admired over the fence as we were chatting about good hiking trails or how to finally keep those darn ground hogs away.. Only at this point it had been left outside for a few winter seasons and was badly cracking and falling apart..

So now it’s here.Full of holes, but still managing to hold so much magic.