winter wonderland

I enjoy changing up my displays every once in a while, and so this console table usually gets a bit of a makeover every season or so. I decided to go for a white and wonderful wintery wonderland look for the first day of winter! My mom had a huge collection of vintage doilies that reminded me of snowflakes, so they were added to the table as a bottom layer. The branch of cotton look like little puffs of snow, and I have a real thing for naturey elements like birdies and birch bark...so they were thrown on there too. Happy winter everyone!

grandma's house

My grandmother is a spritely 84 year old woman who does everything so beautifully. She was the original Martha Stewart, before Martha Stewart came along. She was a food stylist before there were food stylists! I'm not sure where she learned her talents, growing up as one of five hungry kids in a house with a dirt floor, but she certainly has a knack for decorating, sewing, knitting, painting, cooking, and presenting food like nobody's business {she's also not too shabby at Scrabble and regularly 'beats' her computer}.

I went to her house for a casual lunch yesterday, and as usual she did her trick with even the simplest meal. She uses lovely little china dishes, wine glasses {even if we aren't drinking wine}, delicate tea cups and there are always, always flowers everywhere. See above for yesterday's soup and crackers, which was soon followed by sandwiches and a lovely apple pie. I am trying to take note of how beautifully she does things so I can incorporate it into my life too. I am very lucky to still have my gram...