Wednesday, November 30, 2016

~New Garden Farm Table & Simple & Sweet Fridays #248~



I wanted to share with you photos of a 
new garden farm table we built.
This is the area of the new table.
We were fortunate to get some fir barn wood from our friends, Kim and David.  David brought the wood out west he obtained from a barn in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.  The beam and barn pieces were quite old with aged square nails in the boards.
We started designing the base and configuration for the tabletop.
We cut the 14 foot beam to make the legs and cross piece and make a rail frame to support the tabletop.
The base was 80 inches long and the tabletop pieces 48 to 54 inches so we used oak dowels to secure the six sections to make the tabletop strong and level.
After joining the base and sections we sanded the tabletop before applying a transparent water sealer.  Here are some shots of the finished farm table.






We will definitely enjoy the new table for the holidays!
Here is some photos of our Thanksgiving feast.
We made fish bouillabaisse and crab cakes.
We also made individual
 beef wellingtons, mashed potatoes and butternut squash.
A wonderful family Thanksgiving!



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Monday, November 28, 2016

~Shell Beach-Tide Pools in La Jolla~


I wanted to share with you a family trip we took to Shell Beach in La Jolla, California.
It was such a beautiful day.
Birds enjoying the sun!


Seals on the beach.
A baby seal swimming onto shore.
A beautiful beach to see if you're ever in San Diego!

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

~Happy Thanksgiving and Simple & Sweet Fridays #247~

I wanted to share with you photos 
of our Thanksgiving table this year.
A simple tablesetting using
 eucalyptus sprigs and a pumpkin from the garden as the centerpiece.
I used our Williams Sonoma
 botanical pumpkin plates with vintage silverware.
Some fresh fall chrysanthemums.


Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!



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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

~Christmas Wrapping and Thanksgiving Decorations~


I love the gift wrapping from Anthropologie. 
How cute are these two presents.
I'm definitely going to wrap Christmas gifts with this cute idea.
Love it!
I wrapped these gifts with black and white paper and seeded eucalyptus sprigs and rose hips.
Great idea for wrapping Christmas presents!
The seeded eucalyptus dries well without water.
The greenery adds a special touch.
I wanted to share with you,
 photos of our Thanksgiving decorations.



I found these vintage Gurley Candles at a thrift store.
They sold for 35 cents in the 1940's.
I'll share more of our Thanksgiving tablesetting on this week's
Simple & Sweet Party!
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