BLUE AND WHITE, GINGHAM, AND PLAID CHRISTMAS TABLESCAPE

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving celebrating with those you love, and that you can still fit into your pants!  ;)  #bringontheleggings  Today we get to officially move into sharing Christmas decor without feeling guilty about rushing through Thanksgiving.  Yippee!  Today I'm sharing my (first) Christmas Tablescape with you, and true to my style there's no shortage of mixed and matched patterns and colors.

I'm thrilled to be sharing this table as part of the Styled + Set Holiday Entertaining Blog Tour, hosted by Lory from Designthusiasm.  I'm joining an all-star line up of bloggers to share some simple decorating and entertaining ideas for the season with you.  If you've come here from Krista at The Happy Housie, welcome!  Krista and I were clearly on the same page about incorporating plaid into our Christmas decor!

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I have a love for setting tables and mixing and matching dishes.  I really only have a few different sets but am able to mix them into different combinations and I do have a few separate sets of salad plates that can add to the mix as well.  I pretty much have an "anything goes" attitude when mixing and matching colors and patterns, and I put lots of them together on today's table. 

I am so excited to add these plaid chargers to my collection this year!  Although perfect for Christmas I think they will lend themselves well to many other occasions throughout the year as well.  These are from an online store (ministry- read more here) that I love to support and they have the cutest things that I get to share with you!  And today for Cyber Monday, they're offering 40% off site wide... that's huge!  (use CYBERMONDAY at checkout)

Plaid Charger (use code CYBERMONDAY for 40% off site wide!)

Gingham Tablecloth  ||  Similar Plaid Napkins  ||  Blue Willow Plates  ||  Christmas Tree Plates  ||  Similar Vintage Brass Bamboo Flatware or Gold Plated Stainless Steel Bamboo Flatware

For the centerpiece, I used a long narrow tray and set a potted poinsettia in the middle.  I carried the black and white from the tablecloth into the centerpiece by adding the striped candles, then filled the empty spaces in with boxwood clippings and a few ornaments.  

We had friends over for dinner the other night with the table set like this, and it was very easy to lift the entire centerpiece off of the table when needed, then replace it after the meal.

Ginger Jar Ornaments  ||  Black and White Striped Candles- Hobby Lobby or here  ||  Similar Blue and White Pot  ||  Similar Brass Candlesticks

Here's my entertaining tip for the day...   make sure to have a yummy appetizer for your guests to munch on if dinner isn't quite ready when they arrive.  This dip is so scrumptious and takes two ingredients and only seconds to make!  It's creamy and savory but sweet with the tiniest bit of spice.

 Milk Glass Cake Plate  ||  Milk Glass Footed Bowl

This is the magic ingredient...

Simply beat 1 package of softened cream cheese until creamy, then add the entire jar and continue mixing until well incorporated.  Serve with tortilla chips or wheat thins and watch it disappear!  

My husband was recently in Guatemala to see the good work that Compassion International is doing to help children around the world (give the gift of helping to sponsor a child this season!).  While free to do a bit of sightseeing he picked out these wooden napkin rings for me.  Although they fit right in with my Christmas decor, the design is actually the coffee flower and coffee bean.  They're lovely and I'll always treasure this souvenir!

I made some place cards with a few pieces of scrapbook paper and a white paint pen, then slipped it into a jingle bell.

I'm so excited to be kicking off the Christmas season with you today!  If this is your first time here and you enjoyed the tour, I'd love for you to subscribe to my blog in the box at the bottom of this post.  By subscribing you'll get an e-mail each time there's a new post on Dimples and Tangles (about 2-4 per week).  Thanks so much for joining me today, I'd be thrilled for you to follow along!

Wall Mirrors  ||  Similar Tufted Chairs here or here  ||  Christmas Tree Dinner Plates  ||  Similar Ginger Jars

I'm hard at work this week getting the rest of my house all decked out for Christmas, but if you'd like to see last year's Christmas home tour, start here.

For the next stop on today's tour, hop over to see Jamie from So Much Better With Age.  You'll love her classic, heart warming style.  Following are the rest of today's tours as well, and be sure to follow along all week as a new group of tours are posted each day!

Hosted by Designthusiasm

Today’s Posts:

The Happy Housie

Dimples and Tangles

So Much Better With Age

Town and Country Living

Taryn Whiteaker

MONDAY's posts: 

The Happy Housie | Dimples and Tangles | So Much Better With Age Town and Country Living | Taryn Whiteaker

Coming TUESDAY:

Designthusiasm | On Sutton Place | Shabbyfufu  Craftberry Bush | StoneGable

Coming WEDNESDAY:

Life on Virginia Street | Setting for Four | Maison de Cinq My Soulful Home | CitrineLiving | French Country Cottage

Coming THURSDAY:

Ella Claire | Sand & Sisal Zevy Joy | Styled with Lace | Maison de Pax

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