Holiday China

I can't get in the groove...

we have rushed to finish school with Austin and now

our family holiday festivities begin!

I am doing good to keep my head above water!

I had all of these great intentions this holiday season
and they have just fallen flat.
I'm glad that I am the only one who has noticed.
The kids are so excited to spend time with our families this
year and can't wait for Santa to visit!
And that is what is most important for me.
Not that they had a really cute tablescape for
dinner every night, or that every inch of
the house is immaculately decorated.

I did need to pull out my Lenox Holiday

china and set the table.  Can't have Christmas without it.

When I was in high school my mother bought

me my first set of China.  She worked at

McRae's Department store and got a great discount!

 I still have it today and still love it.

So, when it came time to register for our wedding,

I decided to register for Christmas china.

I had always loved this pattern from Lenox.

So classic and timeless!

I think I will absolutely freak out if they ever discontinue

this pattern.  Friends have bought me pieces to add to it over the years

and I love every last piece I have of it.

I even have matching napkins in the Holiday pattern.

I found these napkin rings earlier this year at

Old Time Pottery and the colors are perfect.

Close up above of the napkin ring...

and close up below of the flatware

The Gold flatware was my Grandma Ann's...

I always thought this was the most elegant set of flatware

I had ever seen when I was growing up...

I mean, she had to have been a bajillionaire to have GOLD flatware, right?

Well, that is at least what I thought.

I loved it back then and I love it just as much today.

I tried to find a pattern on it,

but my eyes are not what they used to be...

All I can make out is National Stainless  JAPAN

I searched at Replacements.com but did not

see anything that looked like it.

If you happen to know, I would love to know the name.

The green goblets are Lennox Holiday Gems.
They were a gift from my mother several years ago.

I was playing around a little with the photo editing...

Let me tell you  Picnik is a fun little program.

I just used the free version, but the Premium package looks

neat too.

And the little sketch photo...

So the table run down:

China~ Lenox Holiday

Flatware~ Family Heirloom ? pattern from National Stainless

Goblets~ Lenox Holiday Gems in green

Charger~ Red beaded edge from Old Time Pottery

Napkins~ Lenox Holiday

Napkin Rings~ Old Time Pottery

Hope you and your family have a very

Merry Christmas!

Now I have to get busy and get all of

our presents wrapped and get ready to celebrate

with Scott's family on Friday.

Christmas is coming... ready or not!

Be sure to go and check out all of the other

holiday tablescapes at

Between Naps on the Porch