Author Archives: cathyboettner

I love to wrap a beautiful package, but people who know me will tell you that if it’s magazine worthy, there is probably the worst prank gift in a gorgeous box. Over the years, I have found some fantastic sources for reasonably priced packaging items, and some are even made in the USA! Cream CityContinue reading “My Favorite Packaging Sources”

This tree is reindeer, sleds, and a colorful old fashioned beaded garland with a stick topper. This tree is icicles and snow flakes with a snow flake topper and glistening leaf picks. This is a Sugared Fruit tree with dark berry picks for a topper and magnolia leaves woven in. I made this tree withContinue reading “Themed Christmas Trees #2”

The first tree is a Berry Beary Merry Christmas tree with bear ornaments, red berry sprigs and a vintage teddy bear for the top. This next tree is a Gilded Forest tree with gold berry picks for the topper and throughout the trees, and gilded leaf ornaments. This tree is an All Natural tree withContinue reading “Themed Christmas tree ideas #1”

Here are photos from our family Thanksgiving table. We used white Johnson Brothers plates, silver napkin rings, white cloth, mercury glass candle holders and vase, and some decorative pumpkins of various materials. We also had some silver plate candy dishes with coordinating foil wrapped candies and mexican hot chocolate pumpkins for place cards. The flowersContinue reading “The Actual Thanksgiving Table”

I love this tablecloth for fall events. It has great colors for fall. I paired it with a couple different types of purple mums in a copper footed dish and in little glass vases. I put apples and plums on a cake plate to finish the look.

Really, this is table 10a. It’s the same as the last one except I added the wood look turkeys to make it more like Thanksgiving.

This is a decidedly lighter fall look with greens and whites in neutral earthenware bowls.

I used our black walnut charcuterie board, acorn squash white pumpkins, pheasant feathers, and two wood look turkeys on top of the wool men’s scarves.

I bought these wool men’s scarves many years ago to use for a Thanksgiving table. I topped them with the lunaria in silver/pewter containers, and a bunch of white pumpkins.

I used my Annaleigh Halloween items plus some black lanterns. I used my Fiestaware plates in orange, purple, and acid green.