Winter White

Several years ago, my local stores began to feature a lot of mercury glass during the Christmas season.  As I was unwilling to change my Christmas colors, I decided to use the mercury glass as a part of my winter table scape.  I was already using a winter theme on my table, but the addition of the mercury glass was really pretty. 

I have decided that I like shiny things. 

I have collected several boxes of mercury glass over the last five years.

  I start my table by unpacking and unwrapping each lovely piece.

 

Then, I start spreading out the trees and the candle sticks. 

 I like to have those spaced out evenly.

 

I take my Christmas decorations down before New Year's Day

and replace the Christmas finery with the shiny silver pieces.

I have several tall trees.  I secretly wish I had bought the over-priced five-tiered tree

from Pottery Barn that I saw this year.  They had some in the stores that weren't

lighted (the on-line ones were lighted) and a little bit cheaper.

Oh well.  I think I really have enough that it won't be missed.  I'm just being greedy.

I especially like to use a lot of candles on my winter wonderland table. 

  Many of the pieces that I have collected over the years can hold candles.

Around here in the south, we have to make our own snow.
 

I am trying to learn to take better pictures, but let me tell you that getting these pictures...which are okay-not wonderful, took several DAYS.  We had rain or overcast skies almost every day last week.  To make matters harder on me, our dining room only gets a little morning sun-and that is at an angle.

We have been eating our family New Year's Day meal at our home the last few years. 

 I use these antique napkins for the meal.  They belonged to my great aunt. 

 I like to keep the place settings clean and white.

Our table set for our dinner.

 

Here's our table with the candles lit.  It is a warm and pretty table set to welcome a New Year.
 

 

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