Festive Table

Is it too early to dress a festive table? Maybe but let’s go wild as it is 1st December. I don’t feel the festivities have started too early, do you? It feels about right this year and I am not entirely sure why. In fact I am slightly stressing a little about whether I am prepared enough this year. Never mind.

Over the past year I have shared with you my little dinner ritual of decorating the kitchen table for a group of ladies who meet every other month at my house for food, discussion and a little bit of study. Many of them I have known for over a decade, and they are all very dear to me. In the week running up to this engagement I think of what might be fun and festive to dress the dinner table, to honour them as the gorgeous women.

This month I have been particularly taken my the Star Crochet coasters which I spotted on Coco Rose’s blog. So pretty. The pattern is available on Ravelry and is free. Wonderful. I am afraid I have been going a bit star coaster mad, and so based my Festive table on their creation.

I grabbed a few berries from the garden and whacked them into beakers with the some supermarket white roses. I picked up this white candelabra from my local super-market (it was reduced, bargain!). I think I am going to love it more and more.

Finally I tied the napkins with twine and tied on a little straw decoration from Ikea. Not too Christmassy but just a hint of getting ready for the holidays. Out of interest I looked at the photos I took over the past year. It was such a lovely reminder of all the giggles we had and the chats across the table.