Holiday Craft from a not-to-crafty person

Ah, the holidays are here!  

Tis the week before Thanksgiving (oh it is just days away!)

and I look at my dining table wondering what to do.....

What to do?

Inspiration!

So, okay, I am doing a bit of copying....

Visiting my dear friend Kathy who had a lovely

try of candles, many candles,

all different heights.

Some of those nifty faux candles with a vanilla scent

that you just use a remote to turn on!  (Costco)

Then the candles that have faux birch wood wrapped on the 

outside.  Leaves scattered amongst them on,

leaves scattered on her large coffee table as though a

wisp of wind laid them there....

Needless to say Kathy seems to decorate in the way

that feels warm, natural, and speaks of home....where

you want to sit and sip a cup of tea or better yet

a lovely glass of wine.  (hint, hint, Kathy)

I had candle envy.  Can you have candle envy?  

Oh back to the dining table. 

I had a mission yesterday.  I was thinking,  surely I can find 

some of the faux birch bark candles. 

Then I thought of how to use the candles.

 I should have remembered while I was walking the aisles of

Cost Plus.   I thought of a tray which I did not have the size I wanted.

I thought of a mirror laid on the table...reflection and light!

I found the candles at Cost Plus!  Yippeee!  Bought four.  

(the employees need to know their merchandise as they didn't

think they had them. They thought they were only online.   I found them

after searching aisle by aisle.)

On to the craft store.  Once again I am distracted.

Too many women, too many carts.

I bought sheet moss, bright green, fresh moss.

I bought Lichen that is black on one side

soft cream on the other side, curly, crisp as

though peeled from a oak tree.

Distraction over the faux trees and what I

could do with them for Christmas......

Home. Thinking.

I look up and realize I have so many baskets of every type.  

In the garage way of high I spy a long, low basket.

This basket was so dirty. 

I thought of wiping it down but it was a mess

and would take too long to clean.

I  hosed it down at full force and set it tilted over the heat vent.

Dry in no time!

Perfect.  

I have plenty of my own candles I can add.

I have a wide enough table but I still need room for my place mats and glassware....

The basket will give me the length I need for a table set for nine.

 

I could look for some acorns....but went out and cut some

branches off the Maple tree for now.  

Christmas ideas are brewing in my head.

Seriously...thank you Kathy for the idea....