My First Year as a Blogger

It’s New Year’s Eve, and I’ve been reminiscing about this past year.  Creatively Sam’s is almost a year old, and it has blown by so fast that if I let it, it will make my head spin.   I remember how scared I was when I first started my blog.  There was so much to learn (I’m still learning) and as it’s evolved, I’m getting the hang of organizing how I write my posts, getting my ideas into post form & finding the time to do it all.  I knew that I wanted it to be a ‘teaching’ blog.  I’m not getting any younger, and as morbid as it may sound, I wanted to teach what I know before I go.

The most important thing to me is my family.  My husband is my soul-mate and he makes me happier than I ever thought possible.  My son is an amazing person with a heart of gold.  He has a God given talent for the guitar (which is why I shared his video in the Merry Christmas post) and he has a gift for fixing cars.  He’s only 22 and is already an Assistant Manager of a national garage.  Both of them are very supportive of this endeavor.

Creating is my passion.  It calms me even on my worst days.  Since I started this blog at the end of January, I had Valentine’s Day on my mind.  My posts led up to my first public tablescape.  I showed how to re-vamp a centerpiece for the holiday and make a pattern for a reversible place mat.

Valentine's Day Reversible Place Mat       Valentine's Day Tablescape

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New Year’s Tablescape

Since this is the last Thursday of the month, I thought I’d do a New Year’s Tablescape.  I had so much fun with this one!  I knew that I wanted to use a lot of sparkle, and what better way to add sparkle than using things with a metallic finish?  And mirrors, lots and lots of mirrors!  So this is the tablescape that I came up with… Happy New Year Everyone!

New Year's Tablescape

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Black & White Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas everyone!  I know that this isn’t a traditional tree, but it’s something that I’ve been wanting to try for years.  Well, this is the year!  I finally have my Black & White Christmas Tree. (I can hear my sister groaning already 😉 )  I’ve been collecting black, white, crystal, iridescent & silver ornaments for several years for this tree.  Finally,  I got to use them.

Black & White Christmas Tree

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Holly Jolly Tablescape

Ever since I thought of this tablescape, I’ve had the song, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” in my head.  I guess it’s because the entire tablescape was inspired by holly.  This is my Holly Jolly Tablescape!

Holly Jolly Tablescape

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Hubby’s Favorite Home Fries

One of my hubby’s favorite meals is breakfast.  Give him a couple of eggs, bacon, toast & a side dish of home fries, and he’s as happy as can be.  Years ago, when he was at the ‘strip’ in Pittsburgh, he had breakfast in a diner.  (you’ve all heard about how good diner food is, I’m sure)  He loved the home fries so much that he asked the cook how to make them.  I make them for him quite often, and he loves them so much that they even get packed in his lunch.

This is the recipe that the cook gave him:

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Christmas Angel

I’ve been making these Christmas angels for years, and no matter what style you make her in, she always looks wonderful.  This is going to be a long post that is heavy with pictures.  It’s not a hard project to make, just a little time consuming, but so worth the time.  This little Christmas Angel can be customized to fit any decor by changing up the fabric, trim & accessories.  She can be used as a centerpiece or grace the top of your tree.  This is how I made my Christmas Angel.

Christmas Angel

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“O Christmas Tree” Tablescape

This Christmas Tablescape was inspired by the stoneware. Creatively Sam’s isn’t quite a year old yet, and I’ve been wanting to use this all year!   Every time I look at this stoneware, I find myself humming the song, “O Christmas Tree”.  Welcome to my “O Christmas Tree” Tablescape!

O Christmas Tree Tablescape

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