Silver and Gold ... Silver and Gold ...

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are you thinking of Burl Ives singing that classic Christmas tune?  It's stuck in my head now!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As many of you know, the super talented sisters, Vanessa and Heather (of their amazing blog, <a href="http://www.atthepicketfence.com/">At the Picket Fence</a>), are the brains behind a fabulous Blogger Block Party that's going on right now!!  Unfortunately, I'm a bit behind in participating, but the creativity I've seen linked up to the fun is beyond amazing!  Be sure you visit!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Welcome to our dining room decked out in ... you guessed it ... silver and gold!  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33GPCKNqlxm2R2jD1MsfHt1Wv-13nhGvgVKf0hyJalS2m0poXDLCmuAQU9gquVGhPHCk6VmDAxHNrTsu2ckA6j6FhqS_kGom7q5hSLEfuzav_w5hconwka5oaHlGSMKeWaXy0x4nmgks/s1600/xmasdiningoveralframed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj33GPCKNqlxm2R2jD1MsfHt1Wv-13nhGvgVKf0hyJalS2m0poXDLCmuAQU9gquVGhPHCk6VmDAxHNrTsu2ckA6j6FhqS_kGom7q5hSLEfuzav_w5hconwka5oaHlGSMKeWaXy0x4nmgks/s640/xmasdiningoveralframed.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Starting with our chairs, I simply attached faux poinsettia sprays to the back:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg329SjkfJEhMZQyv3UfQEZIuGiRnhmsKCHxvfYG-C9fPFgoopStdWXD69rsT-Ij8UmtyacPnKKgc5pC6UNHwM2SEk7-K2SNZ5YyCw2xm_80tJQ5hZWvo_vqjeLhKiILh52y6_NI1AS498/s1600/xmasdiningchair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg329SjkfJEhMZQyv3UfQEZIuGiRnhmsKCHxvfYG-C9fPFgoopStdWXD69rsT-Ij8UmtyacPnKKgc5pC6UNHwM2SEk7-K2SNZ5YyCw2xm_80tJQ5hZWvo_vqjeLhKiILh52y6_NI1AS498/s640/xmasdiningchair.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up on the table, I layered a mirror from Wal-Mart as my base and then added ornaments, candles and a glittery set of reindeer (from Cracker Barrel) (<em>I also added crystals from Wal Mart after taking this picture</em>):</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zyEdAdedSwoWHQViScvuk6_rBD3uktJj05rDMtb6il8K_zT0gYCier7RpOnQhL2Ml-zE0E6ddoUwcJuSs5wKxq8iC6ZR1AJXO4QX7yvAMYpW6V2xmXe1j42CV6gzSyBwEnmRiLXxzGU/s1600/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zyEdAdedSwoWHQViScvuk6_rBD3uktJj05rDMtb6il8K_zT0gYCier7RpOnQhL2Ml-zE0E6ddoUwcJuSs5wKxq8iC6ZR1AJXO4QX7yvAMYpW6V2xmXe1j42CV6gzSyBwEnmRiLXxzGU/s400/xmasdiningcenter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the reflection of the candles in the mirror:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqNaIrH3iPWNnM-UgyKc759LtekNmjpTNSUcq0WUGtCc2x3CR81TRjWTWa804ap3iEEN1MqhrrNgX-FCJrFP9384tCDzBzarTvq19OoR5eaig8B8RwL_s7Aed7Gxxf-p5A90TPNzvLLs/s1600/xmasdiningmercury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyqNaIrH3iPWNnM-UgyKc759LtekNmjpTNSUcq0WUGtCc2x3CR81TRjWTWa804ap3iEEN1MqhrrNgX-FCJrFP9384tCDzBzarTvq19OoR5eaig8B8RwL_s7Aed7Gxxf-p5A90TPNzvLLs/s640/xmasdiningmercury.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple place settings are done with silver chargers, white plates and silver and white snowflake plates (from Target):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys-kIMacdYHaFJrQDfoC46Iya8BmOdNVHU7Eic1i8o73_vtC5j_N5Fc1Uz_G_VRV3os_LGUrMkazVVi62XmrFVemS0M54yMBpCLMJSD8crEHk4qxKn4bn6zardsHiWhzFIBrazQqiClE/s1600/xmasdiningplate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys-kIMacdYHaFJrQDfoC46Iya8BmOdNVHU7Eic1i8o73_vtC5j_N5Fc1Uz_G_VRV3os_LGUrMkazVVi62XmrFVemS0M54yMBpCLMJSD8crEHk4qxKn4bn6zardsHiWhzFIBrazQqiClE/s400/xmasdiningplate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over on the buffet, I sprinkled lots of pretty faux snow and added my two fleur-de-lis urns, glass and more ornaments:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Bp6qy2TiPly7xXwGlgFxnXdeItX64NP5xBoMCZKuiUp8RSttUwifvJIZsQx4_B7mZMav07YKY00kmUtmCfUdtdxJorzftp8JPcUnmQcmpOB0Jqrp_AcZbTSopC3rcd-K6QVZDpyxJg/s1600/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7Bp6qy2TiPly7xXwGlgFxnXdeItX64NP5xBoMCZKuiUp8RSttUwifvJIZsQx4_B7mZMav07YKY00kmUtmCfUdtdxJorzftp8JPcUnmQcmpOB0Jqrp_AcZbTSopC3rcd-K6QVZDpyxJg/s640/xmasdiningbuffet.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuc7HzxhHTmZvRhCnQXTre1oUTfxCndO-DhBv9SYaiJmYQ3soRW1n05nd3YWN86XxPpIfrXG63wYWUtQI_41qbX8cFLwcqoLbPLB0DC4HU2XYkKtM9KU4r4hPOXrSGu1Jxy0Eo_YxEQo/s1600/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuc7HzxhHTmZvRhCnQXTre1oUTfxCndO-DhBv9SYaiJmYQ3soRW1n05nd3YWN86XxPpIfrXG63wYWUtQI_41qbX8cFLwcqoLbPLB0DC4HU2XYkKtM9KU4r4hPOXrSGu1Jxy0Eo_YxEQo/s640/xmasdiningbuffetclose.jpg" width="442" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I added more snowflake plates on the shelves, along with snow tipped greenery:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMQTqVlyJse5gFMOwbhykGuXvh5ADBKggTJoREeGGk6c_N4ouG0_aXK6QjucK4482nK59qSzXMa1nwMulbTfPzYa3fuFlcZeIgNQnrRzXzON7hqNIs55XHrdw1sWw6eAtxFcU1Tajv9E/s1600/xmasdiningshelf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMQTqVlyJse5gFMOwbhykGuXvh5ADBKggTJoREeGGk6c_N4ouG0_aXK6QjucK4482nK59qSzXMa1nwMulbTfPzYa3fuFlcZeIgNQnrRzXzON7hqNIs55XHrdw1sWw6eAtxFcU1Tajv9E/s400/xmasdiningshelf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, I HAD to add a Christmas tree in here ... but, not just any tree ... </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMcWXmfHWXxNT6FGhaIFdLRz2jj_JzKpm_3F_xqb8uT-aYliHD-ZvoNNRgjofaMeJghbJantnR6KeQ0IBiVkz4XT0XqXn5tEip3_GNVnfP69itBBGmlpwf8CZHJ_POXMgqaX-ZicirU/s1600/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YMcWXmfHWXxNT6FGhaIFdLRz2jj_JzKpm_3F_xqb8uT-aYliHD-ZvoNNRgjofaMeJghbJantnR6KeQ0IBiVkz4XT0XqXn5tEip3_GNVnfP69itBBGmlpwf8CZHJ_POXMgqaX-ZicirU/s400/xmasdiningoverall.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... a snow covered or "flocked" tree, as we like to call it.  I was thrilled to find it at Wal-Mart for a super reasonable price!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAizrw8duZHXxsx9qVNpiyelV9jyzIQ8ARVHpt8VY-CEnxQdRx3zF5WJfhGwh9cEPxwT0UFFNWAlX3zATZaRTsza554K-8gpoT-8t576R0blz3UuprDSSe8rl-iqxz_I1c1I0Iuos28AE/s1600/xmasdiningtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAizrw8duZHXxsx9qVNpiyelV9jyzIQ8ARVHpt8VY-CEnxQdRx3zF5WJfhGwh9cEPxwT0UFFNWAlX3zATZaRTsza554K-8gpoT-8t576R0blz3UuprDSSe8rl-iqxz_I1c1I0Iuos28AE/s640/xmasdiningtree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's COVERED in thick, beautiful *snow*:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tHVLrSTdUH5oFfiFxP0fKbwdFkBwRL-au02ijQ6K0ErwHrrMNEFNjMIjGsum3VrjXRIMx6X5hp8x5llupVLqasNhfonzbJasG2uVHxvVjDnKz788y5gcE7EHpxFJCSL6xgflxE8i-5w/s1600/xmassnowtree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tHVLrSTdUH5oFfiFxP0fKbwdFkBwRL-au02ijQ6K0ErwHrrMNEFNjMIjGsum3VrjXRIMx6X5hp8x5llupVLqasNhfonzbJasG2uVHxvVjDnKz788y5gcE7EHpxFJCSL6xgflxE8i-5w/s640/xmassnowtree.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XmHL7KAmhS7_hFzW7Er9gzZV1b1TAMAh3sgWq192kcwQ18lX8lGnzn-poDq7pbojbbHEUVw_RnKEJOs_QWWfKtcosCRoxBarcZoB4xzY1Gd-YdhD4PiEobs8NarSAZYt633bA1yOv_Y/s640/xmasdiningtree1.jpg" width="360" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the view from the kitchen:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97mW2QAroJZhnULIL4dXB7hkfZUdQXiEiijoG6UXYVxTlFETjCnEJN857t-GrjdUXBfvT4BHDqwXHa2e8qiF8eL1Bx3MdorugzQ-aBiKltsRm-OEzl7ZqHSkcdJ_k8wIVW0uCR-BakIY/s1600/xmasdiningkitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97mW2QAroJZhnULIL4dXB7hkfZUdQXiEiijoG6UXYVxTlFETjCnEJN857t-GrjdUXBfvT4BHDqwXHa2e8qiF8eL1Bx3MdorugzQ-aBiKltsRm-OEzl7ZqHSkcdJ_k8wIVW0uCR-BakIY/s640/xmasdiningkitchen.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, okay, from the great room, as well!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Silver and Gold ... Silver and Gold ...

are you thinking of Burl Ives singing that classic Christmas tune?  It's stuck in my head now! As many of you know, the super talented s...

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