Ohhhh I love that vase! Great feeder. Once I get these polyclay tiles I'm making off the table I'm gonna make a couple more myself.

Oops, sorry meant to post this on the birding forum. Hope you all enjoy it anyway ; )

Thanks, Holiday-ers! punk...always appreciate any input! That's how I'm learning more & more...from you great holiday-ers on here! I'm thinking of a tall woodsy angel in the center...but have not found the right one yet or right price...think it would look good cause the buffet is decorated mainly that way...pinecones, berries, viney stars, etc. jane & purplemoon..yup, that vine tree is my fav, too...there was a crafter who made them in this area but they were very expensive... I think you could do one, Jane! Worked some more on the buffet today & it's looking good...but didn't take pics yet...my pine gardland keeps falling off the back of mirror ledge! Ugh! Will work at that tomorrow. I did change to a "timer" faux candle in the big apothecary jar...thanks for that idea. Still playing with the shorter one...kept snow in both. OA & PM...that book has just the BEST pics! Love it! Glad we all share it...thanks for your comments. Jay...your Father Christmas sounds wonderful! Frou...it is fun to see diff styles...glad you liked the jars...I love the gold of them! nana & luvs...worked hard today & got lots done...more to go, tho...had a good time...am very pooped ...so no pics tonight...glad you enjoyed. Jeanne S.

Betty, thank you so much! I can't wait to see your gold flatware...have you done a table with them yet? My set didn't have butter knives either. It probably isn't "politically correct", but I just used some of the extra dinner knives that I had. Thank you blizlady! I think the gold was my favorite too. Luckygal, thank you for your sweet words! Luvs, the candelabra originally belonged to my mother. She was going to throw it away and I quickly told her "NO!". I brought it home and DH drilled some holes in it for the prisms. When my mother saw it on my table, she joked that she was taking her candelabra back. Punk, the gold was definitely full! I kept going back looking through my stash to see what I could find that was gold. LOL Kathleen, thank you! Christmas was wonderful this year...I'm not ready for it to end. Oh, I wanted to tell ya'll about my carafe in the second photo! I was in the antique shop here in town last week and I found it there (it's not antique though). The original price on it was a whopping $3.00 and the owner had marked it down to $1.00. Well, for that price I couldn't pass it up. The reason it was so cheap is because the stand has a couple of cracks in the metal where the carafe sits. When I got up to the counter to pay for it, the owner of the shop told me I could just have it! She said she had started to throw it away, but she thought someone might be able to use it. You bet I could use it and did on Christmas morning! I'm wondering though...anyone know if maybe the cracks could possibly be repaired? I had asked the owner of the antique shop, but she said it probably wasn't worth it.