Thank you one and all for your comments and compliments!! My co-workers really do appreciate my endeavors to make the coffee room "prettier" and a nice place to "escape to". At our recent staff party, we had to write compliments/comments about each of our co-workers (anonymous)for a game we played and I got a lot of "Martha Stewart" type ones! Luvs, there is faux ice chips in the bottom of the two tall vases. Thought it went with the icy looking crystal trees. DD

Cass, thank you! Yes, the tablecloth is silver (got it at local Bargain store for $8). WOW! You must have felt like you got a Christmas present when you found those dishes! They sound wonderful and so many! Please post a pic if you do a winter tablescape with them. Gail, thank you! The snowflakes/balls are hanging from the chandelier (which is out-dated and I try to hide out of the pic). I quite often hang things from it - even in the reindeer setting (#4) I had gold & copper balls from it but didn't like the pic with it so didn't post it with the others. You SHOULD do a winter theme around your house now that your Christmas decor is down - I like to leave up the white mini-lights on my mantel with snow items. Lynninnewmexico, thanks, I appreciate your comments! Susan, thank you too! See note to Gail re: hanging snowflakes. Lynne, thanks. I definitely can take inspiration for winter tablescapes from the weather lately, have had heavy snowfall warnings for past few days! Aren't the acrylic/crystal-y trees fun to work with?! Karen, thank you. I actually did these (4) tablescapes over a 2 month period so that wasn't too fast...its just that I posted them all at once. Actually, I spend WAY TOO MUCH TIME tweaking and adjusting the tablescapes I do! Luvs, thanks a lot! Judith would be proud of you and your correct count of the layering I did! You have a good eye for detail! In one pic, I did have the square white soup bowls on top too - that was when I used the table for a Christmas luncheon for my parents, Grandma, DS, DH and I and had some homemade turkey with wild rice soup in them. I lucked out finding those snowmen at our dollar store - I only ever saw 1 set of them and I scooped 'em up - even at $8 each, they were a bargain to me! pdg777, thank you too! I had never seen any trees like those either before or since. Would love to get some more if I ever do. yachter, thank you! I wish we had a Walgreens here so I could check if there was some of those trees but if they did, I'm sure they would have gone fast. I wonder if I have a pic of a table I did last year which has a similar look to it but I think I used a few more snowflakes - then I could call it my "flake-off" table...or MAYBE I should do a new one since that is more of a winter theme. dd50, thank you. I got that boa back in the summer with an idea to use it as snow somehow...that is as close as it got to "being snow". Hopefully, I can come up with more ideas for it. I also bought a red one and a black one recently when they had them on sale after Halloween. Mo, thanks. I find I have to take down the ornaments hanging from the chandy whenever I put leaves in the table as then they aren't centered either and it bothers me. patty-cakes, thank you. I like the "sparkle" of frostiness too. I am happy that you thought this was your favourite before looking at the reindeer one! DD

Cass, thank you! I wasn't sure about the reindeer with his nose in the air like that but went with it and I'm glad I did (adds character to the table lol!). It is hard when our kids can't be home for Christmas. I am fortunate that our DD's SO's parents also live in this town so when they do come home, it is to the same place. Susan, thanks! Poor you, I cannot imagine not seeing one of your children for 3 years!! That must have been very special this year when you did get some time with him. Lynn, thanks for your compliments! I am forcing myself to stay out of the stores now as I keep seeing so many 'ideas' for new Christmas tablescapes - if I give in, I will be Christmas decorating until summer! Karen, thank you! Wish you could have shopped with me as there were lots of those deer left at the local store. They were all in the same sitting position though or I may have gotten another one too. Kathleen, thanks, I appreciate your comments. I need to get "Great Buys" now as I have overdone it with the Christmas decor budget this year! Gail, thank you. The weather outside really cooperated for a good backdrop to my pics! Luvs, thanks so much! I "dream" of starting a blog but that is as far as it will get. I don't think I have enough to write about or enough time in the day to work on one. Maybe when I retire which is still a ways off.... dd50 - thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tablescape and the weather outside. Mo, thanks a lot! I always like to have individual candles at each place setting. Put those ones in the bowls but of course, not practical for the meal so had to move them beside the plates after the pic taking. Got four candles with rings for $3.50 so of course, bought two sets! I plan to put new candles in once the originals are gone. Patty-cakes, thanks! LOVE your description of "snooty" reindeer! Maybe I should make a crown for the deer! Both DD and her SO did appreciate the table but were probably expecting "nothing less" from me as DD is very used to my addiction! The chargers came from a local grocery store (small town, Canada) so unfortunately you prob can't find them. Work-in-progress, thank you! I am honoured to be an "inspiration" to anyone! twomonths, WOW!! You certainly have had a busy holiday season - it is hard to fit in special times with everyone once they are grown and going in different directions. You sure are trying though and hats off to you! I am honoured that you saved a copy of my pic for inspiration. Don't you love 75% off sales?!!! DD

Yep, I can see you had the same problem as we did with the lighting! At least your Festival of Trees had some really neat themes. Ours was boring this year, other than the deer tree!