For my 3rd grader's party we are discussing doing a few things. First all we are having sundaes for snacks along with a pink drink of some sort. We are going tp play a game of a name written on the back of a student and he/has to guess from hints as to who it is. In Family Fun Christmas issue they had where you took a cupcake paper cup, bent the bottoms together, used double sided tape and taped them. You ended up with a fortune cookie shape. I have some Valentine cupcake papers from last year and they are adorable as fortune cookies. Now I just have to think of sayings to go inside. One more thing...I'm going to buy red shirts for my dd's. I;m going to let them draw hearts on the shirts using the Clorox Gel Pen. I have never done this, so I hope it works out okay.

Kathleen, My "stoned" candle holder?? Only a child of the 60s would come up with that as casually as you did! Frou, The red pot is an enameled pot. Just what kind of metal is under the enamel is a mystery to me, but it's not cast iron. The pot's much too light for that. It's a Dansk product and the line of pots and lasagna dishes were very popular when I got married in 1970 (or at least they were very popular on the West Coast). The lid can be used as a trivet when the pot is fresh out of the oven. Karen, glad you like our table and the use of our candlesticks. Taper candles will look fine when you use both of your candlesticks together. But if you're just not a taper person, then this is an easy way to go. I've still got mine on display at the end of my peninsula in the kitchen and the tulip glass doesn't show any signs of loosening. I didn't use very much glue either, as I didn't know if I was going to like it or not. I'm thinking it may even be able to take a larger chimney if I use that GE stuff you've recommended. That might be too permanent for me though, as I can see myself wanting to use a taper once in a while. Thanks so much for sending it to me. I LOVE IT!

Luvs, your counting accessment is in the "right ballpark". I will be posting what I found in a bit, so you all can compare, I just did not want to do it before everyone had finished their lessons. Yes, her tablesetting is elegant, but yet down to earth. I will talk abit more about that later too. Kareen, great, I'm happy you are joining in too, there is no pressure to "have" to do a tablescape, this is all about doing things at your pleasure. But, believe me, I am sure you will eventually want to LOL Dreamgoddess, yes that is the book, one of quite a few that she has, and she has a new one coming out next year. Don't worry, even if you are last in being able to do this, I will still be checking back on this thread, so I won't leave you behind :) Karen, you are in the upper part of the ball park too LOL, don't worry, my memory is terrible too, that is why I make lists...very involved lists LOL No problem with you not liking the table setting, that is the good thing about this exercise, you are just learning to see what is there, even if you don't like the setting you can still learn from it. I am glad you are finding things that are useful to you here.

I try very hard not to play it two times a day but every so often I slip up. Wonderful simple pleasure. Thank you again ravencajun and dandyrandylou.