Christmas on the Drop Leaf Table

Yes, two posts in one day. So many parties to attend I have to squeeze these in. This year after finding some cute vintage Christmas items at the antique mall I decided to go with a vintage inspired Christmas theme with a lot of natural elements being used. First up is the drop leaf table in the great room.

Everything I used on this table I already had except the large pine cones. I ordered a variety of pine cones from pinecones.com. I think I had read about this company in the Country Living magazine and I had already been thinking about using pine cones, but don't really have any nice ones around here so I ordered them.

I have never seen one of these pine cones before. This is called a coulter pine cone. It is about the size of a pineapple and is very heavy like one. When the box arrived and I picked it up I was surprised how heavy the box was. I thought this can't be pine cones. It is too heavy. Then I opened the box up and saw these gigantic very unusual cones. I had ordered just three of them. The other box had the sugar pine cones in it.

Here are the adult and young sugar pine cones. I ordered a few of each kind.

The red grapevine wreath has been around for years. This year I added a little trio of birds to it that I already had. I just used some floral wire to attach it.

 

This little fellow came from Pier One last year.

I only decorated one regular size tree this year and it is real. I just couldn't handle going up and down the ladder to do the nine foot trees. I love the real tree. It has been a long time since we have had one. Doing only one tree gave me a ton of leftover ornaments so I have place them in different vessels around the house. This large glass hurricane is holding some favorites of mine.

I received this doll ornament many years ago when I used to work a full time job. We would exchanged ornaments at our party each year.

Most of the other ones in here are from the Macy's after Christmas clearance sell one year.

I have also used a lot of real greenery. We have leland cypress trees in the back yard so I have an endless supply of greenery when I need it.

Everything sits on a black tray except the Santa candle holder.

Here you can really see the size of the coulter pine cone on the right. It's huge!

Lots more to come so stay tuned.

Joining the following parties:

Between Naps on the Porch  for Metamorphosis Mondays

The Lettered Cottage for Holiday Table Decor

A Stroll thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday

Under the Table and Dreaming Sunday Showcase
It's Overflowing  Christmas scapes