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Monday, October 14, 2013

You're Gonna Love It - Week 75

Hello my partying friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend?

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving on Sunday with Mr. B's mom & dad.
They made the hour long drive down the mountains and 
were our official first guests in our new home.
There was turkey with all of the fixin's and football to enjoy.
MIL & I did some shopping together and the general consensus was, 
a fun time was had by all!

Now, I'd say we have our own good time right now!!

Last week's most viewed link (and I thank you all for coming back and checking out the links of the other partyers!) was from Kim who blogs at 
Kim shared how she was able to organize her kitchen spice cabinet.
I love the handled storage bins she found!  And she shares other 
great storage solutions too!  
Congrats Kim, be sure to grab yourself an
I've Been Featured button and display it proudly!


Now, let's get this party started!

Feel free to link up anything you have created.
Recipes, decor, crafts, written or photographed.
Anything you are so proud of
you just gotta share it with others.
I will reserve the option of deleting
any post that I do not feel fits the
theme of my blog. 
Please limit your link ups to
just 2 or 3. 

I love to spotlight
some of my favorites on my
Facebook page and pin them to my 
You're Gonna Love It Tuesday board on Pinterest so,
be sure to follow me there too!

As always, you don't have to
be a follower
in order to link up.
 I want you to follow
Kathe With An E
because you want to.
Not because it is required.


 I would also love it if you would link back
in some way so that others come and party with us.
Either grab the party button
or add my blog link
to your post or on your
  blog party page.
But again, it's not required.  


I ask that you please 
DO NOT link up
giveaways, Etsy shops or anything for sale.
Save those for the first Tuesday of each month
when,
Anything Goes!

Please remember, this is a party
so, after you link up,
mingle around 
and visit some of the other party guests.


*By linking up your post, you are giving Kathe With An E permission to use your pictures as a feature on this blog and other social media outlets.

Be sure to stop by and visit these other great linky parties this week!
Life on Lakeshore Drive
One More Time Events

 









Friday, October 11, 2013

Canadian Thanksgiving Table

I finally found the time to set a table in our new dining room!
Of course I HAD to set a table too as we are hosting the 
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday in our new home.
I cannot wait to host Mr. B's mom & dad!

In previous years I have chosen to go with a traditional table 
setting as you can see here and here.

This year, I decided to set a less traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Day table.

I haven't unpacked and hung up my tablecloths yet so, 
keeping the table bare was a very easy decision!
And I also kept it simple with no chargers or place mats.
I chose to use my pale blue dinner and salad plates at each setting. 
Not your usual color for Fall but I felt they were perfect 
against the mahogany dining table.
Plain white napkins and our wedding flatware don't distract from the dishes.

The Godinger Shannon goblets always work, whether it be a 
traditional or non traditional tablescape.
I kept the rest of the table decor in shades of white.
A thrift store pumpkin tureen and a Dollar Tree 
pumpkin sit at one end of the table.
While another small pumpkin and leaf salt and pepper 
anchor the other end of the table.

For the centerpiece I filled my favorite urn from World Market with clippings from the Purple Sand Cherry bushes that are planted by the front porch. 
The color could not be more perfect for Fall and Thanksgiving, don't you think?


There is nothing new on this table.  All have been used before and 
I am so okay with that.  It is so fun to set a table with them in a new and different way in a new and different room. 
Now that could all very easily change as, unlike the U.S. Thanksgiving, 
all of the stores will be open and there is nothing Mr. B's mother and I like more then hitting Home Goods, TJ Maxx, Ross, and World Market when they come to visit LOL!

We'd like to wish all of our Canadian family & friends 
a very Happy Thanksgiving!

See you soon!

I always share my tables with
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AND
Don't forget to come by on Tuesday's
for my link party.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Decorating For Fall

As I said earlier this week, most of the unpacking into the new home is done!
Now I can get to really decorating for the seasons and holidays.

You may remember my mantle decor at our previous house.  The mantle there was like no other, making it difficult to decorate.  
Now, in our new home, I am having so much fun with 
my new spaces to decorate for Fall!
Of course, with the move I haven't had time to make or buy any new 
Fall decor but that's okay.  
I buy thriftly and find what I love and just use it differently. 
Such as the Autumn banner I made last year. 
It fits across the new fireplace perfectly!
The wall color of this house are perfect for Fall! 
A nice warm beige just makes the Fall colors jump out 
without being "In Yer Face"


I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to figure out how to decorate the shelf over the TV.  I wanted to be sure it looked good, front and back. 
I think I found the right combination of decor to pull it off.
Living room side.


And dining room side.




Of course I had to make sure that, just because my china hutch now sits in a cubby in the dining room, it doesn't get neglected.
(Squeee!  All of the window treatments have been hung in the dining room!)
Nor could I leave the buffet unadorned.

I had SOOOO much fun setting up our new home for Fall!  
Mr. B's parents are visiting this weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving dinner and I cannot wait to show off our pretty new house. 
I have also, of course, set a pretty table for the holiday so, 
be sure to come back by to see that too.


See you soon!
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AND
Don't forget to come by on Tuesday's
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Monday, October 7, 2013

You're Gonna Love It - Week 74

Welcome to another fun filled week up of linking up your creativity!

There were so many amazing posts to check out but, 
it looks like many of you were too busy to come back by and see them.
I'm hoping you find the time this week to come back 
and we really support one another.

I *think* we have finished with most of the unpacking and are settling in. 
I still need to unpack and hang all of tablecloths and we found 2 more boxes of my dishes (Eek!  I seriously don't know where they are going to go yet!).
But, I was still able to set a Fall table and get my Fall decor up and I will be sharing those later this week so, stop back by to see all of my hard work! 

Right now, it's time to party and it's the first Tuesday of the month which you what that means, 
ANYTHING GOES!

The most viewed link last week came from my Susan who blogs over at 
Susan shared her awesome suggestions for free organization for your kitchen. 
This small container is such a huge idea and I am going to be using it in our new kitchen as well as my office/ craft room!!
Congrats Susan, be sure to grab yourself an
I've Been Featured button and display it proudly!

Party On Friends!!

Anything Goes this week!!
You can link up your regular posts as always

but, this week you can also link up your giveaways, 

your Etsy shops, your Ebay stores,
your own link parties!
 Anything and everything!

All I ask is that you keep it clean and
family friendly
and
try to limit your posts to only 5 link ups.

I reserve the option of deleting
any post that I do not feel fits the
theme of my blog.

As always, you don't have to
be a follower
in order to link up.
 I want you to follow
Kathe With An E
because you want to.
Not because it is required.




 I would also love it if you would link back
in some way so that others come and party with us.
Either grab the party button
or add my blog link
to your post or on your
  blog party page.
But again, it's not required.  

Just remember, this is a party so,
please, after you link up,
mingle around 
and visit some of the other party guests.

*By linking up your post, you are giving Kathe With An E permission to use your pictures as a feature on this blog and other social media outlets.

Be sure to stop by and visit these other great linky parties this week!
Life on Lakeshore Drive
One More Time Events