Dishes to Dine For...

I was going over some files in my laptop tonight, and grouped together a bunch of photographs. Photographs of tables of all things, decorated for various holidays and festive occasions.

“Why did you do that Suzanne”? You might be asking yourself, while secretly hoping that I’m not actually nutsy enough to dedicate an entire post to pictures of decorated tablescapes. Unless of course you’re my Mother and Sister, in which case you probably have your own pictures of tables that you yourself painstakingly decorated in all matters of colors and themes, and find the whole subject perfectly normal.



It’s a habit I picked up from them and after years of enjoying their lovely dishes, I now enjoy doing it myself.

Whether i'm showing off my newest Christmas dishes, or it's Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, a shower, or the 4th of July, I love to pull out the coordinating party ware and set a pretty table. I have fond memories of that with my Mother, and try to recreate the same environment in my own home, for my own kids to remember me by later. It’s but one small way to create memories an family traditions, and something I enjoy. These are only a few of my table top creations, and a sampling of dishes, but it's enough to illustrate the point without sending you into a coma.

What silly things do you do to create family traditions