FABBY: Remembering some Tablescapes from 2013

Hello sweet friends!

        My goodness how fast time passes and here we are ready to welcome another year from the new millennium and 2014 is knocking our doors.

Here are some tables capes from FABBY'S LIVING I did early this year, just to remember back, but of course, we do so much all year round some even with a special theme for some parties our gracious hostesses require.

Ok, here you have a 'few' of my 2013 tables capes.



New Year's Eve 2012.

New Year's Eve 2012 table scape.

Three Kings Day 2013.

Valentine's Day 2013

Early Spring table scape.

St. Patrick's Day table scape 2013.

Mexican 5 de Mayo table scape.

Pink table scape for Mother's Day 2013.

Table scape by the sea theme.

Our new everyday china 2013.

Summer 2013

Patriotic 4th. of July 2013 table scape.

My mother's old Polish dishes I received as present from her this year.

Dinner party with my collection of blue and white English Transfer-ware dinnerware I've been collecting, paired with my red and white-transfer ware dishes for tea time...both complete for 12 place settings.

Halloween 2013 in the foyer.

Fall 2013 dinner setting.

White and pink theme table for Let's Dish.

My Thanksgiving 2013 table scape.

Here you have 'some' tables capes with 'some' of my dishes, but I have lots more not shown here, as not all my posts are here either.

Thank you so much for ALL YOUR SWEET AND KIND COMMENTS dear friends and throughout this year 2013 that's almost over...as you "ALWAYS" make my day! There's no one more supportive, kind and generous as you my dearest 'blog friends' and I do feel so very fortunate to have met each and everyone of you, who  also let me come into your gorgeous homes to admire and inspire myself with your forever wonderful talent in many areas and to be sharing with you for the third year.

Thank you tons to the wonderful hostesses for having me 'show off ' and share my posts at their linky parties and some have even honoured me by featuring me once or twice and some 'many times even' at their great parties too...wow!

I specially would love to thank sweet, kind and lovely and talented Kathryn from MAKE IT PRETTY MONDAY at "The Dedicated House," her lovely blog ....who has featured me soo many times I can't count this year, I appreciate it very much and I'm so thankful. Love you Kathryn !

LOVE and HEALTH are my wishes for you and yours this new year 2014. Hope to continue visiting you and always inspiring myself from you in the new year as well.

LOVE,
FABBY


I will be joining:

Kathryn for Make it Pretty Monday at,  http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com
Cindy for Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingsthehreatofyourhome.blogspot.com
Inspire me Monday at,  http://createwithjoy.blogspot.com
Join Me for the SCOOP at,  http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com

 

FABBY: Mother's 84th. Birthday

Hello sweet friends!

          Now my wishes are that you all had a lovely, happy and specially peaceful Christmas 2013 and at the same token it's sad to see it go and looking forward for all the good things the new year will bring all of us... you, me, the world and everyone in it!  
May you all be very blessed in the new year that's knocking at our doors.

Today, December 27th. is my sweet and dearest mother's birthday and was also her mother's, my grand, whom I loved so much and for whom I was her first grandchild and I was so special to her. Anyway, mother came to have lunch with my daughter Alexandra, Alejandro and me and I did a lovely table for her birthday with her beautiful tablecloth, she gifted me for a big birthday.

Here it is..

I was too busy to take photos today, so this one is at mother's house at her Chrismas Eve luncheon.

Here I am with my dear mother who's 84th. birthday is today, along with Alejandro and my niece Carla.

A very simple table still with the holiday spirit.

The water glasses are hand etched from Venice, as are the wine glasses.

The last of the Christmas cookies.

The cookie platter, pitcher and centerpiece bowl were made at our former ceramic co. 

 

Thank you so much for all the lovely wishes I know your precious hearts will send mother, lol!

Thanking the wonderful hostesses for their great parties.

LOVE,
FABBY

Sarah for The Homemaking Party at,  http://hopeineveryseason.blogspot.com
Beverly for PINK Saturday at,  http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com
Alma for Seasonal Sunday at,  http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com
Masterpiece Monday at,  http://boogieboardcottage.blogspot.com
Kathy for Bouquet of Talent Linky Party at,  http://lifeonlakeshoredrive.blogspot.com
Kathryn for Make it Pretty Monday at,  http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com
Mix it up Monday at,  http://flourmewithlove.blogspot.com
Kristi for Mop it up Monday at,  http://ishouldbemoppingthefloor.blogspot.com
A Return to Loveliness at,  http://adelightsomelife.blogspot.com
Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingstheheartofyourhome.blogspot.com
Inspire Me Monday at,  http://createwithjoy.blogspot.com
Motivate Me Monday at,  http://keepingitsimple.blogspot.com
Show and Tell 2013 at,  http://bedifferentactnormal.blogspot.com
Join me for THE SCOOP at,  http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com










 

FABBY: MERRY AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS!

Hello sweet friends!

                        " FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS, MERRY CHRISTMAS! "

              HERE TO WISH YOU MY SWEET FRIENDS A WONDERFUL AND VERY BLESSED CHRISTMAS, WITH YOUR DEAREST FAMILIES.
 
MAY THE BIRTH OF OUR "LORD JESUS CHRIST" BRING YOU PIECE AND LOVE.


                                                            LOVE ALWAYS,            
                                                                  FABBY


        

FABBY: Merry Christmas with Love!

Hello sweet friends!

            This post is specially to wish you, my dear and wonderful blog friends a very happy and blessed Christmas with all your dear families.

I will pray for all of you dearest blog friends to keep you safe and well and to thank God for knowing you, my life would be dry without blogging about what I love most, the home and not knowing you; because our daily visits make me sooo happy! 

All I have to do is open my 'ciber box' and I know I will find you inside it and will immediately know how you are all doing, and of course, look and get inspired learning so much from looking at all your amazing posts, about so many topics, let these be tablescaping, food, decorating, crafts, religion, etc....even if old Martha Stewart thinks we don't give out accurate recipes and info. I know it's not true, I have proved it, time and time over, as I have never learned so much from any magazine, more than I have from your fabulous posts!

Therefore, this would be my last 'Christmas 2013' table mostly to share with you my favorite holiday embroidered Spanish tablecloth I bought several years ago and where I will be setting our "Christmas Eve dinner to celebrate the coming of our Saviour The King Jesus Christ."

Lots of love and happiness this Christmas 2013, from my house to yours.

The tablecloth is made of a thick satin material and machine embroidered.

Besides the red and little green embroidery, it is also embroidered with metallic threads where the flames of the candles are and throughout the embroidery as you can see here..

A better close up. The mugs are from our past Factory.

The gold, green and red glasses are Czech-Bohemian, vintage. I broke a green one early this year at a luncheon while washing it...sniff,sniff...

Here you can appreciate the embroidery with gold metallic threads as well.

Again, many happiness and blessings this Christmas for all of you, dearest friends.
Thank you so much for your kindness.

LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining some parties, for which I thank the wonderful and gracious hostesses for having them up so close to Christmas.

Judy for Creative Monday Blog Hop at,  http://judyhjsthoughts.blogspot.com
Ramona for Inspire Me Monday at,  http://createwithjoy.blogspot.com
Motivate Me Monday at,  http://keepingitsimple.blogspot.com
Lisa for Mix it up Monday at.  http://flourmewithlove.blogspot.com
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com
Nifty Thirfty Tuesday at,  http://coastalcharm.blogspot.com
Sally for BLUE Monday at,  http://smilingsally.blogspot.com
Amaze Me Monday at,  http://dwellingstheheartofthehome.blogspot.com
Kathryn for Make it Pretty Monday at,  http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com
Sandi for 'Tea for Celebrate the Christmas Season' at,  http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com
Martha for Christmas blessings this Tea cup Tuesday at,  http://marthasfavorites.blogspot.com
Tea Cup Tuesday at,  http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com
Kathleen for Let's Dish at,  http://cuisinekathleen.blogspot.com
Ivonne for The Scoop at,  http://stonegable.blogspot.com
Cottage Style Party at,  http://lavendergardenparty.blogspot.com
Kathe for You're Gonna Love it Tuesday at,  http://kathewithane.blogspot.com
Tuesday with a Twist at,  http://backtothebasics.blogspot.com
Wildly Original Linky Party at,  http://igottacreate.blogspot.com
Be Inspired at,  http://commonground.blogspot.com
Terri for It's a Party at,  http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com
Cindy for Show and Tell Friday at,  http://myromantichome.blogspot.com





  I will be participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on thee Porch.















 

       

FABBY: My Favorite Christmas Table!

Hello sweet friends!

    I say that my fav table for C'mas is certainly a 'traditional' one, such as this one I'm sharing today for the wonderful Christmas Season 2013.

I did stop dreaming of a White C'mas caz it's no use, it's really NOT gonna snow here and it's almost 80, nice and dry...so now I'm with all the wonderful colors of the season, such as red, green, white.

Hope you like it, as your lovely comments are so very appreciated, because you guys always make my day!

So here you have it; at the end of the day I'm simply traditional when it comes to Christmas!

I DIYed this tablecloth and hand embroidered it when I was a young mom, back 28 years ago, when Alejandro was away on a business trip to Europe, buying machinery for his Ceramic Factory and I missed him so much!

Some Candy-canes in the my Mil's antique compotes.

When I was a young mom to my two little girls, I did lots of things myself, like sewing, embroidering, painting stuff, needle point, etc.

I saw this small wreath-bling hanging in the back of the dining chairs in a Spanish magazine and I copy catted it.

Mother gave me this cute nutcracker several years ago for a birthday in October.



Mother than gifted me this tall nutcracker for the C'mas following my birthday the same year.

The china is Lynn's Fine China and I have 16 place settings and serving pieces, plus soup plates, not shown in the tablescape. A gift from my sweet hubby almost 20 years ago and I love it every time I take it out by November every year. 

The tablecloth is of a fine linen, all cotton, perfect for embroidering.

I have these poinsettias and leaves all around the cloth, some you cannot see as the centerpiece is covering most of it.

You will find this embroidery of dry greens and sequences all over the cloth too.

I combined it with green too...see, I'm soo traditional!

I like these chargers with the cane in the center of them...too bad no one can see it once you place the dinner plate on top, lol!

The hand etched compotes stems are antiques, they used to be my Mil's mother. The red wine stems are Italian.

I had this tea set made at our former Ceramic Factory. I copied the pattern from a holiday cloth I found.

I like a lot of Red for Christmas

I also sewed and embroidered a runner to match the tablecloth for the buffet.


Thank you sweet friends for visiting me, you always make my day!

Thanking the wonderful hostesses for having me at their great parties each week.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

LOVE,
FABBY

I will be joining:

Paula and Patty for What's It Wednesday at,  http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com
Kathleen for Let's Dish at,  http://cuisinekayhleen.blogspot.com
Marty for Inspire Me Tuesday at,  http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com
 Wildly Original Link Party at,  http://gottacreate.blogspot.com
Terri for It's a Party at,  http://acreativeprincess.blogspot.com
Riverton Housewives Roundup at,  http://therealhousewivesofriverton.blogspot.com
Open House Blog Party at,  http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com
Kathy for Home and Garden Party at,  http://adelightsomelife.blogspot.com
Jann for Share Your Cup Thursday at,  http://haveadailycupofmrsolson.blogspot.com
Wildly Original Link Party at,  http://igottacreate.blogspot.com
Debi and Charly for Wednesday's Adorned from Above at,  http://adornedfromabove.blogspot.com
Cottage Style Party at,  http://lavendergardencottage.blogspot.com
Vintage Thingie Thursday at,  http://coloradolady.blogspot.com
Leslie Create it Thursday at,  http://lambertslately.blogspot.com
Grace at Home at,  http://impartinggrace.blogspot.com
Feather Nest Friday at,  http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com
Thrifty Things Friday at,  http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com
Sherry for Home Sweet Home at,  http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com
Social Media Round up Let's Connect Blog hop at,  http://lifeonlakeshoredrive.blogspot.com
Lucy for The Inspiration Gallery at,  http://craftberrybush.blogspot.com
Holly for Tickled Pink at,  http://504mainbyhollylafevre.blogspot.com
Holly for Tickled Pink Times Two at,  http://504mainbyhollylafevre.blogspot.com
Fabulousy Creative Party at,  http://www.jenniferrizzo.com
Lisa for Everyday Vintage Party at,  http://hellenslegacy.blogspot.com
Dolly for Farmgirl Friday at,  http://hibiscushouse.blogspot.com
Saturday Show Off Christmas Party at,  http://therosegardeninmalevik.blogspot.com
Alma for Seasonal Sunday at,  http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com
Show and Tell Saturday at,  http://bedofferentactnormal.blogspot.com
Beverly for PINK Saturday at,  http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com
Kathy for A Bouquet of Talent Party at,  http://lifeonlakeshoredrive.blogspot.com


















 I will be participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.