This year between being so slammed with bakery orders and the new addition to the family it was hard to keep our usual Resurrection Day/weekend routine, so we just learn to be flexible and do what we can.
I love, absolutely love tablescapes.
Our table isn’t always pretty, but on special occasions I like to go the extra mile. Some people may say it’s not worth the extra work but I beg a difference.
If you have been a reader of this blog for any amount of time you know I’m all about family and community. I love gathering people around my table and practicing hospitality.
I find it interesting that there was a table with food and drink in the temple. That one of the sacraments of the Church is around a communion table. Jesus often used the gathering around food to teach and satisfy. One of the last times He spoke intimately with his disciples was around a table.
I love a beautiful table. It says to your guest, “I have been preparing for YOU, YOU are important, YOU are wanted.”
I think about how Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us, we will also sit and dine at His feast. Can you imagine???
I love Pinterest and magazines that show decorating ideas, but especially tablescape ideas. As much as I love them, I know most of them are unrealistic for ordinary people like me. A limited budget, limited time and limited space in our little house really restricts what I can do with my table.
Today I am posting over at Raising Homemakers.
Take a moment and imagine the Lord has sent you as a missionary to a country where the Gospel has not been preached, or even more likely, where it has been preached but the hearts are hard. What would you do first to establish your mission base?
Most likely you would continue reading…
Purpose: Fellowship, food, education in the form of an opportunity for our kids to research, study and prepare a presentation about the first Thanksgiving (public speaking skills). Their presentation does not have to be long, detailed or polished. This is a good starting point for the younger children, even if they only tell one fact.
Each family began their own unit study/research. Each child is asked to dress in character and present something they have learned; it can be a poem, a song, a reenactment, a speech, whatever they want.
We’ve had my mother and grandmother visiting with us for the last few months. This week they left to go back home in upstate New York.
But before they left we hosted a little Grandmother’s Tea and invited some friends to bring their grandmother.
I had hoped for a beautiful spring day and have the tea outside, but we were rained out, so Emma graciously offered us her dining-room. I’m grateful for a daughter that is hospitable neighbor too!
Do you want to impact the culture but not sacrifice your time at home?
Do you ever long for the simpler days when people had time to sit on the front porch and visit over a glass of lemonade?
Do you have a desire to reach out to people and meet real needs yet feel limited by time or finances?
Hospitality
1. the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers
These place-cards are great for dinner parties.
Because they are made with chalkboard paint they are re-usable.
Cut a hardwood tree branch at about 1/8 or 1/4 thick with a miter saw.
Make sure they are dry before you paint them.
Sand one side if you want to, but that is not necessary.
Use chalkboard paint (a quart goes a long way) and a small craft brush to paint on two coats, letting each coat dry completely.
My daughter, Emma, made these place-mats for her home. I love them and they go with her natural, relaxed style.
She used craft paint and stencils on jute. Jute is not as rough feeling as burlap is. These cost about a $1 each to make. $8.99 a yard for the jute.
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I love our pavilion!
Having a small house makes hospitality challenging,
but this works good for us!
Table cloths…
fresh flowers from our yard…
yard sale sheets hung to help block the sun…
old quilts on wooden benches…
it works for us.
Quilts I made tossed on wooden swings my husband made…
it’s a refection of who we are…
