A Winter's Eve Dinner Party

Each year in the middle of winter I host a
 "Winter's Eve Dinner Party."

It's always done up in shimmery white and silver and

 All Things Winter - 

so using things like snowflake plates and glimmering

 snowflake napkins makes dining at the table

 feel like one's been enchanted with winter's splendor.

This year I held two of them:
The first one was in late January for a few of my women's club friends.

The second one was just last weekend, held for my
best friends- my Indiana tea society ladies.

This year we were blessed twice with lovely
 freshly fallen snowy evenings. 
Nature really did its part for this winter theme!

This year I decided to forgo using a white tablecloth

so the sparkly placemats would pop

against the deep dark wooden table.

I love setting a pretty table - the winter's table is a particular favorite,

I love using my white and silver pieces!

My crystal knife holders and silver plated napkin rings
are right in place with their icy looks.

Crispy white plates, snowflake salad plates,
 silver rimmed coffee/tea cup china,

 vintage silver plated flatware, and frosty silver chargers

 complete the look I was going for.

These little snowflake frames I sometimes use

as name card seating indicators

but this year they were merely decorative.

Surrounding the table area on the buffet and etagiere

you will find bling-y bits

to help carry the theme throughout the space.

I cam imagine that most of you are thinking of springtime,

 but for many of us we're still very much in the middle of winter...

so the snowflakes and snowmen and icy decor still reigns.

BUT - I admit -  I am putting it away now,

since my dinners are done for the season.

 Hope you aren't TOO terribly sick of winter yet

and can enjoy one last winter's hurrah!?

New to me this year is a gorgeous hollow mercury iced tree
(below pic)

I stuffed mini white and silver rice lights up inside

 for a pretty ambient glow along with the candles.

All the mercury glass was glowing so pretty when candle-lit.

It was also a good time to bring out my silver plated tea pot trivit
that my sweet friend Joyce gave me years ago.

The second winter's eve dinner I changed the menu slightly
 to include sesame string beans
and excluded the chicken, as one of my guests doesn't eat it.

(I made different menus for the tea ladies but didn't take a pic.)

It's the first time I've ever made my very own sorbet -
usually my husband does it for me.

I was pretty excited to find a copycat
 recipe online that looked so icy blue and cool for my theme.

Well that's it - of course I never thought of taking food pics.
I wish I had two of me when entertaining!


As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

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