HomeGoods Mom Cave Linky Party...Welcome!

Please Read: Today's Metamorphosis Monday is for HomeGoods Mom Cave Links Only. This is only for today's Met Monday. We'll return to our normal Met Monday postings next week. Please only link up Mom Cave entries for this Met Monday. If you need more info about today's linky party, click HERE. (If you notice your link was deleted, please don't take it personally. I will have to delete all links that are not Mom Cave Entries.)

IT'S HERE!
Today is the day of our Mom Cave Linky Party. Link up your Mom Cave Posts below. There will be 4 winners! The grand prize will be $250 Gift Certificate to HomeGoods! Wow! There will be 3 runner-ups who will each win a $50 Gift Certificate! Have fun and best of luck to everyone!




Please Read: Today's Linky Party is for HomeGoods Mom Cave Links Only. This is only for today's Met Monday. We'll return to our normal Met Monday postings next week. Please only link up Mom Cave entries for this Met Monday. If you need more info about today's linky party, click HERE.

Decorating for Halloween

The gas lantern is lit...




Sharing some pics from last year...
















Have a fun Halloween!

Boo and Brew...Does Your Neighborhood Do This?

Give-a-Way: Timeless Settings:
There's still time to leave a comment on last week's Tablescape Thursday post HERE to be entered for a $50 Gift Certificate for Timeless Settings! I'll be announcing the winner of the drawing on Sunday. :)

Boo and Brew:
A few days ago I found this flyer in my mailbox. It was almost completely illegible. Unfortunately, the mailman left the door of my mailbox slightly open and we had a monsoon that day. I could tell it was announcing something in my neighborhood for Halloween night...and it mentions leaving your porch light on.


I e-mailed a neighbor and ask if she got one and if so, what did it say? She told me the flyer says in addition to giving out candy on Halloween night, if you leave your porch light on, it will signal to the parents that you will be serving them a brew...i.e. an "adult beverage" when they stop by with the children for Trick or Treating. Interesting, huh?

So...just wondering, has your neighborhood ever done this and if so, how does it work? Do you serve wine or a spiked punch, perhaps? Do you have it already poured in little plastic glasses or do the parents already have a glass with them?

So many questions...and no answers from a very blurry flyer.

Antiquing and a Trip to the South Carolina State Fair

So many wonderful tablescapes posted for Tablescape Thursday! Scroll on down past this post and check them all out...amazing!

Two Announcements!

1. Party Planning: Very soon...hopefully next week, I'm going to share the EXACT process I go through when I'm planning a party...from the cleaning to the decorating to the food to the party activities...you name it! I know it's intimidating...the idea of preparing for a big party, so I want to help. I'll be sharing what works for me in hopes you will find it helpful. I will be as detailed and specific as possible...without hopefully boring ya to death. LOL

2. Mom Cave Posts only for Met Monday: Monday is the HomeGoods Mom Cave Challenge. So if you are a blogger and you normally link up for MM, please link up JUST Mom Cave entries for this Met Monday only. After this MM, we will resume our normal Met Monday format.

There will be 4 winners and the grand prize is $250 shopping spree at HomeGoods! Click HERE or on the link in the sidebar to read all about the Mom Cave concept.


Let's Go Antiquing:
It's been a while since we went on a shopping trip to A Classy Flea. Several of you have commented or e-mailed asking when we were going. So, let's go! BTW, rumor has it they will be having a big sale coming up very soon...shhh, don't tell anyone or all the good stuff will be gone before I get there!


First thing I spotted when I entered A Classy Flea this particular day was this painted secretary...I can never pass by a secretary without checking them out...$495


I loved this wonderful old brass and iron bed. It was already sold so no price tag...


Ha! Fat Chance...I'm telling all!


Now you know these bowls were calling my name...I barely resisted. $19.99 for the set of 4


A vintage baby gown from England...$35


A little close-up of the detail work...



Christmas stuff is already out...this 5ft gold tinsel tree caught my eye...$39



Love this brass lamp with the Cranberry glass globe...$45


I blogged about this piece earlier in the week. It's priced at $395. I've decided it would probably fight the cabinet niches for attention in the "library" where I would have used it...so I'm going to have my contractor build a fireplace for me...I think.


Set of 8 etched crystal wine glasses...$64.95


A little close-up...beautiful!


Crystal chandelier...$359


Wonderful twin beds...$288 for the pair (I think)...don't hold me to that price...going on memory. I don't normally paint furniture but the stain was a bit chipped in places. Wouldn't these be perfect in a guest room, painted some wonderful color?


Painted hutch...on sale for $329 I kind of like the two-tone action going on here...mixing stain and paint.


Gorgeous armoire...Henredon...$899



Wow!


Funny!



White wicker daybed...$159


Some Christmas fun...


A pretty tablescape...


Look who's sipping on some bubbly...


Have you seen these before? It's a tussy mussy. I actually bought this one...it was around $9, as I recall.



South Carolina State Fair:

Two weekends ago, a friend invited me to go to the South Carolina State Fair...these guys were there performing. Do you recognize them?



They look a little different now...but they sounded the same. It's the The Oak Ridge Boys. I listen to all kinds of music as you can tell from the link to my playlist at the bottom of this blog. I love rock and roll, classical, opera, gospel, country...all of it. So it was fun hearing, "Elvira," "Trying to Love Two Women" and their other hit songs. They sang for about an hour. We had great seats as you can see from the pic below. Amazing that they have stayed together for 40+ years!


This pic shows Willie Wynn on the far left. He was the original tenor...even before the current one who has been with them forever. He came out on the stage and sang one song with them.





Exhibits:

This was created with SAND! Wow!




There were so many beautiful birds...we only took a pic of one. The roosters were hilarious. I hadn't been to the fair in ages so I was like a kid!




Amazing doll houses...











Cupcakes: Too cute


Hope you enjoyed our shopping trip and quick trip to the fair! Happy Friday!

Give-a-Way: Timeless Settings:
Oh, don't forget to leave a comment on the Tablescape Thursday post to be entered for a $50 Gift Certificate for Timeless Settings!

A Tablescape Celebrating Autumn! Welcome to the 114th Tablescape Thursday!

Give-a-Way from Timeless Settings:

I'm sooo excited to announce a fabulous Give-a-Way today from Timeless Settings, a Sponsor of BNOTP!

Have you visited Timeless Settings before? I have been seriously coveting the darling tablecloths and glassware Donna has hand selected to include in her shoppe. In addition to beautiful treasures for the table, you'll also find jewelry, scarves and lots of wonderful decor items for your home. The prices are awesome which makes Timeless Settings a great place to do all your holiday shopping.

I fell in love with this darling strawberry tablecloth and matching napkins...




And check out this Gooseberry tablecloth...isn't it the cutest thing!




Timeless Settings has beautiful glass containers...




Napkin rings...




Fleur de Lis Placecard Holders...




Gorgeous scarves...




And wonderful decor items for the home...

Bird Clock...




How to Enter:

Donna is generously giving away a $50 certificate for you to use toward any item you fall in love with at Timeless Settings. Entering this giveaway is super easy...here's how:

1. Visit Timeless Settings and choose the beautiful treasure you would love if you should win.

2. Then, just stop back by this post and leave a comment sharing what you chose. That's it!



Donna, thanks so much for this great giveaway...best of luck to everyone!


Tablescape Thursday:

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I've been working on a tablescape this week out on the porch...the weather here has been in the 70's all week! Love it! But, the last few days have been raining...not great for taking pics to share. Fortunately, Cornelia recently sent some great pics of a wonderful tablescape she's created in celebration of the autumn season. :)

It's always such a treat when Cornelia welcomes us into her beautiful home in Switzerland. Isn't blogging just amazing...we can travel far away to another country with just the click of a mouse! :)




Today we are dining at a table set with beautiful hunt- themed china. Cornelia told me, "It is very traditional in Switzerland to serve venison dishes in the autumn because the hunting season starts the 1st of September."




For this beautiful table setting, Cornelia used a wonderful linen tablecloth she found on a trip to Williams-Sonoma in Boston. The tablecloth was made in Russia, as were the the napkins..




Here's your place right here...




Cornelia shared, "The china used on this table is by Fuerstenberg (founded 1747). The Pattern is called Schloss Corvey Jagd. (Castle Corvey Hunting). There are various hunting scenes on the dishes and the pot, cups, and coffeepot."


The cutlery is Sterling Silver, Gorham Chantilly






The stemware is stunning...




Cornelia revealed, "The smaller crystal glasses are made by Christinenhütte/Germany. They are also hand-blown."




These glasses are antique and are decorated in silver...






Cornelia continued, "The red and white wine glasses are hand-blown and hand-cut crystal by Cristal d’Arques/ Paris. The pattern is called, “Bernadette”.

The candle holders are by Zwiesel. The grapes from our garden."




The crystal carafe is antique and hand-cut...




Note the beautiful etching of a deer...




Regarding the candle holders, Cornelia said, "The tall candlestick holders are Mexican silver, the small ones are made by Jezler of Switzerland."




Would you like some hot tea or coffee?






Cornelia told me, "The tea set is Swiss silver, made by Frère Boujon. The tray is also silver and made by Jezler/Switzerland."






"The tablecloth is antique."






"The vase is Swedish, Strombergshyttan. The roses from my garden."



Cornelia, this tablescape was absolutely beautiful...always such a wonderful treat seeing china, crystal and silver we would rarely ever come across here in the States. Thanks sooo much for sharing your autumn table setting with all of us for this Tablescape Thursday!

Oh, don't forget to leave a comment to be entered for the a gift certificate for Timeless Settings!


Looking forward to viewing your beautiful tablescapes!

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Let's try something fun today! Please visit the person who linked before you and after you...that way everyone will get some visits. Hope you'll visit more, of course. :-)



Little Reminder: Thank-you for linking back to this post so the regular visitors to your blog will find all your fellow Blogger's posts linked here for this Tablescape Thursday. Please don't forget to use your permalink. : )