It’s time for another green filled holiday and I have a treat for you! Although St.Patrick’s Day is usually associated with green beer and drinking I prefer to go the opposite route and search for leprechauns hiding their pots of gold (before you ask, no I haven’t started drinking the green beer just yet!). I am referring to wonderful pots of gold filled with chocolate – I mean you cannot go wrong with chocolate right?!
Ahhh…I think it’s perfect that this JMS Hearts falls on Cyber Monday this week! So many good entertaining finds this season and I can’t wait to share all of them! Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend is the best time to shop for your entertaining needs since all the sales are on anyways – no point in paying full price next week!
I love this time of the year – everything feels so cozy and warm and I feel this is mainly due to the way we decorate our homes throughout the holiday season. On top of the fun Christmas decor, all our parties feel glamorous and special due to the extra touches that fill the home such as gold-rimmed glasses or festive platters. Below are a few items that caught my eye for the holiday season and I think they would make a perfect addition in the home this year!
If you are new here – JMS HEARTS is a feature that I have created which showcases all my favourite entertaining finds for the season….aka everything that I heart ♥!
Thanksgiving is right around the corner here in Canada and it feels like it came quite early this year. Our traditions are pretty low key around this time of year, mainly involving getting together with family for the big ol’ turkey dinner (although half of us are vegetarian/vegans so the turkeys a little smaller nowadays!) and fitting in some fun Oktoberfest time. The city we are from celebrates Oktoberfest in a big way and we thoroughly enjoy it!
I love decorating for all holidays and seasons and Thanksgiving is no exception. Knowing the fall season was going to come in full force I wanted to start planning my Thanksgiving table early on. I am so excited to share this year’s Thanksgiving tablescape because I had the pleasure of coordinating with Kusala from Kukaru Designs on it! If you have not checked out Kusala’s website yet she provides tutorials on sewing and knitting and has various resources available on www.kukarudesigns.com. She also has a scrunchie tutorial that I have been eyeing and just may have to attempt shortly!
We started brainstorming this tablescape weeks ago and we knew we wanted to do something different than the typical fall colours. We both love the fall season and we’re excited to collaborate on this gorgeous tablescape! I hope you enjoy what we came up with because its really starting to feel like fall over here and we are in the celebrating mood. Check out all the fun details below!
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One of my favourite parts of a party (aside from the great company and fun) is the dessert table! Cakes, candy, cupcakes oh my….how can you ever go wrong? Aside from decor, it is one of the spots you can be creative and even incorporate your party colours of choice. There are so many options to choose from and you can really make it whatever you want. Over the past few years candy tables have really gotten popular (thank you Pinterest!) and many stores now carry various items to help in planning them. There are fun banners, signs, jars, labels etc. available to help with your vision.
The specific candy bar below was for our close friend’s grandma’s 100th birthday! Can you believe 100!? It’s hard to even imagine, especially in this fast paced moving world we live in. It was an honour to attend the party and help out for such a wonderful occasion! The party decor colours were an elegant gold and white and we wanted the candy bar to reflect the same colours. Surprisingly there were plenty of gold and white options to choose from because sometimes the gold colour can be limiting. I had a chance to setup the candy bar at home and wanted to share some tips to help with your future candy bar setups. I still needed to add in labels, scoops and gold candy grab bags but the important items (the candy!) was there.
