Cabo Birthday Table

Happy birthday to me!  

Since I turned 40 we have always gone 

someplace warm for my cold and dreary 

January birthday.  

Now that we have our home finished 

in Cabo, and since Mexico is so 

welcoming to tourists, we have been 

coming here for my birthday.  

This is my first tablescape that I 

have created at our Cabo home.  

This is out on our deck overlooking 

the ocean.  

If you follow me on IG you 

may have seen the surprise my 

husband gave me with a tub 

full of gorgeous roses.  

He was actually the one who suggested 

that I use the roses for a tablescape 

before they wilted. 

I asked him when he got the roses 

and prepared the tub filled with 

roses.  He had also gifted me a two 

hour massage at the house, so he 

slipped away to get the roses and 

filled the tub and the room with candles 

while I was having my massage.

What a guy!!! 

We tore down our old house and rebuilt on 

the same lot.  We had used the house for 12 

years and had originally planned on 

doing this within 3 years, but when the 

economy crashed in 2008, we put off 

the tear down and were glad we did.  

Friends drove a 15 passenger van down 

for us as the house was getting 

finished and we filled it to the 

roof.  That way I was able to bring 

down 6 sets of plates, glasses and 

flatware.  These plates were from 

Home Goods.  

I love the flatware, but I have to say 

that the white hasn't held up.  It has 

chipped off and now is actually peeling 

off and we have only had a year and a 

half of use.  

These gold glasses were purchased online. 

I placed the roses in gold 

plastic bins that I got from 

Home Goods.  They adorn my 

pantry shelves.  

The gold placemats were from Amazon. 

The built in granite table has 

soft blues and golds in it so it 

is beautiful near the ocean. 

And as a special treat for you, 

while I was taking my photos 

a cruise ship passed by.  

The marina has been filled with 

3 cruise ships at a time on most days.  

This time of year is whale season, 

so along with the cruise ships, 

we get a good show of whales 

with adults teaching young whales 

how to jump and to slap their fins. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit. 

I will be posting with 

Tablescapes Thursday

Love Your Creativity

MacKenzie-Childs Santa's Sleigh Table

Before everything gets put away 

I have to post my exquisite MC 

Santa's Sleigh table.  

This beautiful piece was the center 

of my kitchen table all through 

the holidays and it was where we 

ate Christmas morning breakfast.

I chose a hot pink petalled tablecloth 

to go with some of the ornaments in 

Santa's Sleigh and chose a stack of plates 

starting with a clear beaded plate, a 

scalloped MC plate and topped it with 

a delicate Christmas Tree plate. 

It was magical in my magical kitchen. 

This is the first time we used the MC goblets 

that I got at last year's Barn Sale.  

The sleigh is filled with vintage style ornaments 

and was a splurge from Mrs. Claus last year. 

I love the little deer tucked in and 

the beautiful ribbons.  

Everything is unbreakable, so although they 

look like glass ornaments, they are plastic. 

I know the sleigh will be coming 

out every year to grace our home.  

We always leave everything up until after 

my birthday in January.  

It is always sad to put everything away.  

The house always feels so naked, but 

soon I can decorate for Valentine's Day. 

Thanks for stopping by 

Purple Chocolat Home. 

I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday

Love Your Creativity 

A Snowy Christmas Eve Table

Oh the magic of Christmas Eve at 

Purple Chocolat Home!  

How I love to set the tables and 

change them up just a bit each year.  

This year it is all white and with 

snow out on the deck and mountains 

behind, it is just perfect.  

The furniture is moved out of the living room 

and if you have been following me 

for years, you know that it then turns 

into the Great Room.

You can see that the table 

on the front is the tall table 

for adults and teens, and 

the short table in the back 

is for the smallest elves, 

but Papa and Nana Claus 

will be sitting with them for 

a special night.  

Everyone gets a goblet.  

I bought these at Dollar Tree, 

so there isn't a worry about them 

getting broken.  White and silver 

chargers sit underneath 

the crowned plates - one set 

that I have enough of for 

this fun crowd.  

I ran silver sequined runners 

down the table and added 

white and silver feathered trees 

(new this year from At Home).

The beautiful silverplate was from 

Horchow years ago and is no longer 

available.

With the candles lit and the fireplace going, 

everything just sparkles.

The candelabras were from my oldest 

daughter's wedding and were purchased 

20 years ago.  They have been used 

over and over and over. 

We are all set and ready for guests.  

Hoping for a Merry Christmas for 

everyone.  And we hope you are all 

healthy and happy too.

I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday

Love Your Creativity

Tales of the Traveling Tote Cabo Thanksgiving

Welcome to our 29th quarterly 

Tales of the Traveling Totes. 

It's that time again where our Traveling Totes 

share where they have gone this last few 

months.  

This was an off-year for our kids for 

Thanksgiving, 

so as we were having a dinner with 

friends, they said they didn't have their 

kids coming this year either.  We all 

decided we would spend Thanksgiving, 

or Friendsgiving together in Cabo.  

The first thing they noticed was our new gate 

to the driveway of our home.  Miss Madi K 

decided to grace the gates with her presence.  

We added the gates because other cars were 

using our driveway as a turnaround and sure 

enough, someone ran into our garage doors.  

We quickly called our builder and asked him 

to add gates.  

The builder, MarCor, designed the gates to 

coordinate with the interior railing.  We thought 

he did an amazing job with his design. 

Miss Madi K also wanted to show off 

my master closet.  Certainly nicer than we 

have at home!  She feels so comfortable 

and relaxed in this fabulous closet.  

As always, going out to eat is one of 

our favorite activities here in Cabo.  

We love The Office for breakfast. 

It is down on the beach and you 

can take your shoes off and dig 

your feet into the sand.  

This year we discovered La Lupita, a new 

taco shop.  These are Wagyu Tostadas 

served in a mini smoker.  Of course, I would 

love to have mini smokers like this for entertaining. 

I did a search for them immediately online 

but didn't find anything!  I am sure they 

are custom made for the restaurant.  

Sunday we always cook at home and I 

made these Tomahawk Steaks which we 

served along with shrimp and cheese on 

mini raclette machines.  

Our big adventure this trip was a 

dune buggy ride out in the desert. 

We had a lot of fun, but they weren't as fun 

as side by sides.  They struggled in anything 

that wasn't hard-packed sand.  We thought 

we were going to get to ride them on the 

beach, but they had us stop and walk to 

the beach - haha - that wasn't what we had 

in mind when we signed up for the ride.  

But the star of any of our trips here is 

the home itself, with its beautiful 

sunrise and sunset vistas, 

and of course the pools. 

 

Now we are off to race home to 

begin all of the Christmas parties.  

Miss Madi K and I have a full month 

of fun ahead of us!  

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Thanks for stopping by.  Now hop on over to visit our other Traveling Totes and enter a drawing for our prize this month.Deb at Mountain Breaths is hosting this month, so leave a comment on her blog to enter to win. 

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box  

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women 

We will be back in March for another adventure.