Tales of the Traveling Tote #33 and A Giveaway

 

Welcome to our 33rd edition of 

Tales of the Traveling Tote.  I joined

this wonderful group of MacKenzie-Child's 

loving ladies in December of 2017.

My tote has traveled all over the 

world, but today it returns 

to the world that lives on a 

snowflake - to Whoville!

Miss Madi K's first Tales of the 

Traveling Tote was also to 

Whoville, but things were 

bigger and better this year.

She already has had two parties 

and it is only December 1st.

We invited the Relief Society ladies, 

our church group, over for a 

party to make our hearts grow three 

sizes this year.  Everyone brought 

needed supplies for refugee families. 

The supplies were dropped off in 

the Grinch's sleigh out front and 

we had so many that the sleigh and 

porch were overflowing.

 

We had about 50 ladies come for dinner, 

all Grinchy food of course. 

Miss Madi K and I are so enchanted 

with Whoville that we have decided 

to make that our theme for our 

Christmas Eve dinner, and we even 

found some plates that The Grinch 

approved!

We have lots of Dept. 56 villages, but 

only some pieces have increased in 

value and they are the Original

How The Grinch Stole Christmas 

houses. This is Cindy Lou Who's House, 

The Town Hall, 

and Farfingles Department Store.  I had 

purchased Cindy's house for all of my 

kids years ago, so it was so cute when 

my youngest son who is 28, said this 

year that he would like to inherit the 

Town Hall and Farfingles!

They are all displayed on my 

Whoville kitchen counter.  

Thanks for traveling to a place 

that is special in our hearts, 

Whoville!!!

Now for the giveaway, 

which all Who's would love, 

Visit Linda and leave a 

comment to be entered in 

for this darling keychain. 

Then hop on over to our TTT 

friends and see where they have 

been off to.

  Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box  

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie and Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Join us again in March for another 

Tales of the Traveling Tote.

The Return of Harry Potter Table

Halloween is in full swing again 

here at Purple Chocolat Home 

and we decided to have another 

Harry Potter feast in the 

Great Hall.  I changed it up a bit 

this year and put the tables on an 

angle. 

To get us all a seat, with 31 of us, 

I used 2 eight foot tables and 

one 6 foot table with adjustable 

legs so the little ones can sit at 

it on my children sized Chiavari 

chairs. 

Removing the furniture from the room 

helps to accommodate the crowd.  

All tables were draped with black

tablecloths and then the color of the 

runner determined which house 

was represented.  This one is blue 

for Ravenclaw.  

This one is green for Slytherin.  

And this one is read for Gryffindor.  

The Hogwart's banner flies at 

the end of the room. 

And at the other end of the 

Great Hall we have the letters 

to Harry flying out of the fireplace. 

Napkins for each house were set at 

each placesetting.  I used copper 

chargers and gold flatware on all 

of the tables, except the little table, 

where I used plastic for the little 

Slytherins. 

I had a mixture of mugs.  These 

particular mugs are from 

Universal Studios. 

Here is another mug I made using 

stickers.  The tables have a scattering 

of Harry Potter memorabilia, like the 

authentic Pumpkin Juice bottle,

the Golden Snitch and candy boxes.

I had fun with creating pages 

from the Daily Prophet which had 

the photos of each guest and a story 

headline for each. 

Here is another authentic mug 

from Universal Studios 

Wizarding World of Harry Potter. 

I created the Weasley's clock a 

few years ago.  

I also created this Harry Potter 

tree a few years ago.  It rests down 

in the TV room in the basement which 

is decorated with all of my 

Harry Potter items. 

Some items were purchased 

online and some were purchased 

at Universal Studios.  I had a 

lot of fun putting this tree together, 

so it sits decorated down in the 

TV room. 

For character photos I purchased 

three backdrops, one the library, 

one of Honeydukes, and one of 

the Hogwarts Castle.  I hung those 

and had all of the families take 

family photos.  

We loved this photo of the 

little people at their table 

with Honeyduke's window 

in the background. 

Of course we had to have 

Harry's birthday cake made by 

Hagrid.  We were celebrating 

5 October birthdays.  

Every family was asked to bring 

a Harry Potter inspired dish, 

so our menu consisted of 

Toad in the Hole (pictured above)

Fire-breathing Dragon meat, 

Hagrid's Vegetable Hash, 

Professor Sprout's rolls, 

First Year Broom Cookies, 

and of course birthday cake. 

The feast was overseen by 

Professor McGonagal

and Snape.  

Thanks for visiting our 

Wizarding World of Harry Potter 

Halloween Party.

I will be posting this with 

Tablescapes Thursday