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Hello friends and family, I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! We’re less than two weeks away from the big day and I want to share with you a few of my favorite Christmas decor finds, all easy and affordable. Let me know what you think or share some of your favorites with me. Click the pictures for links.

Inspiring Holiday Tablescapes with Floral Designer Natalie Bowen

My favorite by far is this inspiring Holiday Tablescape by Floral Designer Natalie Bowen. I love the black and white table linens mixed with the reds and greens.

This is a timeless look that is easy to achieve. Here they have used olive branches, but any greenery you have on hand would work. Mix the greenery with various size candles and a simple table runner, makes for an elegant table setting. Source apartment therapy.com.

Another beautiful option using candles, greenery, and red berries. What really grabbed my attention are the napkins, so fun and a unique twist to this timeless look.

Here’s a completely different look, it’s a look that would work for any time of the year. Gold finishes are the current trend, mix it with the black and white table linens and greenery for a very formal, elegant dinner party.

This is a creative way to use succulents for your centerpiece, it looks gorgeous mixed with the gold, black, and white. This centerpiece is great for your table year round with very little maintenance.

It doesn’t get any more simple than this timeless look. This would look great on an entryway table, mantle, or your dinning table. Use varying size vases and tree trimmings to add more interest. If you don’t have a live tree like us on the island any greenery will work.

A fun twist is to also add ornaments, and this is also a great option for small living spaces where a tree may not be an option.

If you have extra ornaments or special ones, this is a great way to display them out of reach of the little hands.

Paper whites and red ribbons are a beautiful combo. Source www.theartoftheroom.com.

Cute door ideas, perfect way to greet your friends and family for the holiday season.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and are inspired to try one of the looks.

Thank-you all for checking out my blog and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your friends!

Jessica

Hello friends, hope you all are well and enjoying the new year.

Today’s blog post features pictures from a local Chinese antique store, The Oriental Place, that a friend and I visited last week. This local shop has been in business since 1999, and offers original antiques from China. The prices were reasonable, they carry anything from one of a kind porcelain, small unique gifts, up to large furniture pieces. For the ladies stationed on the island they will open their shop for coffees or business meetings, and offer information about their beautiful Chinese antiques.

Hope you enjoyed taking a look at this lovely Antique store, all the intricate carving and colorful painted furniture are amazing. The brushes you saw in a few pictures that look like old shaving cream brushes are caligraphy brushes, they are a great affordable gift idea, I’d never seen these until moving here. If you are in the area it’s definitely worth checking out. They also offer gift cards, perfect for a friend or family member, they are available starting at $25. Their website is www.orientalplaceokinawa.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/orientalplaceokinawa.