{"id":21055,"date":"2013-12-11T19:29:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T00:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21055"},"modified":"2013-12-11T19:29:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T00:29:33","slug":"christmas-plaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=21055","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Plaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I didn&#8217;t sleep much last night.\u00a0 There&#8217;s excitement in the air.\u00a0 Tonight I am the third part of a three-part progressive dinner that is taking place on the street where we live for an organization I am involved in.\u00a0 We have 60 plus people coming.\u00a0 (I am not saying the exact number because Mr. Right doesn&#8217;t know.\u00a0 After he reads this blog entry, he will probably ask for more info.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hesitant to tell him the exact number.\u00a0 That&#8217;s where the sixty <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">plus<\/span> comes in.)\u00a0 I am making all of the desserts to satisfy my tendency to be a control freak.\u00a0 Oh yeah, and I like to bake.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21056\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6796-1024x911.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6796-1024x911.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6796-362x323.jpg 362w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6796.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I mentioned here before that I have a Christmas plaid thing going on here this year.\u00a0 A little old-fashioned and a little retro make me happy.\u00a0 I needed another container for one of our pointsettias, and so I had an idea.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21061\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6794-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6794-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6794-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">I had some plaid wrapping paper left over from<a title=\"Making MERRY\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/12\/08\/making-merry\/\"> this project<\/a>, and so I put it to use.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21057\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6797-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6797-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6797-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">First, I traced the sunflower circle from my gingham container, which, by the way, is the first purchase I ever made at Home Goods years ago.\u00a0 I actually bought two of them, and the other one is now brown.\u00a0 I digress&#8230;.(but that&#8217;s because I&#8217;m edge.\u00a0 You know.\u00a0 Sixty plus and all.)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21058\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6798-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6798-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6798-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Then I cut out a circle the same size.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21059\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6799-1024x918.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6799-1024x918.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_6799-360x323.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Using a glue stick, I just pasted it onto the container&#8230;&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-21065\" alt=\"Christmas Plaid\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Plaid-1024x895.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Plaid-1024x895.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Christmas-Plaid-369x323.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">&#8230;..and put the poinsettia in it.\u00a0 Voila!\u00a0 The container has gone from fall to winter and fits in with the rest of our Christmas decorations.\u00a0 This is not exactly how I will be using it for the party, but you&#8217;ll have to come back next week to see what I do with it.\u00a0 Because the party is tonight, and I haven&#8217;t taken the photos yet.\u00a0 Do we have a date?\u00a0 Great.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Take care.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t sleep much last night.\u00a0 There&#8217;s excitement in the air.\u00a0 Tonight I am the third part of a three-part progressive dinner that is taking place on the street where we live for an organization I am involved in.\u00a0 We have 60 plus people coming.\u00a0 (I am not saying the exact number because Mr. Right 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