Chalk Paint™ - Beginners and Advanced Courses & Annie Sloan in Auckland For Book Signing at Le Monde, Parnell

In a previous post about Chalk Paint™, decorative paint by Annie Sloan, I wrote about Le Monde, Auckland's official stockists of Chalk Paint™. Stocking the paint has been a great success and Le Monde are well under way with their paint technique courses (beginners and advanced). I recently signed up for their advanced class and wanted to share the experience with my readers. I am also excited to announce that Annie Sloan will be in New Zealand for a book signing, Wednesday 2nd of July from 1pm - 2.30pm and Le Monde would love for you to meet Annie and celebrate this occasion with a glass of bubbly.

Chalk Paint™ - Decorative paint by Annie Sloan, finally arrives in Auckland

The moment my Auckland readers have been waiting for, Chalk Paint™, decorative paint by Annie Sloan, has finally found its home in Auckland. Many of my readers have contacted me via email and on my Face Book page to ask when the paint would be available locally, so I was extremely excited when Noelle Davies, the Director of Le Monde, contacted me last week to say Chalk Paint™ was officially in their store.

A Rustic Christmas Tablescape

Yesterday I shared a Christmas tablescape from Le Monde, French style with a touch of silver, as promised today, their rustic tablescape with an earthy feel.

If you missed yesterday's tablescape, French style with a touch of sliver you can catch up "here".  Le Monde is a fabulous homeware store in Auckland, and one of my favourite places to visit for homeware and gifts.

Tomorrow I'll be posting a simple, pretty version of a traditional English Christmas recipe that will delight everyone that takes a bite!

Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post, these are my own thoughts and images.

Christmas Tablesetting - Mauve and Silver

Christmas by tradition is Red and green but times have been a changing  and the modern Christmas can be almost any theme or colour. The traditional Christmas Angel atop the tree has flown her wings in many houses and now flowers/butterflies and bows can be seen, even the Eiffel tower is not amiss on top of a tree. There seems to be no right or wrong. So, with this in mind my Christmas table  follows my Purple/Mauve and silver theme and my Christmas tree has sprigs of mauve hydrangea amongst its decorations.

I used vintage silver cutlery and serving ware and combined with some gorgeous Laura Ashley glasses and two beautiful hurricane lamps, also from Laura Ashley. A simple setting for six. I used little silver stars and some mauve crystals to decorate the table. The small tree was from the Christmas Heirloom Company and decorated by myself.

 A cosy setting for 6

The little purple & silver boxes will hold some Rocky Road Bark for my guests. I love the fine gauzy linen tablecloth, purchased from a little shop in St Heliers called "Distinctive Linens."

Instead of using serviette rings I used two organza ribbons and tied a bow to soften the look of the table.

These exquisite glasses are from Laura Ashley - Wide platinum band optic 

wine glass - NZD54.00 each

small white rose in mercury glass from Laura Ashley - NZD39.00

A close up of this gorgeous glass -  I scattered little silver stars on the table. I also scattered some purple crystals

Gosford Cushion as previously seen "here" - Laura Ashley NZD209.00 

Silver and glass hurricane lamp from Laura Ashley - NZD179.00.  A classic looking piece, silver is fast becoming popular again. The other pieces of silver on my table are pieces passed down through our family.

These sweet "Merry Xmas" silver metal tags from Le Monde NZD$12 for 6 (great to tie to gifts/crackers or serviettes)

Zzzzz...says Poppy who was quite put out by the lack of attention during the photo shoot.

I hope you found some inspiration 

for your own Christmas table setting.

Lee oxo

&
Poppy