Peace on Earth........

Edited to add: I did this one last Christmas but I enjoyed it so much I thought I would post it again. In fact, I need to just create it again...next week...after finals!

Peace on Earth.....Goodwill towards man.......

Quite by accident and without any planning whatsoever

did this week's tablescape come together.

I had an old map from the 1940's I had found in the trash several years ago. When we moved into this house I had the map framed in a simple frame. When I did my Christmas decorating, I moved the map into another room from where it usually is and I added a banner of gold glitter PEACE letters.

Then I borrowed another gold glitter PEACE sign from where it was 

doing its decorating job. (I guess that makes it a moon-lighting PEACE sign, huh?)
I brought in one of my globes for the center of the table.
(I used my round table since the earth is round. See the reasoning???)

My daughter Taylor had bought me a four-pack of these VERY cute glass ornaments she bought at Hob Lob for 50% off.  I had a semi-genius idea that they would make great place card holders.

Taylor also had a "Peace on Earth" rubber stamp that I used to dress up the place cards. It worked out perfectly! I used my red dishes (for the season) and threw in an aqua dish or two to match the maps and globes.

I had a bunch of cloth napkins I had bought at Dillard's this summer on clearance. The napkins had lots of small circles, so I threw them in, continuing with my round/circle theme.

I also have a bunch of aqua and red glass fishing globes that I scattered around the big globe. In case you can't tell, I added a string of lights to the inside of the wicker table as well. It made all the glitter and glass really sparkle.

For picture-taking purposes I pushed the table clear against the wall, trying to avoid all the glare from the windows. No matter what I did, I got glare from either the windows or the Christmas lights. So, go with me and act like I meant to have the light reflection everywhere!

I think the colors of the table are so bright and pretty. I love red and aqua separate and together.

See what I used to make my place cards?  Blue paint samples!!!!   We had a bunch of them here from another craft project and when I was getting out the 'peace on earth' stamp, I saw them and thought they would be perfect. I used a glue dot to stick on the place card to the glass ornament. I added the red shred after I had begun taking pictures. I think it is just what I needed to finish off the tablescape.

See all the circles? I love how the table came together without any planning. 

(Thank you Taylor for the ornament inspiration!)

My mom has a collection of small porcelain Santa Claus's that represent countries all over the world. They are only about four inches tall. I thought (if I were to ever be gifted them!!!)

that they would be perfect circling the entire globe.

Wouldn't that be cute?

I will have to suggest that to her!!!

So a map that was moved to a different room and a quad pack of new 
ornaments led to this cute little tablescape.
It was so much fun to pull together very quickly.

What a wonderful message for the Christmas season...and all through the year.

Peace.

On earth.

Goodwill towards man.

I am linking this with Tablescape Thursday and Open House Party and Stone Gable