Southern Tables
What fun it is to set a beautiful table! What fun it is to see so many beautiful tables. Thank you so much to Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for hosting Tablescape Thursday. Throughout the year we get to be creative and share our ideas and see wonderful ideas from others.
Here is a place setting for our New Years Day brunch:

Rosemary and Thyme
Rosemary for remembrance – to remember the good times and the bad throughout the past year. Cherishing the good and learning from the bad. The wreath around the plate is for continuity. While we are alive we should remember to LIVE!
Now a look back at some of my favorite tablescapes from A Southern Life through the year.

The garden in the spring

On the porch

Moonlight and Magnolias

New Orleans Brunch

Snack by the Pool

Lunch at the Cottage

Lakeside Picnic

Autumn on the Porch

Halloween Table

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Seaside

Thanksgiving

Christmas by the Fire
Thank you to everyone who has joined my here at A Southern Life this year. I really appreciate everyone of you – your visits, your comments, your wonderful input. Some of you, I have gotten to know and made some wonderful friendships. Some just visit and I never know – and that is okay. THANK YOU!!!
Wishing all of you a very, very HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Today’s Lagniappe: New Year’s Brunch Casserole
Easy to make ahead so all you have to do on New Year’s morning is put it in the oven.
6 eggs
1/4 cup sour cream
4 oz. softened cream cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar (or more to taste)
1/2 package (or more) your choice of Jimmy Dean’s Breakfast Scrambles (I’m using ham)
Cook the breakfast scrambles in a skillet until warmed through. Set aside to cool.
Beat the eggs to break the yolks and then add the sour cream, cream cheese and cheddar cheese. Whip together with a wire whip.
After the breakfast scramble has cooled, add it to the egg mixture.
Pour the mixture in a 9 X 13 inch greased pan.
Place the mixture in the refrigerator overnight.
In the morning, set the egg casserole out while you preheat the oven to 325. Cook the casserole for 30 to 45 minutes until cooked through.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Hi Christi, I’ts been a little while since I’ve visited! I’m so glad to be back in visiting mode! What a treat to see all of your favorite tablescapes. I have only been blogging since for a little over 3 months so I missed out on some gorgeous tables. I love the magnolias. It was lovely to see all the beautiful surroundings each of your wonderful tables are set in. Thank you for this “favorites” post!
Yvonne
December 30th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
What a special setting for the new year. Thanks for a recap of your tables…love the snack on the diving board! You’re very brave! Have a very happy new year!
December 30th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
A lovely year in review!
~Liz
December 30th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I loved seeing and re-visiting some of these tablescapes — always a favorite of mine. Happy new years!
December 30th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
How fun to revisit these charming tables. I do remember many of these and the pool side lunch still has me smiling. Thanks for sharing these again. Happy New Year! ~ Sarah
December 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Wonderful collection of tablescapes! Happy New Year!
December 30th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
What fun to recap the year with your tablescapes!! I like it.
A very Happy New Year to you and yours!
December 30th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
How nice to review a year of tablescapes. Very nice. i really enjoyed seeing them-you are very creative.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Loved the year in review. You are very creative! So very pretty!
December 30th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Lovely idea. With it as cold as it is outside tonight I am dreaming of your “snack by the pool.”
December 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
What a great idea to recap the tablescapes you’ve created throughout the year. I’ve missed some and was happy to view them now. (Reminds me how fast the year has flown by though!) The snack by the pool is a terrific photo!
Happy 2010!
DD
December 30th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
A very lovely recap of your beautiful settings. Thank you for sharing. Have a happy new year
December 31st, 2009 at 1:55 am
What a lovely idea with the rosemary and a wonderful treat down memory lane with the year in review. Happy New Year.
December 31st, 2009 at 9:22 am
Very pretty..and a clever year in review as well! Go Hogs!! Ready for the Liberty Bowl??? Me, too!!!
December 31st, 2009 at 10:56 am
Love all the tablescapes, but I think my favorite is Seaside! Great job on all of them!
Thanks for the recipe!
Happy New Year!
All the best,
Eileen
December 31st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Love ALL of the inspiration!
January 1st, 2010 at 9:28 pm
It’s so wonderful to see your year in review.
I’m anxious to see what you’re creating in the new year!
Happy New Year!