MidWestMermaid

I don’t have all my appliances yet - but I have my pretty things to make me smile 🏁💙

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“ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤—𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪—𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕤, 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖.”
—ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝔻𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕟𝕤
Shout out to an amazing company - last year they sent me this pretty flocked prince tree and some gorgeous ornaments that are glass and so vintage looking - all in shades of blue which I love ❤️ the flocked wreath I use as a centerpiece - the battery operated lights are magical 🎄 this year we planned to celebrate Christmas at our Florida home - so the 9 ft tree was shipped there - 🌲
I am learning that not all plans happen on my personal timeline - God sometimes has other plans and I am learning to trust - I may not understand and I may be annoyed but I need to Trust HIM.
My husband has been through 9 cancer treatments and 3 surgeries during this pandemic - he is doing great ~ but these have been the most challenging months in our lives - throw this virus in the mix and it’s crazy . So we obviously can’t travel - I would love to be in the warmth of Florida decorating my coastal tree - or go to see my parents - the doctors here and the CDC are begging people not to travel so we are listening to the science - to help keep all our family safe - ❤️ knows we can’t get to Florida and they said - Don’t worry about it - we will show your new tree next year 🌲🌲 what a company - I can’t thank them enough and I say to you - yes they have gorgeous trees and ornaments and you are seeing them all over the gram- but you should also know there are real awesome people that work there and truly care ❤️❤️❤️
I hope all my Instagram friends are healthy and enjoy their thanksgiving as strange as it might be this year - ❤️ .

𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕, 𝕥𝕖𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦;
𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦;
𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦;
𝕀𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦.
𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝔼𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝔾𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖
Are you a tea drinker ? I’m a coffee drinker but love some relaxing tea afternoon - and sleepy tea in the evening 😌 tea is a loose leaf tea I discovered - it’s all hand blended with no pesticides - the flavors are so fun - My favorite is the holiday embrace herbal tea - it’s a cranberry chai - made with cranberries- orange peel- cinnamon- ginger and gives me all the holiday feels 🎄🎄- I steep in boiling water for about 5 minutes and drink it without anything added - give them a try - my discount code is MARCOISLAND for 10% off - great Christmas gifts to buy online .

Food for thought ~

𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪.
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕪 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞.
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕞;
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕛𝕠𝕪.
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤;
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕪.
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕪𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕞;
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕞.
𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟;
𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖.
𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕤 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖?
𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝔸𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕦𝕣 𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕕.

How perfect is this tray ? I love the herringbone pattern with the wood - it has quickly become my favorite tray - great gift to give it to gift yourself 🤣 check out .

"𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕨𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖’𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕞𝕦𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖,’ 𝕂𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕. ‘𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖." — 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕒 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕤𝕚𝕖.
How pretty is this bar tray from. ? I’m using mine as a hot chocolate station these days - and one of my ice tea cup serves as a candy cane holder 🍭 don’t be afraid to use your nice copper and display it every day - yeah it’s a bar tray and I might have walked around the house acting like I was a waitress like when I was 18 ;-) - anyway- copper is so fun to decorate with and this week I have so many new things to show you from for gifting ideas - this is the time of the year they can customize and engrave women of their items - so check it out - they have gifts for all budgets 🎁.
Hot chocolate - marshmallows or not? .

This is my idea of eating fruit 🍎- apples dipped in caramel and rolled in chocolate and so many toppings!! For over 25 years we have given Mrs PRINDABLES apples as corporate gifts - and as party favors at our Christmas parties - this year sure looks different 🍎 while I am counting my blessings - I think I will pass these individually wrapped goodies to the helpers - 🚐📦my delivery people - the doctors 🩺👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️🥼and assistants -Our vet🐈🐶🦮- the sweet neighbor - 🥰I may not be able to be with my extended family this year but there are so many people I’m also thankful 🍁for - so think of the helpers -😘 you can snag anything from for 15% through the end of the month - use my code Mermaid15 and make someone’s day sweeter 🍎🍎 .

“𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕧𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟'𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕧𝕒𝕚𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖. 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣.” ~~ 𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕒𝕟 ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕡𝕖𝕣 ℕ𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕤.
Things ARE better !! We got a fake dog because the ( real) dogs can’t jump all over Pete while he is healing - I’m happy to say he is feeling so Good and healing fast - God is good and all your prayers were so appreciated 🙏🏻❤️
MAJOR shoutout to - here is one of my 3 foot trees they sent me a few years ago - this year with this unexpected sickness they have been so kind - my 9 foot tree was shipped to our Florida home and we haven’t been. Able to get there yet - we love but in case you needed to know - the PEOPLE running that company CARE- that means everything 🌲🎄

We thought today is a great day to gift someone a Chloe 16 piece set of dishes- service for 4 !White is such a neutral that you can use alone or as a base to layer your tablescape - right now this set is sold at Macy’s - so here are the simple rules - follow me and - tell me what caught your eye about this set - tag some friends that night like to get in on this ! We will use a random app Thursday to choose one lucky person - must live in USA and be over 18 - this is in no way endorsed or sponsored by Instagram - just us - spreading some early holiday cheer ! Tag us in stories for an extra 5 entries - I will link this set in my stories - good luck !! Remember - follow me and ( we check )

So much fun putting together some more finds from - about a month ago I showed you a more traditional Christmas vignette with supplies from there - today I’m showing you more coastal goodies - because - if you didn’t know - I’m kind of a 🧜‍♀️ - no matter your style you will be sure to find what you need .

𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕚𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖.
Soup is my comfort food - this pot was a dream to cook in and clean !! They are still offering $25 off this set until the 11 th - it will be in my stories -

Pete is out of surgery and life is good ❤️.WHATS YOUR FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD ?

Do these canisters on my counter make me look like a good cook🤣- in my world if it involves cracking an egg it’s homemade 😘
I got this canister set from my sweet friend Keri - I have them in white too ! 🤣. Those are in our Florida place - speaking of that~ these are airtight which is so important if you don’t use your baking supplies everyday - I never have to worry about any critters when I’m away 🐜 - The Tiffany blue color is just so pretty!
😀I have 2 choices to make today - banana bread or pumpkin bread- which would you choose ? ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 ~ℕ𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤