_: Valentine's Day Table

As Valentine's Day approaches, I've been busy playing around with

ideas for a table design that is both romantic and elegant. Aside from going out to a romantic dinner with the hubby on Valentine's Day to our favorite little spot in Malibu, we are also hosting a couple's dinner with good friends a few days before.

I incorporated my table around my Valentine's Day Mantel

Vignette that I shared last week, and I feel they compliment one another quite nicely. I hope you like my

Valentine's Day Table 2013

As I shared last week,

these adorable little red ornament hearts pulled at my "heart strings" ( no pun intended). I loved how they looked hanging on the red sparkly branch of my Valentine's mantel vignette, so I

knew I had to use them in my Valentine's table design as well. I placed one heart inside each wine goblet so that when my guests sit at the table, they find a little "love" in their glass!

Everyone who knows me knows that I

always display my dinner menus prominently

on the table, and this was exception. I found

this frame still in it's box in a closet where I keep

all of my decor items. I didn't even know I had it.

It's beautiful silver patina and red ruby accent jewels

could not be more perfect for the Valentine's Table.

I went shopping hoping to find pretty red Valentine's Day napkin rings but nothing truly spectacular caught my eye. So, I pulled out my silver napkin rings, and wrapped a shimmery red ribbon from the craft store around it, and TA-DA... the perfect little napkin ring was born!

Of course, I didn't want that pretty shimmery red ribbon to go to waste, so I used it to bundle tie my beautiful silverware. It gave the sophisticated silverware a whimsical little touch.

Besides, who doesn't like untying a pretty little bow especially

on Valentine's Day?!!

I used my ruby red and bejeweled chargers to set simple

white and platinum plates on top of. The ruby red chargers

compliment the red and silver napkin rings quite nicely,

and come together to give a cohesive look to the place setting.

I used three soft pink mercury glass candle holders in varying

sizes in the center of the table...you'll see how they

were tied together in this vignette. I loved the way

they provided a soft glow to the table when the

candles were lit inside.

I used the same red mercury glass tea lights that I used

in my Valentine's Mantel Vignette to continue that

cohesive design among both. Just like the pink mercury glass candle holders, these little votive holders gave the table a romantic glow, and complimented the ruby red chargers perfectly.

Rather than set the table in our formal dining room, I brought in a smaller table and placed it in front of the fireplace (much like I did with my New Year's table design), because I wanted

the Valentine's Mantel to be a part of this table design as well. You can see my "Valentine's Mistletoe" message in the background, and that is exactly the cohesive look I was going for.