From Mexico, With Love

You know how sometimes when you have a great idea, and try to implement it, you realize that something is just missing? Everything looks good, but you're not wow'ed. You need that Emeril "BAM!" to bring it all together. Well, that's how we felt when we centered our talavera flower vases in the middle of our mock-up table. Something was just missing! We needed to transition from vase to table.... but what!?

"Carpetitas!" Here in the states, we refer to them as doilies. At least in my family, my mom decorates everything with doilies. Microwave? Sas! Gets a doilie. The VCR? Cap it with a doilie. The computer tower? Toma! Doilie for that too! It must be an integral part of interior decoration for our families' homes. I guess they give electronics and tables an old school look, accentuating some character. But we decided that they would make our centerpieces hot!

Like I usually do to request items on that side that somehow need to make it over here, I called my family in Mexico. I called my tia, my Dad's oldest sister, and let me tell you: she knows how to knit! Blankets, tablecloths, doilies, little baby hats.... anything! Actually many of my aunts and my grandmothers know how to make knitted curiosidades. Here is a sample of some of the 30 doilies that my aunt made for us in like 3 months.




What do you guys think? Fall colored flowers, vase, doilie, and wine tablecloths? Does it fit?


Do you put doilies on everything? I think when I close the laptop I may just have to put one on it. lol