So have I officially gotten you into holiday party mode this week? If not, maybe this blog recap will do the trick!

1. Jake from Front & Main featured photographs from West Elm shoppers including this one with their Shanna Murray Salad Plates. Perfect for pumpkin pie too!
2. Leave it to Pottery Barn’s Inside & Out Blog to reinvent the holiday table setting by perching the silverware on birch slices. How fun!
3. Mercury glass is huge right now and HGTV’s Design Happens Blog knows it. Here are some gorgeous pieces on a mantle along side their DIY Felt Ombre Trees.
4. (in)Courage showed off some lovely Daily Grace tableware this week. I love the understated messaging on white porcelain vases, pitchers, and platters.
5. And finally, a message about parties and life in general from the Hunted Interior. Sometimes it does end up different no matter how hard you plan and it really is almost always better that way. At the very least, you’ll come out of it with a story to tell.