This is a sponsored post in partnership with IKEA Schaumburg. All thoughts opinions and anecdotes are my own.
Did you know that I love IKEA? Did you know how much I love IKEA? Well, I do and now I love them for more than furniture. I could shop IKEA 365 days of the year. Today I get to tell you how much I love them for table settings, and how you really should go ahead and stop by the kitchen utensils section in your closest IKEA (make the drive, you’ll love it – make sure to have lunch there too) to pick up some pretties for your kitchen outside of that new family table. Now, they’ve introduced their new dinnerware, IKEA 365, and it holds true to its name. Functional 365 days of the year, and just fancy enough to use for the upcoming New Year celebration!
I stopped by my local store IKEA Schaumburg to pick up some dishes for a perfect New Year’s Day setting, whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It was pretty fun walking through and picking up pieces from the IKEA 365 collection, to decorate my table with AND prepare food on. I think that’s the way you know you’re a real adult. You enjoy receiving domestic items. IKEA is like a huge playground for adults, and being able to play in the breakables section is like your parents giving you permission to touch EVERYTHING!
I started with a red and black base and built from there with, what else? White dishes. Clean, because I wanted to be able to use these dishes for the remainder of the year. I’m kind of like Alton Brown in that I don’t like unitaskers. I don’t like having “special” dishes because I have four kids and no space to put dishes just to show them off. If I’m setting the table with them, we’re eating off of them. Capiche? IKEA 365 is the perfect selection of dishes. Different shapes, depths, and sizes to fit any family-style.
I shopped the IKEA 365 plates and serving dishes and paired them with table runners, and various woven and metal chargers for a bit of texture. Candles, wooden cutting boards and utensils, and you have a wonderfully festive, but normal table ready for the holidays. I thought about adding lights and glitter balls, but let’s face it, I have the Twizzlers and the ladybug, and it’s just not going to be a normal dining experience if I added Christmas lights. Too much laughing at the table, and no photos. Maybe another time? However, it isn’t a bad idea for you to add them to glam up your table setting for the special day. Using the cutting board as a centerpiece, you could definitely spruce it up quite a bit.
The setting of tables takes me back to my Granny’s home a long time ago. She always had her dining room table set (with plastic covers on the chairs – OUCH!) and there was something so glorious about walking into that room without shoes on because if she caught you with them on your feet, you were in big trouble! Her punch bowl with the matching crystal ladle and cups sat on her china cabinet, and the room was ready for company should they happen to stop by unannounced.
This is how I want to have my house at all times. Ready for company. Ready to serve a meal up in a minute, and always festive for my family and friends. It will just be my secret that the china didn’t cost an arm and a leg, right?
Wave goodbye to the year and cheer the New Year.
The only New Year’s tradition we observe is to have black eyed peas, for good luck.
I call my mom.
Gathering together with the family to watch the ball drop on television.
I really don’t have a New Years tradition, but I think we’re going to create some.
Eating soba noodles for good luck
My husband and I watch Tv , have a toast, count our blessings and make a wish for the New Year!
We stay in, avoid the drunks, and get drunk at home while we watch the New Year’s Eve celebration on TV.
We don’t really have any special New Year’s traditions…unless of course you count falling asleep in front of the TV!
We usually fall asleep while watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rocking Eve broadcast. Nothing too special!
We eat and watch the ball drop with our kids.
We stay up, kiss each other and go to bed..Eat Black Eyed Peas and a form of greens on New Years Day..
Lots of finger foods & movies!!~
We always eat sauerkraut (cabbage) on new years day to bring good luck
My brother is in from California, so we are all together to celebrate with a huge dinner and pasta from my homemade pasta press. Happy New Year!!!!
We stay home with the kids and watch tv and have a dinner of appetizers – pigs in blankets, pizza rolls, egg rolls, etc. – and just snack all night 🙂
We eat grapes at midnight – 12 grapes for 12 months. I learned it when I visited Spain!
We’re so lame. Our tradition is usually to be in bed before midnight.
My husband and I share a kiss at midnight
My extended family and I usually share a meal together after Watch Night Service.
We go to the movies every New years eve and ring in the new year while watching a flick! Thank you for the chance.
We have food before midnight and a toast at midnight.
We don’t have set traditions, but this year i threw my back out today, so it doesn’t matter anyway.
stay in, avoid the drunks watch a movie
I each give each other one small gift.
Our tradition in our family is that we have ham for New Years dinner.
We don’t really have any. We usually watch the ball drop together but that’s about it. thank you!
We watch the peach drop
We don’t have any New Years Traditions
I don’t have any real new year traditions. I do like to watch the all drop tho.
We eat black eyed peas.
We watch the ball drop.
Drop a homemade ball with the kids at home!
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We toast and kiss at midnight and always eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck. I always like to do a year in review for myself and set some goals for how I want the next year to look.
Every year we get together as a family and have a seafood dinner.
I love to gather with friends and play games and eat!
Lots of finger foods
We celebrate with snacks and music followed by a sparkling juice toast.
We have lots of appetiziers!
We just play cards and watch the ball drop on tv. With four kids nothing really special!
We don’t have any New Years Eve traditions Usually I fall asleep before midnight and miss the ball dropping
spending the nite with family then new years day a big turkey dinner
We hang out with family and play bingo. Thank you
Go out to eat with another couple, then a movie, then back to their house to watch the ball drop on tv.
We don’t have any New Years Traditions
My husband and I have a kiss thats about it
I just have a small family party.
We usually stay put and watch the ball drop on TV.
We also do the countdown the last ten seconds until midnight- and the new year!
We have done lots of different things, never really settled on a tradition.
when my son was younger and it was just the two of us, we would go to the store in the morning or the day before and he could pick out ANY foods he wanted for NYE…yep, sometimes it was cereal and other times it was shrimp…the whole point was, out of all the year, THIS night was THE night to finish the year off with a throw it all to the wind attitude 🙂
Except being with friends and eating, we don’t really have any traditions.
Over the past couple of years we’ve really enjoyed watching the college football playoffs during New Year’s Eve! Boomer Sooner!
I don’t have any special New Year’s traditions.
We don’t have any traditions other than to take down the Christmas decorations on New Year’s Day.
we get together as a family and eat dinner together
We have a family game night. We played Scattegories and Apples to Apples along with a few card games.
No we don’t have any New Years traditions. We usually just go out to dinner early .
We like to put something into the slow cooker, then go for a little hike together.
The last few years our tradition has been jammies and bed at 9pm.
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We set a good intention for the new year and tell each other the happiest moment of the last one, and one thing we would like to change.
My resolution is to enjoy every moment and milestone with my children because the years have been going by too fast!
I try to catch the twilight zone marathon before and after I go out
We get together with friends and family and play games all night!
We always go out to the same restaurant on New Years Eve.
We just celebrate with family and friends at home with lots of food and drinks, music, games, etc.
Every year for the last 5 years, my friends and I have ordered food from our favorite restaurant and chill in for the night. We love that relaxing atmosphere, and its a great way to set the tone for the year!
We stay home and watch the ball drop on tv. Then we have a champagne toast at midnight!
The only tradition my family has observed is praying the New Year in at Watchnight service.
We spend time with our friends on New Year’s Eve and go to mass on New Year’s Day to celebrate the Solemnity of Mary.
We always go over to my aunt and uncles and eat, drink and play board games.
We just always have a family dinner and play games
My New Years tradition is eating 12 grapes!
My New Year’s tradition is stay home and take down the Christmas tree.
I don’t really have any special New Year’s traditions.
We really don’t have any traditions we just eat dinner later at about 10pm and then watch the ball drop, after we watch a movie.
Playing games is a tradition.
We watch the ball drop together.
We do nothing but watch a movie at home and I am in bed by 10pm
We stay up and sip on some champagne!
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We spend time with our friends on New Year’s Eve and go to mass on New Year’s Day.
We always make shrimp cocktail and piggies in a blanket hot dogs haha
We have dinner at my parent’s house usually.
My resolution is to eat healthy
We always do the party hats and horns with the kids!
we have a new years day dinner and share our favorite memories with the family
We also like to watch the ball drop in NYC on television. I remember doing that as a kid with my family.
We jst have dinner with family
On New Years we always go to church. It has been our tradition for years and have a celebration after 12
We usually go to mom for lunch and she has sauerkraut, pork roast and mashed potatoes. Then for dinner I make ham, potatoes and cabbage.
we take holiday family pictures every year
We love staying home and watching the ball drop as a family and then watching football and the Rose parade the next day.
Spending time with a few good friends!
We usually just watch to ball drop or watch a movie and eat special NYE snacks at home! We live in a pretty rural area! 🙂
Nothing super special.. Im always sure to watch the ball drop with my kids, and on New Years Day we have Pork and Sauerkraut!
I call my mom and dad.
We let the kids invite over a couple pf friends each then we buy a bunch of junk food and watch scary movies all nght
We always stay in with the kids and watch 1 of the countdown programs to see the ball drop.
Spending time with close friends and going to mass on New Year’s Day.
To be happy and healthy!!
Every year at midnight, I take a picture of each child. When they were younger, I snuck into their room to snap it.
I don’t know what I will do when they don’t live with me anymore. I suppose beg them to take their own photo and send it to me! LOL!
Our tradition is to rent movies and have a couple beers and some popcorn while staying up past our bedtime.
We don’t have any traditions. This year, I had to work.
Our tradition is to celebrate together with the whole family
We have a new years party every year
We usually make resolutions, but this year we decided to focus on a word instead. I chose present, as in I want to be more present in my life this year.
My mom always said it was bad luck to take the tree down until New Year’s Day. So in her memory, I keep that tradition. (Even though sometimes it makes me a little crazy!) 🙂
Thank you for the giveaway. My tradition has always involved our kids. My kids are now teenagers. I try to keep the tradition going to make plenty of memories with them, especially since our son is now 18.
For New Years Eve, we either buy pizza or cook something fun. We then binge watch television shows that are geared toward the New Year. We also start taking down the Christmas decorations.
Our tradition is staying home and watching the ball drop with the kiddies!
I spend time with my children.We buy a lot of snacks and drinks and watch some movies till about an hour before the ball drops
Spending time with friends with family!
We stay at home and stay away from the crazies.
We just love to stay home and watch TV or movies and make up a bunch of NYE snacks! 🙂
We just always stay home and watch TV or a movie and eat snacks! Works for us! 🙂
we just stay at home together!!
I always call my dad, sister and brother at midnight to wish them Happy New Year.
We celebrate with family and friends!
I spend the nights with the grandkids..
we watch the ball drop.
We usually watch the ball drop, we try to wish all of our friends and family a good new year and if possible I do like to have pork (with or without sauerkraut) and other lucky foods.
we visit parents for the holidays
We scrub down the house to have a fresh start to the new year!
We stay up with the kids to celebrate with lots of snacks. Usually only 1 of them is still awake when it’s time haha.
Every year we welcome friends & family over for help celebrate bringing in the new year with spirits, some great food, & music.
We just like to get together with family and watch the ball drop and eat!
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And where are all my pork and sauerkraut folks??
Our tradition is to have chicken livers wrapped in bacon and lil smokies.
We watch the countdowns on tv and marathons of the twilight zones
We have a nice quiet night at home watching the ball drop.
We typically just watch the ball drop or watch movies and make NYE snacks at home! 🙂
Spending time with friends.
I always cook a special dinner with a dime in the blackeyed peas.
We watch the ball drop on tv with the kids and cook out.
We make many snacks, play games, and watch the ball drop.
we bake Christmas cookies with my kids
We usually host a game night with friends and family and have appetizer type foods and lots of drinks.
we ask each other questions and record them to read the next year.
Traditionally, we are bringing in the New Year at my parent’s home. We prepare a few finger foods, open a bottle of bubbly, and wait for the count down! it’s always a joy to celebrate with family!
Football. Always lots of football with my Dad!
going the movies for new year
I watch Anderson and Kathy
I spend the evening with my husband. Sometimes we travel down south and sometimes just stay home and have our own little party. I make up some appetizers and some type of fun cocktail.
Every New Year I clean out the closets to collect things to donate to the women’s shelter.
Our special New Year’s traditions is to have a big meal with family on New Year’s Day, and we all share what our resolutions will be.
We usually try to put all the Christmas things away, but this year we hosted a Christmas we couldn’t fit into the weekend before with other Christmas celebrations and birthdays.
Absolutely none–it is pretty much just another day for me.
We actually don’t have any right now, but next year our plan is taking our little girl to the beach to watch the fireworks, and hopefully turns this into yearly tradition.
Eating crab legs!
Normally spend a more low-key evening at home with some friends, but sipping champagne, of course! 🙂
i do not have any new years traditions. i just do the same thing that i do every other day.
We always stay home and have dinner with our neighbors. Ham is Delicious!
We have our black eyed peas, rice and greens!
Watch the celebrations all over the world on TV, then retire early! 🙂
The only thing I do is review my prior year’s goals, see how far I have come (or how little) and write down new goals for the upcoming year. It drives me to be a better person all year long.
Midnight champagne toast.
We love spending time with our family and friends.
We have a family dinner with corn bread, greens, and black eyed peas! We spend the evening playing board games.
Get some party hats
baking cookies together with my family
Our New Year’s tradition is to have a group dinner with champagne on the Eve and then make pork and sauerkraut for New Year’s Day.
We let the kids stay up and celebrate together at home as a family
We have appetizers and play board games.
Black eyed peas!!!
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Baking cookies
We get together with friends to bring in the new year.
I do not have any New Year’s Traditions.
We just stay home and hang with the kids.
We have black eyed peas for good luck
We don’t have any New Year traditions.
we stay up and watch the ball drop and drink champagne, then we celebrate our kitty’s birthday with some celebratory fancy feast (for him, not us! LOL)
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I don;t have any New Years Traditions
Staying at home and going to bed before 12 LOL!!
Don’t really have any
I set goals with milestones for the year.
Is it weird that I’ve never been to Ikea? New Year’s resolution? 😀
Our family’s new year tradition is at midnight the males have to go out the door and at midnight re-enter, and it’s supposed to bring good luck.
we have a new years eve party
We always have seafood!
We all watch the ball drop together and also we tell each other what we would like to accomplish in the coming year.
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We just typically make NYE snacks and watch movies or watch the ball drop! 🙂
Gathering with friends and family to ring in the New Year.
I don’t have any special New Year’s traditions except for starting my spring cleaning in winter.
My husband and I share a kiss and champagne at midnight
Thanks for the giveaway…we usually celebrate with friends & family: set off firecrackers / fireworks at midnight !
I make homemade donuts every New Year’s.
Our tradition is to eat black eye peas and boiled cabbage with dinner for good luck.
A fish fry and bonfire!
We always make a toast at midnight!
we take family photos under the Christmas tree
Eating Hoppin John on New Years Day.
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Going to the desert
We also take a family snapshot on New Hear’s Evw so we can look back year after yer. It’s fun no we’ve captured some silly and fun nights!
We usually watch the countdown programs on TV.
our tradition is watching the ball drop and drinking champagne, eating cheese and grapes, and then celebrating our kitty’s birthday with some celebratory fancy feast
We play cards!
Black-eyed peas, hog jowls and collards. (for luck, health and wealth) with cornbread (for happy husband)
We relax, enjoy snacks, play games, and watch the ball drop.
We like to celebrate New Years with the kids and Martinelli’s.
we have a get together at our house with friends and family, lots of food, drinks, cards and we watch the ball drop together,
I really don’t have a tradition but I do stay home every year and watch horror movies with lots of popcorn!!!
We watch the ball drop.
We spend time with family and friends.
Try to eat better, leaving out greasy and oily fatty foods when possible
One of my resolutions is to lose the baby weight! My daughter is due in 4 days and I am already itching to work out.
I stay home, rent some great movies, and work on some projects i have going on. It is a night of things I love doing.
We go to my mother in laws for the evening. Thank you
One of mine is to clean up our messy basement
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Black-eyed peas and cabbage are our New Year’s Day MUST.
Nothing really special, but we usually stay up until midnight and wish each other a Happy New Year!
We watch the all drop on tv and eat mochi.
We have a good dinner and drink a little sparkling juice and pray for a good year!