
Showing posts with label centerpiece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label centerpiece. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2015
CELEBRATIONS: Woodland Table Numbers

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Monday, December 8, 2014
CELEBRATIONS: Red Velvet & White Tulle Table


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Monday, September 29, 2014
CELEBRATIONS: Purple & Orange Fall Centerpiece


This year I planned to go with neutrals for my fall color palette but this purple and orange burst of color happened accidentally.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
ETCETERAS: Seeded Eucalyptus Votive
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
ETCETERAS: a winter centerpiece

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Thursday, October 10, 2013
CELEBRATIONS: Black Lace Decoupage Votive

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Celebrations: fall table centerpiece

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Monday, April 30, 2012
Celebrations: mother’s day centerpiece

I wanted to make a topiary birdcage like the one above but ended up creating a simpler project that I can use as a centerpiece for Mother’s Day.



Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Celebrations: spring paper flower centerpiece

Inspired by the pretty spring projects floating around blogland I felt it was time to create a new spring centerpiece.

These three projects {above} were linked up on my link party and featured on the Inspiration Board within the last month. These were my main source of inspiration when I created my spring paper flower tree. {left} Mulberry Paper Flowers ~ Craftberry Bush {middle} Bird Lamp ~ Creative Chaos {right} Spring Paper Wreath ~ Ivaalex
I loved different aspects of each project… the muted watercolors on the Mulberry Flowers, the airy feeling of the Bird Lamp and the variety of color on the Spring Paper Wreath.

For my flowers, I used very cheap napkins as the paper.

I sprinkled water on the napkins and then dabbed water color paints here and there until I achieved a mottled effect. Since the napkins are wet, the paint bleeds together nicely. My primary colors were blue, pink and yellow/green. Once you’re done painting, let the napkins dry thoroughly.

I wanted tiny little flowers so I cut strips of the napkins and used this tutorial originally designed for crepe paper.

When you make these flowers, try to find interesting parts of the napkin with different colors and tones.

The little blue birds are made out of rice paper and I recycled them from this project I made last year.

The flowers are extremely fragile so be careful when putting together your tree.

I may keep one little bird perched on top but I haven’t decided.

I didn’t want the entire tree covered in flowers so I added some silk flower leaves to give it a little bit of an airy feeling.

This will be the centerpiece of my Easter brunch table. I can hardly wait to add more tablescape details.
Thanks for visiting.
Carolyn
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Etceteras: bread basket bird nest
I sense that the craft world is ready to move on from winter. I’m seeing a lot of colorful projects that include pastels, flowers and delicate fabrics. I’m ready too, but before I spring into spring, I wanted to create one more winter centerpiece for my table.
This snow bird centerpiece is made out of a silver bread basket. Because I may want to use my bread basket again someday, I lined the bottom with paper and then glued down oasis and a mound of moss. I painted twigs, a branch and a green ceramic bird with white spray paint.
This little snow bird will stay warm and cozy on my dining room table until spring. As the season starts to change, I may add eggs and small flowers and use this as a spring center piece.
If I can wait that long... I may have to give this little snow bird an early spring.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Etceteras: berries in the snow
It doesn’t snow where I live. In fact, it’s not uncommon to see people in shorts on Christmas day. So, in order to have a white Christmas around here, you have to buy it in a can.
This year I wanted to some snow for my table centerpiece. I created these berries in the snow using twigs, red faux berries and canned snow.
Now, even though the sun is out, we can have a white Christmas too.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Etcetera: fall leaf centerpiece
If you’re ready to give up summer and start putting out fall décor, this centerpiece will definitely make an autumn statement.
To make this centerpiece, you’ll need:
Fall leaves (natural or silk)
Oasis
Pot or planter
Optional: floral picks, twine to embellish your pot, glue gun, tacky glue
For my centerpiece, I wrapped the terra cotta pot that I used in sisal twine. Starting at the top, I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue and wrapped the twine around and around until I reached the bottom. I don’t have any pictures of this part of the process because my hands were covered in glue!
- My leaves didn’t come with stems or picks so I hot glued them to pieces of wire. I used about 5 leaves per wire and sort of fanned them out.
- Start sticking the wires into the oasis going around in a circle until the pot is completely filled.
- You need a lot of leaves to get an abundant, full effect.
- Once you’ve filled your pot with leaves, you can fluff them or rearrange them until you’re satisfied.
All done and...
time for a nap!
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