Showing posts with label tablescape. Show all posts
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valentine's breakfast for two :: pretty in pink


After winning the Pottery Barn Mystery Box Challenge last month, I was given another opportunity to do some more styling work with Pottery Barn products. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I decided to do a romantic Valentine's breakfast for two. All the items from Pottery Barn happened to be pink, so I ran with that scheme and created a "pretty in pink" display. 


For starters, let me share with you the specific samples that arrived on my doorstep...
(Botanical Pillar Candle, Candle Pot, and the Potpourri respectively)

Okay, now do you want to create a table for your sweetheart on the 14th? Beyond the products provided, everything else I already had. I hope this little set-up inspires you to be creative with things you have around your house. I walked from room-to-room and found a few props - a shower curtain, my daughter's hair bows, a very old cake topper (more on this later) and scraps of vintage paper. Use your imagination! Also, don't stress about the food; it doesn't need to be extravagant. Since it's completely acceptable to carb-load on a holiday (oh, that's right, that's just my own justification) I included a large chocolate muffin and brown sugar cream of wheat and strawberries. Some form of chocolate and strawberries are a must to any Valentine's spread, right?! To drink, I made a sparkling cranberry juice.


On a personal note, I found more inspiration from a few items I have from my grandparents' wedding day. I love this photo of their young faces as they started their life together. Maybe even more cherished though is their cake topper. Yes, that is their original cake topper from 1947! How romantic, right!? (Now, is there anyone who wants to try a bite of the piped frosting leftover on the bottom?)  







{Disclosure: All design and styling by A. Party Style, LLC :: Products provided by Pottery Barn}

april showers bring ella flowers :: rain boot centerpieces

Just another little sneak peek of my daughter's upcoming party... What goes along with rain and umbrellas? Rain boots, of course! I found these unfinished boots at Oriental Trading Company. (Only $16.99 per dozen. Love that!) I hand painted them to match our color scheme and thought you'd like to see the process. I still have one final step yet to do - spray them with high gloss spray paint to give a shine just like the real thing! These will be the centerpiece holders for all the "Ella flowers". Okay, one week to go... gotta get back to the list.


In other news, the fundraiser event I was a part of this past week was fantastic! I had a blast and really loved how my table turned out. The other vendors knocked it out of the park as well. I met so many delightful people and have such a renewed spirit of humanity right now - I'm on cloud nine! I took a few pictures that I'll share soon, but I also have shots coming from two different photographers too. (Yay! I'm sure you'll enjoy looking at those photos a lot more than mine!)

flower placemats

A simple, yet sweet little craft I did this weekend in preparation for my daughter's birthday party - flower placemats.  It's not hard at all - just time consuming.  I'm sure it's been done a hundred times before (probably not even worth a tutorial!), but just in case someone wants to know how I made them...

You will need:
1.  10" cake rounds (available at any cake supply store)
2.  Fake flower petals (I bought them cheaply through Oriental Trading Company here - other colors available too)
3.  Hot glue gun and lots of glue sticks
4.  Patience - unfortunately I ran out of this!  After 19 boards and 900+ petals, I was ready for a new craft!


Glue petals overlapping around and around until you get to the center.  Yeap, I told you it was hard! :)


Viola!  A pretty placemat.  I think the hot pink cake plates I bought will look great atop these beauties!


These are for my daughter's April showers party, but how about these for your spring table!? Easter brunch!?  So cheap and easy.
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