i'm catching up on my posts and did two at one time, so if you missed the other one about our holiday activities so far just scroll down...or go
here. this year i hosted a table for the women's ministry christmas dinner at our church. it involved decorating with a centerpiece, using your china, and providing placecards/favors.
christopher helped me out greatly with the creation of the placecard holders. first of all, i have to thank chris' cousin pam for letting me take some pecans from her yard at thanksgiving! i was in their front yard walking eva and noticed how pretty some of the fallen pecans were. anyway, christopher was so sweet to drill slots in the pecans and hollow them out with his
dremel. (good excuse to use the man tools, huh?)
then i painted them with some shiny acrylic paint.
and added the placecards.
i actually used the same centerpiece i used last year but changed it up by spray painting some of the pinecones with silver & gold paint.
i also added some of the gold pecans i didn't use from the placecards. i was trying to mix the silvers & golds so that my gilded dishes (i really just wanted to use the word gilded!) would blend better with the silver tray & flatware. thanks to my mom for letting me borrow her fine flatware, as i don't have enough of my own!
for the favors, i stuck with the pecan theme. i made my grandmother's sugared pecans (which she always has at christmastime!) and put them in some tiny (and therefore cute!) chinese takeout-looking boxes. i really had fun with this project and was pleased with how everything turned out.
christopher helped me out greatly with the creation of the placecard holders. first of all, i have to thank chris' cousin pam for letting me take some pecans from her yard at thanksgiving! i was in their front yard walking eva and noticed how pretty some of the fallen pecans were. anyway, christopher was so sweet to drill slots in the pecans and hollow them out with his dremel. (good excuse to use the man tools, huh?)
then i painted them with some shiny acrylic paint.
and added the placecards.
i actually used the same centerpiece i used last year but changed it up by spray painting some of the pinecones with silver & gold paint. 
i also added some of the gold pecans i didn't use from the placecards. i was trying to mix the silvers & golds so that my gilded dishes (i really just wanted to use the word gilded!) would blend better with the silver tray & flatware. thanks to my mom for letting me borrow her fine flatware, as i don't have enough of my own! 
for the favors, i stuck with the pecan theme. i made my grandmother's sugared pecans (which she always has at christmastime!) and put them in some tiny (and therefore cute!) chinese takeout-looking boxes. i really had fun with this project and was pleased with how everything turned out.
3 comments:
If there were "like" buttons underneath your pictures, I would have LIKED every single one of them!! LOVE the pecan-placecard holders...brilliant! And I think I've mentioned my love of spraypainting stuff from the yard metallic colors already. Way cool. I am super wowed by your setup, basically. You can be my party-setter-upper any time!! (Since I host SOOO many parties, right...)
thanks erika! i got the basic idea from martha stewart living. she suggested you cut a slit at the tip of the pecan, but i didn't think it would hold the card. so christopher suggested going across the whole thing using power tools!
so impressive Katy!You're so creative!
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