Easter Table Candle Wreath Centrepiece...

 

So this year I had a request for an Easter table centrepiece project instead of the usual small treat packages we make...

And here is the result... a spring themed decorated wreath for a candle ... perfect in the middle of my table... I love the finished result... though TBH... a lot of sighs and swearing were heard along the way... with a lot of searching for old retired items that I know would do certain jobs!

So I knew I wanted to make the "daffodils" from Kusudama flowers  - which I used previously for a home decor project back in 2018... and I think they worked great... using various ( and any!) yellow past colour collection papers I could find (cut down to 3"squares) Finished off with retired Classy Designer buttons...

I was going to make paper cherry blossom flowers too... but then I remembered the gorgeous flowers in the long retired Indescribable Gift stamp set... and it seemed rude not to use them! Even though it took me a LONG time to find my stamps!! Coloured with Light Bubble Bath Stampin Blends and using the Color Lifter to spread it out for uber-paleness! See here for how I added dimension to the flowers...

I also have had the speckled white eggs for years... they were great as they have a little hole in the bottom that just popped onto the greenery with no further adhesive required. Likewise with the pale coloured foam eggs (cheap foam ones care of Home Bargains, B&M or Poundland or somewhere) also just popped on...

I also added a little nest bought from Yorkshire Trading this year... - plus 3 speckled eggs - but which I seemed to forget to photo...

Then some current products got some action!! 

Painted Lavender single lavender sprays inked up in Highland Heather "thumped" with a Gorgeous Grape marker pen 

And a couple of Paper Butterfly Accents butterflies to finish things off (with lots of Basics Jewel Rhinestones bling!)

Christmas Gleaming Ornaments #2 - Tutorial and The Table Light Decoration

So whilst I was making my Christmas Gleaming ornament in the coppers to co-ordinate with my own tree...  click here to see that one...

I realised that embossing on foil was a dodgy process... Firstly as it blisters if you don't heat and move quickly enough... and secondly as the glue doesn't dry so quickly... so it makes the assembly of those little baubles much more difficult than it needs to be!!!

So everyone moved onto Real Red and Very Vanilla in my classes... to stunning results... and they all co-ordinated better with their trees too...

So I had to make a few of my own... as I had had a few other ideas for the use of my ornament ... such as the simple table decoration complete with battery operated tealight you can see here...

And that has given me the chance to provide a photo tutorial too...

Inkup, stamp and punch 15 large and 15 small baubles... plus a 2 1/2" circle and die cut the Stitched Stars...

Score each bauble down the centre and bone fold...and stick three together...

Place a large Stampin Dimensional (3D foam pad) in the centre of the punched circle...

Place and adhere the 5 large trios equally around the circle... just touching the 3D foam pad in the centre

 Use your die cut star to eyeball where your smaller baubles need to go...

 Place and adhere the 5 smaller bauble trios...

 Pop your star on top...

Pop your tea-light on top... You could probably work out a way to stick the tealight onto the star and still be able to operate the switch... but this way works fine too!

Slightly different if you are producing an ornament... or fancy tag! As I have stacked up about 3-4 3D foam pads on top of each other.. and then stuck the star down onto the first 3D pad...

Then the thread gets added... with another plain punched large bauble and punched circle to cover up the back...

 And a Metallic Element on the centre to finish...

Window Box Table Decoration & Lotus Napkin Fold

So what else can you do with your Window Box hexagon light boxes... click here for the original posting with Flickavision if you are on a PC!

Simply add them to a Lotus Folded napkin for your place setting... I am so doing this this Christmas for my table!! Time to treat myself to new napkins though... as would be even easier with stiffer napkins...

This Lotus napkin fold is so quick & easy...  So much so I can still actually remember how to do it!!! So we did a quick bit of napkin folding in class this week...

Want to check out some other Napkin Folds and Table Decoration ideas - please feel free to visit my Pinterest board by clicking here...

Re-arrange your display to your hearts content!

I wasn't sure what shape our table would be on our Special 18th Birthday Celebration evening...so I just had to!! 

Unfortunately on the night none of these would have worked so they became place settings instead... 

And I was gutted that we arrived too too late on the evening for me to do a quick mass napkin folding session... as that would have been so cool for our table display! Late care of the 18 year old I hasten to add....

Eighteenth Birthday Table Centrepiece

When you have a special event... you need a big table centrepiece! The crystal base being about 15" high...

Now I am no flower arranger... and I won't bore you with all the problems that this simple arrangement caused me... it was just supposed to be a simple half-hour!!!...

But I thought I would share it in any case...

But hey it looked great on the night... though I did swich a few things at the last minute... but more on that another day!

Window Box Lights & Table Decoration

Very quick share today of a labour of love for a special event this evening... created using the Window box dies and Milestone Moments...

This project was completely inspired by a Stampin' Up! share at the November On Stage event... one which just produced a very loud gasp in the room! Had to be done.... love it...

Now I have shot you a little video to show the work in all its flickering glory... aka Flickavision... No idea if it will upload and work... only one way to find out! Believe you need Adobe Flash for it to work... 

More on this make and the event another day... but in the meantime don't forget that these dies are currently bundled with the Window Shopping stamps with the 10% discount...

And here they are in the light!