Friday 23 December 2011

Christmas Wishes

Ok guys,

Last blog for the year, and shouldn't really be here as Simone and I knocked off yesterday for a week but did want to share with you my Christmas table.....

Now you're probably wondering how I can do this 3 days before Christmas, but being the person I am (Simone knows) I had a practice run .....you know.....a "play" with all the bits and pieces I had to see what would work and what wouldnt.

My 9 year old son started to help and lost interest quickly when i told him he needed to punch the holes in the drink tags a little more centered....mmmmmm .....his expression said "lighten up" or "chill out" or something along those lines.

I remembered something one of my oldest friends had posted on facebook yesterday....
"remember what's important"..... need I say more- I chilled out.

With that I decided that sometimes it is indeed better to stick with "simple"  and not go too overboard with tizz so this is what we came up with -yes he did help after i "chilled out" and he quite enjoyed it too.....


now pretend this is a trestle table (longer and skinnier) and has 9 chairs around it.....


vintage brown  paper tablecloth, white monogrammed  paper placemats...


mini glass bottles and striped straws...


french seedling pots and old candles....


flowers fresh from the garden, a pop of colour with Ikea napkins...




and then imagine this string of lights and some other paper lanterns hanging above (how I am going to do this , I am still not sure....hoping this all happens out on our deck, but with thunderstorms forecast it will most likely be inside. Better get busy tomorrow with some hooks and string..

Brown paper is actually from a vintage roll, but similar can be purchased at Ikea.

Napkins also from Ikea.

French seedling pots, striped straws and
red and white bakers twine are all from Vintage Girl at the Vintage Shed.

Paper lanterns from Typo.

Mini milk bottles purchased from Ebay

Tags and placemats handmade my me.

We hope you all have a fabulous Christmas.
Vintage Girl- Bec

3 comments:

claire said...

how organised of you!! i think those lights are going to look lovely and festive! Happy Christmas!!

Squiggly Rainbow said...

Looks Gorgeous Bec! Just lovely! Happy Christmas to you two Vintage Girls! Rach xx

Miss Maple said...

I love those polka dots string of lights. They look fabulous. Have a happy new year with lots of joyful vents.