Add Color To Your Table Setting

My daughter Madeline and I start off with a simple placesetting: I used a cute beachy plastic dessert/salad plate (from Big Lots 4 for $4.99) stacked on top of a square white plate placed on an angle and then stacked on top of a large yellow plate used as a charger plate. It's o.k..... but it is just not popping for me so on to the next photo so you can see what we continue to add to make this really look great.
We have added a punch of color by using a plastic hot pink goblet with a little paper umbrella in it and we have taken the plain white napkin and put a silk flower around it for a napkin ring. I cut the flower off the long stem but left about 5 or 6 inches so I could bend it into a circle to wrap around the napkin.

More color!! I found some amazing blue tissue paper laying around the house and we decided to make a table runner from it!! We also set the other placesetting across from it and used an orange colored plastic goblet for fun. Just by adding a few simple colorful accessories, the table top now pops and it looks like a celebration is just about to happen. Have fun, be creative, try new things to make your dinner table come alive.

Napkin Folding

Sometimes just a simple fold is all you need. Look at these gorgeous green plates on a light blue tablecloth with simple white napkins!



Or how about a brown napkin folded and tied with a white ribbon and a small stemmed flower tucked into the ribbon. So simple and yet it adds a nice touch to the table.




See more ideas on our website http://www.thestylesisters.net/ under entertaining ideas. These photos are from http://www.theknot.com/

Simple Centerpiece

Don't you just love simple things! This is a milk bottle carrier with old milk bottles filled with flowers from a garden. It has character, color and design. Sometimes we may fret about what to put on our tables for a centerpiece when all we have to do is look around the house for something unique to put some flowers in. You might have an old water pitcher, or a glass vase lost in the back of a cupboard somewhere...bring it out and breathe new life into it by putting it on display filled with flowers. So Simple and yet so beautiful and pleasing to the senses!

Lime Green Plates

I just love these cute lime green salad plates! I bought them last year at the after Christmas sale at Pier One Imports. They not only work for Christmas and the fall season but also spring time because they look so fresh!


Paired with simple white dishes and striped lime green and turquoise place mats this table is so fresh looking.

MacKenzie-Childs Cake stands

Don't you just love these cake stands by MacKenzie-Childs!! I have always had a fondness for this line of pottery. I love the colors, patterns and childlike playfulness this line of pottery has. I don't own any of these dishes but one day I hope to have a few pieces. They are a little on the pricey side but with all the work that goes into them I think they are worth it.