Saturday, August 9, 2008
Red White and blue party Ideas
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Labels: Baby shower, celebrations, dinner table, Flag Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, red white and blue, table settings
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Cute Napkin Folds
Tanya also has a ton of yummy recipes on her blog as well. Make sure you hop on over there and check out her blog.
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Labels: dinner table, napking folding, recipes, table settings
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Chalkboard napkin rings!
How cool is this! Chalkboard napkin rings .....placesetting name tag and napkin ring in one! I found these online at MoMa Store (click on the name) They are pricey at $65.00 for a set of four! But why not make some yourself. Paint the chalkboard paint on some wooden napkin rings that you already own and Voila! You are good to go.
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Labels: chalkboard paint, napkin rings, table settings
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Summertime Dining outdoors
These are some photos I got from Sur La Table and Pottery Barn. I love the dining table at the bottom with all the glass candle holders hanging overhead. I think I will do this next month and have it be like fireflies are dancing above our heads while eating outside.
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Labels: dinner table, Get togethers, outdoor dining, patio dining
Modern Country Dining Rooms
DINING ROOMS! I love them. They are the place where the family gathers for those special meals when the "nice" dishes come out of the closet. It is also the place where we bring our guests to make them feel special. I love putting fresh flowers on the table,I like to use chargers with a nice dinner plate and sometimes a salad plate or soup bowl. A freshly laundered pressed napkin (if I have the time to iron them) with a some sort of special touch...a ribbon, a flower or just a fun napkin ring.
I love the white sideboard table with the urns and large glass bowls holding silver balls. Look how they changed up the ratan chairs by adding a white cloth over each chair back. And Hello...look at the chandelier made to look like a nest using grapevines and then adding pearls! How funky is that!
Please let us know if any of these photos inspires anyone of you to do something out of the ordinary in your dining room by leaving us a comment or two.
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Labels: dining room, dinner table, modern country, Old Fashioned
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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.
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Labels: celebrations, Centerpiece, colorful dishware, dinner table, dishes, entertaining at home, family dinner time, Family time, Get togethers, plates, table settings, Yellow dishes
Monday, May 5, 2008
Use what you have to set the table
My daughter, Madeline and I got out lots of my dishes, napkins, tablecloths and fabrics and played around with them to come up with many different options of how to set the table. Madeline is a photographer and took many photos of the settings so you can see what what we did.Here is black and white plates on a white table cloth with a black fabric runner going down the center of the table. A red napkin folded in what is called the "The bird of paradise fold" with a fresh white daisy in the middle of it. We also used an old clock for the centerpiece. Use interesting things that you would not normally use.
napkin into a "fan" and
once again used the white daisy.
Using the black and white plates but putting them on dark placemat and using a white napkin with a napkin ring, it looks more formal now.
Finally we put a large yellow dinner plate underneath the black and white plate and used a printed napkin and folded it into the "rose" look and put a small radish in the middle.
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
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/
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Labels: celebrations, Centerpiece, colorful dishware, dinner table, dishes, entertaining at home, family dinner time
Monday, April 14, 2008
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!
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Labels: Centerpiece, dinner table, entertaining at home, family dinner time, Family time, gatherings, Old Fashioned
Friday, April 11, 2008
Lime Green Plates
Paired with simple white dishes and striped lime green and turquoise place mats this table is so fresh looking.
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Labels: colorful dishware, dinner table, dishes, entertaining at home, family dinner time, Get togethers, pillow case tablecloths, plates, stylesisters, table settings