What is it about this time of year that makes folks want to dress up
their tables? For 9 months of the year bunging down a plate and some
cutlery and chowing down is just fine for me, but from thanksgiving to
new year that just doesn’t seem to cut it. I want pretty and festive
and shiny and this year I also want cheap.
So, in the spirit of ‘use what you have’ I raided my jewellery box and dragged out my accessories to dress up my table.
I
used a pashmina-type wrap as a table cloth, it also looks effective as
a runner on a rectangular table. It’s probably best to go H&M
rather than Hermes, especially if you’re a messy eater!
The
napkin is a smaller scarf, (I am incapable of walking past a scarf
in a secondhand store) you don’t have to have matching napkins, mixing
it up is sort of the point.
I
used a beaded bracelet as a napkin ring but bangles or even chunky rings
would work too. Again you’re not looking to be matchy matchy here…
though if you gravitate towards a certain colour that might happen
anyway.
A
couple of things going on here. First there’s the wine glass, I used a
flower hair bungee simply wrapped around the stem. It’s a good way to
tell who’s glass is who’s. They might also work well as favours (at
a sit-down shindig with a buncha girly girls). Alternately you could use
a necklace or bracelet (or both) wrapped around the stem like this:
The
other thing here is the candle. I’ve wrapped a string of pearls (even
Mardi Gras/Pride beads would do) around it’s base, jamming the candle
on top a
mirror makes for a double shiny reflection. Dripless candles are
rather a must though and you’d probably want to leave the vintage
Mikimotos in the safe.
Bunging
a few of your favorite never-get-to-wear-them pieces around the table
just because is good too. Probably best not invite any international
jewel thieves you might happen to know to dinner though.
