A Classy Woodland Tablescape

So last time I left you off with a centerpiece I made (pretty much FREE) out of branches (2hotty so obediently fetched for me. HA!) and spare ornaments.......................

(remember this curvalicious "junk in her trunk" arrangement)



.........................and then at the end of the post I was thinking of moving it to the kitchen table 

to use as the centerpiece of a tablescape!!

Well I did just that!!

I rummaged throughout the house to find items to add to the table and I managed to create an elegant yet bright tablescape!

TaDa!!

(sorry I took these pics later at night and not during the day (like the photos above) so there is a difference in lighting!)

You likey?!?!

 I love it!!

I don't think my pictures do it justice though! 

So want to know how I achieved this look?!?!

 I first added a long full length mirror as the base of my centerpiece!! (Tablescapes are all about layering and adding short and tall pieces together! Well I think.....I really don't know what I'm talking about!)  Then I added the branch arrangement as the eye-catching, showstopping, "first thing you see when you look at it" to the center of the table!  Next I just added a few candle holders such as these:

I just used some left over yarn from my YARN WREATH project to use around the candle votive (not permanent just taped the yarn to the bottom) and added a leftover sparkly ornament to the front.

I didn't think my drift-wood reindeer would work for the look I was going for (maybe another tablescape using him?!?!)...................

........so I added these deer candle holders I found at the thrift store (two sets at two different thrift stores......how ironic!) a few months back! 

 

I love them.....they look so graceful and I love how the mirror shows their reflection (it adds more sparkle and substance!):

They didn't always look this glamorous!!  Actually they looked like they came from the Jersey Shore!

They were gold and gaudy (and I think one of them even had a pickle in its mouth! HA!):

(this picture does not even show just how gold they once really were)

So I took them outside to give them a "spray tan".......to take them from the gaudyish gold Snooki look to more of a sun kissed bronze Victoria Secret model look!

I used this stuff......it's great:

Oh ya so back to my tablescape:

To finish off the look I added a silver charger underneath my blue plates with a wine glass next to it.  Then I wrapped a green napkin with a fork and a knife into a white napkin ring embellished with a sparkly snowflake ornament to complete the look!

(Disclaimer: the napkin is actually some left over fleece I used on my wreath project.  I am going to make my own napkins with remnant fabric.....I just haven't had a change to do it yet!! Please forgive me!)

So that's it!

My elegant yet bright tablescape using all of the colors from the Bronze, Green, and Blue theme I had going on this year!!

I used everything I already owned like the mirror.

See it really is a mirror.....see my reflection:

It belongs in this room:

Specifically on this wall:

It's the room I named the "diva headquarters" and it is next on my (never ending) to do list!!  It will pretty much be my office/dressing/makeup room and I CANNOT WAIT to finish it!! I'm just waiting for the holidays to come and go.  Can you believe Christmas is only 11 days away!!!  11 days PEOPLE!!  I think I'm going to faint.  I have like nothing done yet!! Christmas cards still need to be mailed......heck Christmas cards still need to be taken!!  I guess I'll just blame it on the house......it's really keepin us busy!!!

xo Joanna D.

So what "Christmasy/Holiday" things have you been working on lately?!?!  I hope I'm not the only tardy one on the Christmas card to-do list!!  Any questions.....leave it in the comments below!