Thanksgiving sure is coming up quickly, but you've still got time to personalize your table with handmade decorations that will make every guest feel the comfy, cozy warmth of the holidays.
This year, rather than relying on the grocery store to dress up your spread, rely on your scrapbooking stash--and your talent! Designer Iris Babao Uy shows us how to take a few key scrapbooking elements, mix them with plain items and end up with a stunning centerpiece...
While it looks like this would be difficult to create, it's really quite simple. Iris played dress-up with a plain shadow box for stunning results. Look at the little details that make this project shine.
This sheet of patterned paper makes the perfect background for the project, and hand-cut motifs from other patterns add extra interest without too much fuss.
Add Holiday Silhouettes to the corner of the frame for a little something extra...
They have so much detail in them already, they instantly dress up any project in a snap.
The perfect complement to the shadow box is this super easy to create candle:
Iris used our Fabric ribbon and a strip of Bloomers to create her candles. Once dinner is over, they become part of the household decor and double perfectly for Christmas.
What about you? Are you dressing up your table this Thanksgiving?
We'd love to hear about it!
What a beautiful decoration. It is so pretty it even can be used as Christmas table decoration. I my country we do not celebrate Thanksgiving day. But I use Webster.s pages paper as main theme in my Advent Calendar I am making at the moment.
Svetlana xx
Posted by: Svetlana | November 15, 2011 at 03:48 AM
Sempre é uma bela surpresa para os olhos vir até aqui!!!
Posted by: jacira | November 15, 2011 at 06:28 AM
I am dressing up my table I made little canvas envelopes and decorated them embellishments, then everyone writes what they are thankful for.
Posted by: Barbie | November 15, 2011 at 09:08 AM
Lovely inspiration! Simple yet elegant! Fabulous work!
Posted by: Doris Widder | November 15, 2011 at 09:32 AM
This is an adorable frame! I want to make something like it and I have some lovely Webster's Pages to make it with...thank you for the inspiration!
Posted by: Lara Carson | November 15, 2011 at 03:17 PM
Iris these are lovely! I would love to make those gorgeous candles... I actually make my own candles and I just have to decorate some with the bloomers!!!
Posted by: Pendra | November 16, 2011 at 12:59 PM
Those are fabulous, now I have the perfect idea on how to decorate the house for our thanksgiving party. Green is the new orange I guess.
Posted by: Cooking a Turkey | October 09, 2012 at 09:34 PM