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Setting The Table - Easy Fall Tablescape

Y’all, I love hosting. It is like one of my favorite things. Having people in my home either for easy burgers and fries, Sunday brunch with close friends, or hosting all 45 family members for the big Thanksgiving dinner. All of it is my favorite. Reed and I want to be known for having a home where everyone is welcome and our table is always full. So when I was brainstorming what I wanted to create for y’all this fall I realized, why not make items that will help give y’all the confidence to bring people around YOUR table!

With that, the 2019 Fall Collection had a purpose and I had a vision and found some of the coolest products to offer you guys! This collection is so easy to use as single pieces or as an entire set, you literally can not go wrong with them. So, to show you a little of how you can use these pieces and mix them in with things you already have I did a little styling for you! I never would have thought that paper products could elevate a table and to the level that these have!

You can make something similar to this by using what you have at home and mixing it with my 2019 Fall Collection! Here is a quick list of what items LJ and I pulled from around the house:

 
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  • Piece of scrap denim - I simply folded this large piece of denim I usually use for a table cloth and used it as a runner to add a base texture against the wood of the table.

  • Faux Flowers - I usually am not a fan. But you can get them for SO cheap and if you take a little time to spruce them up (bend those suckers!) then they can add a huge bang for very little cash!

  • Wood acorns- I know not everyone is gonna have a random box of wood acorns. But keep your eye out, groups of small seasonal things can make a big impact!

  • FOOD- Yep. Food. It’s already coming to the party, and it is honestly what people care most about on your table. So why not use it as part of the centerpiece!

Once I had the base down and multiple textures already on the table it was easy to add that Thanksgiving pop with my 2019 fall collection! This collection is easy to mix and match. The two lines within the collection are the Fall Feathers and Perfect Pumpkin. The two can easily be used together or separately, in this example I used them both to continue to bring a mix of colors to the table.

 

Out of the 2019 Fall Collection, I used both designs of placemats, place cards and a 5x7 turkey print. If you are able to set your table before guests arrive having their names at their seat takes the entire experience up a notch. Not only do you have the chance to help curate some great table conversation but you are also showing you thought about each of them with every step you took in planning this dinner. Because I chose to use the place cards for names I wanted to add more variety to the table than just reusing the card as a food label. So in comes my 5x7 print! This print I wrote directly on but if you order a print and don’t want it to permanently have writing on it, put it in a frame and use a dry erase marker to write out your menu item on the glass! Having labels is such a fun way to add a little oomph to your table, not to mention it lets everyone know what exactly they are putting on their plates :)

 
 

I am just in love with this collection. I wish my dining room was set up in a way I could leave this out all season, but LJ is currently in the stage of pulling everything down that she can reach. It was a race to to get these photos before she pulled everything down! I can’t wait to see how you guys style the 2019 Fall Collection and don’t forget to order them soon so they arrive in time for your big Thanksgiving dinner!

- Gracie

Princess Peach Halloween Costume with whats in your Closet

Halloween is here! It's kinda snuck up with all this crazy warm weather, so for those of you who let the costume planning skip by you here is something I whipped up with just what I had in my closet and craft drawers! I'm sure most of you have plenty of costumes just waiting to be discovered in your closet too :) 


With this being my second costume post for the season, and it doesn't even include my real costume, I'm sure you've realized I just like to dress up :) (Here's my first costume, Piñata & Birthday Girl)  It's a family thing I think and this blog just gave me the perfect excuse to come up with fun ideas this year.

For this Princess Peach costume I seriously just dug through my closet and craft supplies. I picked the costume because I knew I had a pink skirt and top and figured going from there was easy. And it was!

Like I said up there I started with finding my base pieces, a pink tank top and a pink skirt. I then dug up some old white dress socks, a roll of tulle, a headband, card stock, paint, and the Dollar Store skirt I bought for Tepes costume earlier this year.

I couldn't follow the dress exactly but I'm pretty sure that adding tulle for sleeves gave the illusion of puffy princess sleeves. Adding the small skirt over my original skirt gave me the layering affect. And finally painting that bejeweled crown looks just as good as hers!


This costume was so fun, so easy, and so cheap! I mean come on, free costume? Why wouldn't you play dress up :) Plus I needed a reason to make a photo booth...

You can check out my super cheap and easy Dollar Store Halloween Photo Booth from last week for a super easy and fun activity for your halloween party!


With Halloween so close I hope y'all have made your plans! I'm excited to hear what y'all are dressing up as :) 

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