Category: Entertaining
Potholder Coasters
Homemade potholders are too darn cute! Create a cheery look on your table by using them as coasters…
Water Colored Glass
Some glasses get a few coats of watercolor paint to provide a quick and temporary color change perfect for holding
“DIY” Wine Bottle Glasses
I dropped off some empty wine bottles at my local glass shop to have them cut in half and the edges ground smooth. They charged me about $3.50 a piece. So happy to have my new set of glassware. I could also use these as vases…
Blob Lights
If you’ve ever had a group of kids sitting around your dinner table – you know that candles are not a practical or safe option. Try lining your table with these glowing blobs and dim the lights to create a fun and intriguing look that appeals to kids of all ages.
Card Trick Drink Tags
For game night or anytime you have a big group over – here’s a fun and stylish way to mark drinking glasses. With two simple cuts, vintage playing cards can easily slip onto the stem of a glass…
DIY Green Glassware
My kids like it when I put a funky twist on the everyday items we use and I like to keep things interesting – so, this idea was a hit with all of us. Modern milk and cookies – ginger ale bottles are reused as glassware & butter cookies are stacked onto straws…
Apple Bombs
Acid green Spider Mums are placed in green apple vases for an explosive centerpiece. Arrangements like this are quick, inexpensive and fresh.
Fortune Cookie Toast
When serving up the bubbly this New Year’s Eve, send along a positive message and perch a fortune cookie on the rim of each champagne flute. I did this with sparkling apple cider and my kids loved it…
Quick Chair Cover
Entertaining a large crowd can leave me short on seating. Here I have transformed a folding chair (picked up for $2.00 at a resale shop) into a more stylish seating option using muslin, yarn and rubber bands…
Last Minute Tricks For Your Holiday Table
The clock is ticking down – Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. Feeling like you may have dropped the ball on some of the smaller details? Don’t fret – try using some everyday household items in a new way to add personality to your table…
Going Topless For The Holidays
Broke the top to a favorite teapot? Lost the lid to a sugar bowl? Don’t discount your topless pieces – bring them out and find new uses for holiday entertaining…
Cupcake Lights Are Sweet
I found great looking cupcake tin liners at IKEA – they reminded me of small pleated lampshades. Within minutes, I created a softer look on a strand of bulbs hanging in my garden…
Recycled Serving Set
A cardboard cup holder from Starbucks and a few blueberry containers from the farmer’s market are repurposed to create a casual serving set for snacks…
Picnic Pots
When eating outdoors, it is best to protect food from annoying flies with some sort of food cover. By attaching a drawer pull to the bottom of a terracotta pot, I created a unique food cover of my own…
Having A Party? Bring Out The Laundry Basket
A vintage laundry basket is transformed into a wine cooler with the addition of a plastic liner. You’ll need a laundry basket, plastic drop cloth, jute, a large sewing needle and scissors…