I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends. We enjoyed our day, although I’ll admit that I’m a bit exhausted after yesterday’s festivities. Normally, I shop the day after Thanksgiving. But this year, I was able to do all my shopping last night from the comfort of my own couch. It was pretty awesome.
But, now it’s the countdown towards the second week of Dare to DIY. I was impressed by all the projects last week, so I’m truly looking forward to seeing your tables. Remember, the link-up will go live on Monday morning. Will you dare?
Since I didn’t host Thanksgiving, we are transitioning to Christmas at the Woodwards. I took this challenge with the hope of making our holiday table coordinate with the dining room colors – grey, yellow and turquoise. Particularly importance since the majority of my boxes and boxes of holiday decorations are red. So, this is what I would call an untraditional holiday table.
Although this is very conducive to DIY projects because it is truly impossible to find Christmas items in yellow. Trust me. I’ve looked.
So, my projects were relatively simple to pull together a table. My goals were:
- To pull in the colors from the dining room and not compete with them.
- To use my pretty blue Ball jars.
- To spend little (or no) money.
- To make the table look fun and not too formal.
I’m looking forward to seeing your entertaining projects on Monday. If you want more Dare to DIY inspiration, check out my co-hosts’ projects at Decor and the Dog, Maybe Matilda and Two Twenty One.
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Gorgeous table! I love the non-traditional colors (and that it still feels very Christmas-y despite not being your standard Christmas palette). The painted pine cones are really fun, I love the jar display in the center, and using papers as place settings is so clever. If only it weren’t for the iPhone pics . . . (kidding!). Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
And the silver tree in the corner? Amazing. I wish I were a tree hoarder and had a plethora of Christmas trees to display. Sad face
Looks great–good job making the non-Christmasy colors still look Christmasy
. I’ve been wondering how long pine cones keep, too. Mine are newly gathered for this year, so you’ll have to keep us updated so I’ll know when time is getting short for mine!
I like your combination of blue, yellow, and silver for Christmas. Your table looks quite festive!
Pine cones will keep indefinitely if stored in a dry place.
So cute!! I love the yellow plates. Just finished up my little project, have to finish cleaning surrounding areas for pictures though.
It looks great! I especially love the way you used your lovely Ball jars.
We don’t set a fancy table for the holidays, but I’ll be enjoying all of your readers’ ideas.
So fun!
You did a wonderful job.
I totally understand the joys of babies eating solids, enjoy!
I love that this set up works for Christmas and, with a little tweaking, could work at any time of the year. You’re so smart! I’m excited that your house is already decorated for Christmas…I love seeing all of your trees and decorations! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your little turkey.
Love the navy and yellow Kim! It’s beautiful!
The polka dots are adorable. And I love anything with mason jars!
Never thought of blue & yellow for the holidays dear but YOU made it work!!!! Great job Kim, I bet the meals shared here will even be better because of this cool set-up.
Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!
i love this so very much!! it’s nontraditional, but still with tons of holiday sparkle. this look can easily last through new years without seeming stale. great job!!
(and ps – please never stop posting henry IG pics – i can’t get enough of them!)
The table looks fabulous! I love those yellow printed plates, and I think I have to steal the idea of using scrapbook paper for a placemat-genius!
Tinsel, painted pine cones, and mason jars. This is like a blogger’s table dream come true. Love the colors. You are awesome. But we both knew that.
LOVE that tray down the center with the blue glasses and what a great and unexpected idea to paint the pine cones yellow. Makes it look really great! Love all the blue tones!
The table looks great! I’m loving the polka dots and the colors. I bet next year we will see yellow decorations all over the place. You can go ahead and take the credit on that one!
So fun- I love the non traditional colors and how it all ties in with your dining room
I have pine cones from 3 years ago that still look the same as they did when I picked them off the ground, so I think your pine cones are safe for many years!!
Oooh, how fun! I love the tinsel and those painted pinecones! Those are a must for a future tablescape
Those pine cones are by far my favorite thing! They look super cute with the mason jars and tinsel.
I love that it’s holiday centered, but not red and green! Wonderful. Awesome DIY
I have great affinity for blue and yellow since they are my Alma mater colors! Love how you’ve taken them to the holiday spirit level. Your spray painted pine cones tug at my groovy core! I would love to sit at your table, K-Dub!
How can you not love this? It’s so different and beautiful!
Very pretty, Woodward. I like the turquoise and yellow color combo for Christmas. Unexpected. You know how to cure the camera issue? Tell Ryan you need two cameras (home and travel).
Very pretty!! I love mason jars… especially blue ones! Great job!