Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas Using White, Gold and Brown

Lest you thought the white berry wreath napkin rings could only be used for Christmas, Weddings and Spring...
Take a look at how they could look on your Thanksgiving Dinner table!


On a a side note: White plates are from Ikea and Leaf salad plates are from Walmart 1 year ago...$2.00 each!
You can buy these napkin rings on at my Etsy Store Here
4 napkin rings for $6.00!
Make sure you enter my giveaway for a set of 12 berry wreath napkin rings either white or red (you get to choose)
I am participating in Tablescape Thursday

The Winner of the set of 12 Napkin Rings is....

How my husband and I chose the winner.....

We put all the names into a big glass bowl

(we made sure that those of you who had 3 or more entries were in there multiple times)Mixed it all up really good!

And This is the name my husband drew...

Congratulations.... Jennifer at the Craft house!!

I will need your mailing info.

You can email me at admin@thestylesisters.net





Thank you to all of you who left such sweet comments about the Napkin Rings and all the ideas!

I think the one most people liked was the red wreath on the black and white plates with the black and white checked ribbon! I love that one too!




For all of you that are interested in purchasing any of the napking rings I am going to lower my shipping fee from $4.00 to only $2.00 until Friday.
Thanks again!!
Karin

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Berry Wreath Napkin Rings Turned Into Garland

My Giveaway ends tomorrow Evening!!
This is your last chance to enter your name!
I came up with one more idea of how to use these little darlings!!
I hung them on a red and white striped ribbon to make a garland!
(Sorry my pics are kind of blurry I was in a hurry to take them and post them tonight) So dang cute!!
You could hang your garland around the Christmas tree, over a large mirror, hang them from the fireplace mantle..how about over a window!
The possibilites are endless.


Enter the giveaway 3 ways for 3 entries....
leaving a comment,
blog about my giveaway and let me know,
send some friends over and have them mention your name.


If you don't win the giveaway the napkin rings are available through my ETSY shop HERE

I am participating in Kimba's DIY Day!! Go check all the great ideas out!

Monday, November 2, 2009

More Ideas Of How To Use Napkin Rings

Only two more days until I draw the name of the lucky winner for the set of 12 berry wreath napkin rings!!
Make sure you leave a comment HERE so your name can be entered in for the drawing.
I came up with a few more ideas of how to use these napkin rings!!
How about a gift for the seamstress in the family?
Take a pair of scissors, a package of needles, buttons and a measuring tape and stack it all on top of the scissors. Rubber band them in place..add a bow and the crowing touch...a darling red berry wreath. Great for a stocking stuffer and a little gift for your neighbor or friend or put it in a basket with a pattern and some fabric!
Or how about for the cook! You could pick up most of the utensils at the dollar store!! Wooden spoons, spatulas, slotted spoon. Add a bow and of course the red berried wreath! Cute gift for the kids teachers at school!
Great gift to have on hand for a last minute gift!
Remember if you don't win the giveaway on Wednesday...you can purchase these napkin rings through my
Etsy shop (click Here)
...a set of 4 for $6.00 that is only $1.50 each!!


I will posting more ideas tomorrow as to what you can with the napkin Rings!!


Saturday, October 31, 2009

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! MAY THE GREAT PUMPKIN COME TO YOUR PUMPKIN PATCH TONIGHT AND LEAVE ALL THE CHILDREN TREATS AND TREASURES!






ENJOY AND HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN1

Thursday, October 29, 2009

BEAUTIFUL RED OR WHITE BERRY WREATH NAPKIN RING GIVEAWAY!! SET OF 12

FOR MY FIRST GIVEAWAY I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE AWAY A SET OF 12 BEAUTIFUL BERRY WREATH NAPKIN RINGS! In either red or White!
To enter my giveaway look at the bottom of this post.
I AM SELLING THESE NAPKIN RINGS IN MY ETSY STORE ....
A SET OF 4 FOR $6.00!
Let's take a look at some ways to use these Berry wreaths...
Attach to large candlestick with ribbonTie with a bow around a white napkin

Use as napkin ring around two colorful napkins for a fun look!

Use them as a candle ring around a tapered candle


How about as Christmas package decorations!


More Christmas napkin ring ideas!



Red White and Black!



Red Wreath on white napkin just screams Christmas!

Hang them from your chandelier with some ribbon for a wedding!


So beautiful and Romantic White and Gold


So Elegant!

Use some to encircle a candle for a special look!
How about using them for the 4th of July!

Use them everyday just to make it feel special!Springtime for Easter or Mother's Day

To get 1 entry: Please leave a comment about which table setting or decor idea you liked the best.
For a 2nd entry: Post about this giveaway on your blog and feel free to snag some of the photos and link back and let me know.
For a 3rd entry: Tell a friend to come and leave a comment and mention your blog/name to get your name entered for a third time.
The drawing will be held on Wed November 3rd!!
I am also participating in DIY Days with Kimba and Thursdays Tablescape make sure you go over there to see more great tablescapes!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Gorgeous Fall Day Today!

It is absolutely a gorgeous today! A beautiful crisp fall morning!Blue Blue Skies!!
Beautiful Fall Leaves!


And this is my dog she wanted to show you her costume for HALLOWEEN.
She wanted to be a red head this year! Hee Hee

Happy Fall Ya'all!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fall meals at home

I bought these fall flowers at the grocery store and the colors motivated me to make some yummy fall meals. This is Elysian Bisque or..... otherwise known as carrot soup. It is our favorite homemade soup. It is made with lots of carrots, celery, mushrooms, onions all sauted with a few slices of bacon. Add a couple of cans of chicken broth.....then you whirrr it all up until it is smooth. Add a small amount of half and half, a sprinkle of thyme, salt and pepper and you are good to go.
It is just the best!!It is a smooth slightly creamy flavorful soup. My husband says it is whole food, filling and something you might find on the menu at a fancy restaurant. :)
How about a simple spaghetti dinner?
I made the meat sauce using ground turkey instead of ground beef to make it more healthy.

We also had a nice green salad...made with fresh spinach, pears, sliced almonds, craisins and a few raspberries. For the centerpiece I used a small pumpkin and put it under a glass dome. Can I tell you how much I love this pig!
He is just my favorite decoration.Just a simple spaghetti dinner at home made a little special with some fall decor.
How about a little fall brunch?
A fun fallish napkin with a fun yellow silk flower sitting on top. Gold goblets, orange placemats, and large fall leaves. Some Yummy pumpkin ginger waffles, orange juice and scrambled eggs.
Enjoy the fall days and nights...make your meals a little more special.


I am participating in Tablescape Thursday and Kimba's DIY Day...Make sure you go over there and check out everyone's DIY Projects and get inspired!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Halloween Ideas

More fun Halloween Ideas from Good Housekeeping



















Thursday, October 8, 2009

Halloween Treats and Decorating Ideas

On Tuesday a bunch of gals from church and some neighbors all got together to share Fall/Halloween ideas!
I made these Guacamole Ghoul Eyes out of Cherry tomatoes and Wholly Guacamole topped with a sliced olive. So deeelish!!


How about this cute Bat lamp!! You can find directions here

You can buy this headstone at the dollar store! Then modge podge the areas you want to add glitter to and sprinkle away!! Marsha's daughter Mindy brought this. Plus the fake pumpkin painted black and she added glitter to the polka dots. So adorable.


Sandi brought all these great food ideas that she has done with her little boy. Monster cupcakes made from all kinds of candies and "brain cupcakes". (Martha Stewart) Then she served carrots and celery from science beakers. Such cute ideas!
Virginia made these adorable ghost cookies from Nutter Butter cookies and dipping them in white chocolate.



Here is a picture of just some of the gals that came.



We also learned about some important health tid bits from Michelle who also happens to be a nurse on how to combat our families from getting the flu.




WASH YOUR HANDS. SNEEZE INTO YOUR ELBOW.



Those green balls fell from a tree in the park and I added some fake spiders to make it creepy!
Sandi made these cute "crackers" (Martha Stewart) filled with Halloween Kisses.

Tanya made the cute Sock Bats with her kids and showed us how to do it too.


Rainie made these yummy treats from Bakerella


Allison made these adorable Marshmallow mummies with marshmallows and fruit roll-up. Are they just so cute or what!


Michelle made these adorable bats from tiny orange pumpkins and painted them black and added wings cut from black foam sheets that she attached with toothpicks. Make sure you make a hole in the pumpkins with something sharp as these pumpkins are very hard!


Rainie also got recipes from
Bakerella on how to make "cake pops" that look like mummies. They turned out perfect!


I hung up one of my lime green Halloween banners that I made and we placed the jar of "Brains" (cauliflower in tinted water) and the Pasta Skeletons on my side board.


A Boo Banner enhanced with glitter! So Easy to make!


Bug Stew!! (Martha Stewart) Sandi also brought this cool "bug stew" that she made. Using a witches cauldron and reindeer moss, white pipe cleaners, bugs and spiders glued and glittered! It was amazing.


Another fabulous idea from Sandi and Martha Stewart. Twigs from her yard painted black and then you make the paper ornaments from a pattern on Martha Stewart.

Pasta Skeletons (Martha Stewart)


Service Idea for families: Secretly leave a treat and this poem that asks them to do the same thing...secretly pass on some special treats to someone else and so on and so on..... So fun to do with your kids and this allows them to think of someone else through the Halloween holiday instead of just what they will be getting.



There was even more ideas and fabulous food but this is all the photos I have.
What fun ideas can you share with us?
Put a link to your ideas when you leave a comment.
Happy Halloween!!
I am participating in Kimba's DIY Day
Make sure you go on over to see what everyone else has shared.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Baby Ugg Boots!


I whipped these little baby boots up and just had to share them with all of you! Don't you think they look just like the popular Ugg boots?! I love how they turned out.
I am also selling them in my Etsy store ittybittybooties I will soon be offering them in pink too! Can't you just picture them on a little chubby legs with tights and little skirt! Oh so so cute!

I can't wait to see them on my own granddaughter soon!!

Snuggy and warm!

What a darling shower gift they would make!
I am participating in
Kimba's DIY Tuesdays

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Green and Black Halloween Banner and Orange and Black Halloween Banner

I made these two Halloween Banners out of left over Black scrapbook paper, newspaper, lime green tissue paper and old jewelry of my grandma's! I love the Lime green with the black. The little white pearls just added a unique touch.
I really loved the idea of repurposing my grandma's old broken jewelry and incorporating pieces of it into this banner.

Just so fun and different!


I had the cardboard letters but they had a burgandy calico print on them so I painted them black and then added the glitter to make them really sparkle!

So fun!


Here is another Halloween Banner I made out of leftover Black Scrapbook paper, Newspaper, orange fluffy trim, and old jewelry! I gave this one to my cute mom.

Fun stuff huh!



Once again I repurposed my grandma's old, broken, gold jewelry and just added touches of it here and there.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Halloween Spooky Burlap Banner

I have made this darling "Spooky Halloween Banner" out of Orange Burlap. The Letters are stenciled in black on the orange burlap and a cute little black button has been added as well. The banner is attached to a black grosgrain ribbon.
What a fun banner to hang from your fireplace or any other place where you want to show off your Halloween spirit.

The banner measures from end to end 107" almost 9ft!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Fall Centerpiece Cake Plate Idea #2

So you say "I don't have a cake plate" Well just get out your dinner plates and a glass goblet and stack them on top of each other!Add some black scrapbook paper to the edges of the plates with a few dots of hot glue (that can be peeled right off later) that have been cut with some decorative scissors.....could it get any simpler!
Add some apples and a candle with a ribbon and some popcorn in a cello bag tied with a ribbon and you are good to go. You will notice that you can see the goblet part of the glass and so I filled it with some fall berries for a little added touch.

Voila!! A cute Centerpiece made from things you already own!


Think of all the possiblities...Orange paper, pink paper, striped paper, floral, Christmas etc... the options are endless...just by using some paper to change the look! You could even add glitter or glue on some embellishments! If you do this please send me your links so I can see your results!



Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Fall stacked cake plates inspired by Matthew Mead and Pottery Barn

Three tiered stacked cake plates with newspaper cut into scallops on the edges.Fun Centerpiece idea

I saw this idea on Pottery Barn's website and loved it!

I decided to try and recreate it using things I already owned. As I was looking around my kitchen I found I had 3 cheapie glass cake plates and knew I could stack on them on each other. So I quickly began to create this project for Fall/Halloween.



Then I found this idea in an old 2006 Matthew Mead Christmas magazine and thought to myself...."Self...you can do this with newspaper!!"




I used newspaper but you could use any kind of paper...construction paper, scrapbook paper, Tissue paper, even butcher paper!! Decide what kind of a trim you want whether is be a scalloped edge or maybe even a triangle edge...whatever your heart desires.
After I cut the newspaper into scallops and punched holes in each scallop with a hole puncher, I attached it the edge of the cake plate with Hot glue!! It comes off really easy after you done..it just peels off.
Then I started adding fun things on each layer...like bags of popcorn in cello bags tied with orange ribbon, little orange cups filled with candy treats, apples and fall leaves etc..


Here it is all done with with all kinds of yummy Halloween treats to use as a center piece for a table or side board.




Using what you have and
making it new again!!
You could use this idea for any Holiday or birthday!
I am also participating in Kimbas DIY Day

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