It is nice to be home and back into my routine. I am not as enamoured with traveling for work as I used to. I understand it is necessary for my job but what a hassle. I never sleep or eat properly.
Anyway – I totally intended to blog from the road but we know how well that worked out. I just have a couple of easy projects that I want to share. I think are fun for any type of party.
The first one is the ruffled table cloth.
This project couldn't have been any easier. Since this party was honoring a baby girl I wanted it to be super girly and had my mind set on a ruffled table cloth. I was fully intending on making one even though, as anyone that has made ruffles can attest to, they are a pain in the butt.
This, however, is a shower curtain hack. Yep – I just bought a ruffled shower curtain from Urban Outfitters and cut it into three sections, each having five layers of ruffles (there were two layers left over). Since I was pressed for time (like cutting them 45 mintues before the party started) I just folded over the raw edges at the top. I intend to go back and hem them.
Then I applied two-sided tape to the back of the top edge and affixed it to white table cloth that was already on the table.
This particular table is quite long – about 12 feet. The three sections were enough to go around three sides of the table. Worked out fine since I pushed the table up against a wall. If you have a smaller table I'm sure it would go all the way around.
Initially we were going to have the party outside and I was going to put a plain white table cloth over two picnic tables that were lined up end to end. I was then going to just tack the ruffled part on but the double sided tape worked perfectly and I didn't put any holes in my dad's dining room table.
One last thing – a few weeks ago I had the Ikea lacy cache pots as a Friday's Favorites. I picked up six of them and plopped begonias into them for decoration. We gave them out as prizes during the shower. They are really sweet and a bargain. I think I need to back and pick some more up for myself.
You are so clever and have a wonderful imagination. Maybe you should sign up to do the Nate Berkus show!!!