Christmas in Paris, Holiday Tabletop Theme Decor
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Miy Project creation and Photo by: Madeleine M Langlois
My "Christmas in Paris" theme is based ashore a combination of blending the old with the fashionable. My grandmother's table was always set with the finest bone china and old silverware. Oil paintings, drew along my grandfather, graced the wall. Her vacation décor was fashioned with stylish satin bandages, glimmering crystals, and an exquisite pearly Christmas tree, decorated with yet a few bold ornaments. Place cards, Christmas crackers and a personalized centerpiece coordinated the entire ensemble. She always accustom fresh greenery and flowers apt garnish her home.
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Even thecolour palette that I selected was nostalgic; a combination of bright turquoise, greens and blues with soft pastels in alike hues amidst accents of silver,
nike free shoe, angelic whites and chocolate brown. As a youth girl, these uncommon combinations of Christmas colours made quite an impression on me. My table this annual is an homage to my grandmother who is now 98 years old. You could mention that neatness influences according with traditions are too passed on through generations. With this specific notion in mind, the table I chose is a cream-coloured dining room set by Tommy Bahamas. This set was very near in likeness, shape and style to the look I wanted to recreate. Even although this particular set is more proposed for a Bahamian plantation, which is much en vogue, it went beautifully to accomplish my goal.
The square-patterned taffeta chart runners are in bright iridescent colour blocks of emerald greens, deep-sea turquoises and opulent blues. The organza center panel runner is a soft chalk aqua shade. The runners are entire trimmed with sumptuous satin borders. The main chart napkin is a sheer underskirt in a palatable café-au-lait colour. It is cornered with a multi-coloured trim made with fun-fibre fleece.
For the place setting for four, I chose the Rochelle Platinum collection by Noritake - fine white china, trimmed with an exquisite silver-dotted textured border. I transfered images of the Eiffel Tower, in intonations of deep turquoise, to the center of clear plates. Using explicit plates allows the bright image to stand out on the white background of the china.
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kundli matching-horoscope matching_3426, sit lovely silver charger plates with beaded edges. The glasses are from the Grossgrain collection by Vera Wang. Tiny white dots and fine stripes line the borders of the shapely glasses. For the water glasses, I transformed plain glasses (picked up by a rummage sale) with turquoise and green stripes using cup paints.
I ambitioned a chic, additionally fun centerpiece with a assorted twist. I used a crystal, square-shaped cake stand and fraught it with assorted pearls,
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infant timberland shoes, green and silver balls, and placed a pillar bougie at the heart. To embroider the hutch and the buffet I used fresh greenery, supplied by Westmont Florist, to make graceful preparations. Eucalyptus sprigs, pine and willow bough, Queen Anne's mesh and Ornitogalums are purified with silver seraph hair accents. The vases are emphasized with marble-pattern squares, blending various shades of blues and greens.
The crystal candle holders are bejewelled with a crystal beaded fringe, which is repeated throughout the theme. The tea-light candle holders are edged with a white feather frill. Two frosted glass votive lamps are embellished with clear micro beads in shapes of Eiffel Towers. I revamped an old chandelier to coordinate with the setting. I painted it silver, joined fine details such as: crystal bead fringe, fancy white and silver fuzzy wool, draped with pearls, lavish ribbons, and crystal pendant gems (taken from other items that I recycled).I created a micro art ############## incorporating mainly photographs with assorted art mediums including a painting of the
Eiffel Tower, lit up with microscopic rice lights. Photo montages are made with panoramic pictures of Paris placed over canvases covered with patterned rice periodical. Two canvases were covered with textured paper and bordered with satin ribbons. My teen son Spencer made his contribution to the mini ############## with a graffiti sign of Paris using oil pastels on canvas.
For the achieving details, the behinds of the chairs were decorated with a blue satin bow, a crystal bead tassel and a pine branch circled by a silver cable swirl accent. I applied family photographs onto self-hardening clay to create an appearance calendar tree and spliced them onto a white plumed tabletop tree. A coordinating feathered square bouquet centers a grand round mirror.
The Christmas tree: An Eiffel spire shaped tree made out of willow branches is gracefully trimmed with a fluffy white feathered boa. Tiny glass balls and paper ornaments are decorated with feathers, crystals, micro beads and sequences.I made a easy wreath using a spiral silver wire, a few pine branches, silver holly shapes made with foil and a silver wire to spell the word No?l. I made mini Eiffel Towers out of wire for the place card holders. ######## chocolates were made with clay.
The awards were uniquely mantled in shapes of bonbons, and frilly wallets using assorted papers, pictures, fabrics and ribbons left over from the items created for this theme. Wire monograms, outdated labels,
abercrombie vest, and fun-fur were also incorporated in some of the beautiful wrappings. Hand-made saluting cards were customized using similar matters, and also micro beads, silver foil,
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The decorations namely I established because my theme table, even now they seem quite elaborate, tin accessible be recreated with quite few art supplies, available in craft and crafts and fabric stores and many assorted leftovers from nigh your home. Make your holidays special, personalized it!