With Christmas fast approaching, thought I must finish this post on tables that I started a while ago and just do not seem to get done! One of the reasons is that I've been wanting to take a walk in the forest and snap along happily, but boy, oh boy, with today's sub-zero temperatures I have decided to stay put and will add pics later when I have the courage to go out with my camera!
So here goes :
In this hurly-burly very consumerism world we live in, one sometimes thinks that you MUST HAVE THINGS, like your Baccarat Glasses and Cristofle Cutlery and Limoges Porcelain plates etc to be able to create a nice environment, decor, table etc. Not True!! Especially in these penny-pinching times, one must look at different means to have beauty around you instead of spending money!
Just start with LOVE! And then you take a slow walk out there in nature and you pick some nice branches or flowers from your garden or the local park and start your decor!
Or you pick up a few pebbles at your favourite beach on your next holiday and it becomes your table centre and/or knife and fork rests!
Or an ostrich feather or 2, and a couple of chocolates in the same colour as your table cloth and Bob's your uncle!
So here goes :
In this hurly-burly very consumerism world we live in, one sometimes thinks that you MUST HAVE THINGS, like your Baccarat Glasses and Cristofle Cutlery and Limoges Porcelain plates etc to be able to create a nice environment, decor, table etc. Not True!! Especially in these penny-pinching times, one must look at different means to have beauty around you instead of spending money!
Just start with LOVE! And then you take a slow walk out there in nature and you pick some nice branches or flowers from your garden or the local park and start your decor! Or you pick up a few pebbles at your favourite beach on your next holiday and it becomes your table centre and/or knife and fork rests!
Or an ostrich feather or 2, and a couple of chocolates in the same colour as your table cloth and Bob's your uncle!
What can be easier!
And for easter you roll them coloured eggs all over the table or you choose some golden one's, add an Ostrich egg and there you go. Once again a beautiful table without emptying your pocket on expensive 'props'!
A very talented florist friend from South Africa visited a couple of years ago and said he'll set the table and decorate it for our table d'hôte that evening. Willem went out there and came back with things from my garden that I did not even knew existed! Ok, some of them were flowers planted but there were also weeds (or what we consider weeds) and a branch of this and a goody of that! The result you can see - a spectacular natural table in a jiffy - without a penny spent!So I tried the same and did a table outside with just rose petals, or another one inside just with 'Buddleia flowers'. Yet another with ivy, or just rambling roses. Very often an accumulation of the same objects/plants gives really good results! And not to forget those candles!!
I really dislike paper serviettes and have found many beautiful white embroidered serviettes at the local brocantes (markets) we have in our region every year! (The brocante of Charroux opens the season end April and people come from far and wide for this event) Most of the serviettes need to be bleached and with a bit of TLC you have these beautiful napkins doing justice to any table!So me dears, how about doing that next table with a small budget - make it a game! Xmas is upon us and I know you can do it!!
Life is about sharing and I love sharing with you!
Bisous
Lynn
1 comment:
Lynn, once again you've posted a lovely blog and gave up a few of your secrets! I plan on taking your advice and making a beautiful Christmas table! Thanks and Happy Christmas! Bisous! Pam
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