Table Setting – There's No Place Like Home

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017

Dinner Party in a Box Giveaway: Glorious Greenery

Can you believe it’s already been a full month since our first #dinnerpartyinabox giveaway???

For those of you that didn’t see, last month I started a monthly giveaway featuring a new table scape every month! I started this because of my huge obsession for throwing dinner parties, and my inability to stop buying random dinnerware that we don’t have room for in our house 🙂

Each month the giveaway will feature different things. plates, glasses, table runners, napkins…..who knows what else! You will have to tune in each month to see what you could win!

But this month I wanted to focus on the color green. I am so happy that spring in here and green is a great color to symbolize that!

As so many of my projects begin it started by the table runner fabric. Isn’t it fun?? I am a sucker for for a floral print that has birds too!!!

I also have had my eye on these fun green stemmed glasses at a local antique shop for a while.

The giveaway will also feature these fun napkins and these clear lucite napkin ring holders! Can you see that they double as a napkin ring holder AND a mini bud vase? We pulled these beautiful little white flowers right from our garden for a cute little touch!

These napkin ring holders were donated to the cause by Alexandra Wood Design, a blogger out of Madison WI. It’s always great to meet a local blogger, check out her portfolio and her shop here.

And if you want to purchase the napkin ring holders you can find them here.

Aren’t the napkin ring holders so cute??

The last piece that brought this table together was a fun and easy bouquet pulled together with hydrangeas and some easy greens!

Pull this look together at home, by adding the giveaway items to your favorite white dishes (or green if you have some!) and some great wine glasses!

The giveaway includes all of the above: 2 table runners, 4 napkins, 4 napkin ring holders, 6 green stemmed glasses

How to enter? To enter all you have to do is comment on this post! Tell me how this inspires you or what your favorite thing about hosting is!

Additional entries may be obtained by doing one of the following (one entry for each item below)

1. sign up for my blog email list to stay up to date on postings!!

2. follow me on instagram: lianna_mke

3. follow my design company on instagram: twohigandtuinstra

4. Follow Alex on Instagram: alexanmdrawooddesign

5. Repost your favorite picture from the post today on instagram and tag me in the post using #dinnerpartyinabox

Good Luck Friends! I hope you make life beautiful this week!

April 24, 2017

Easter Table 2017

Hey Friends. As usual I am just now posting my Easter Table. I always have good intentions to try and set the table in advance to a holiday, but alas it sneaks up on me and I end up posting after. That is life!

So this was the first year I had the privilege of hosting my extended family for brunch. So of course I had to set a fun table. I used a mix of vintage and new to create a fun unexpected table.

The table runner I originally made for this years New Year’s Eve to mix with my new Spode Christmas Plates. See that tablescape here.

I used my grandmother’s china dinner plates, mixed with my wedding china tea cups. I love how they compliment each other. I also used some vintage crystal water goblets from Replacements.com

Have you ever been on replacements.com? it’s a great place to fine old stuff either for a real replacement, or buying a whole set. These water goblets I got cost less than buying a new glass at crate and barrel and look how pretty they are!

I was in love with my flowers I pulled together. Flowers in cake platters or footed goblets are my favorite! And I love love filling low profile flowers all the way down the table. That way you can still have great conversation but you get the fullness!

Another great holiday, another great table.

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for the next round of #dinnerpartyinabox giveaway!!!

January 3, 2017January 2, 2017

NYE Dinner

The Holidays have come and gone, but I wanted to share our NYE Dinner Table.

TNPLH: NYE Dinner 2017

I have always wanted Christmas plates, but never really found the right ones. And, I never wanted to spend that much on them since you only use them a couple times a year. Well you can imagine how over the moon I was I found a full set of vintage Spode at a local consignment shop for $125. Not too bad.

As always I like to print mix with my tables. So I bought this toile in chartreuse and blue that I thought made the dishes rather updated and fun! Then I used some old West Elm napkins (from two years ago) to add additional prints!

November 16, 2016March 11, 2017

Fall Dinner Party Inspiration

Thought I would pull together some past table to draw inspiration for fall dinner parties coming up!

This table was from last year. I just loved the flowers – I incorporated fruit. See the full post here.

Loved the pop of orange here. See full post here.

These two were from a friends giving my good friend Mary Hosted. Love the way she playfully mixed the fabrics! See the post here.

How are you adorning your table this fall?

November 7, 2016March 11, 2017

Fall Dinner Party

This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting my new co-workers and their husbands for dinner.

I always wonder what new friends think when they walk into one of my dinner parties, as I have a tendency to go a little over the top. Saturday Morning, I was so excited to set the dinner table I woke at 4:30 am and was able to fall back asleep. I had to get up and set the table.

I love making bouquets during the fall. I used a pedestal vase with roses, greens, and mini kale. I mixed my wedding china with my grandmother’s china.

I also had to pull out my candelabras. I know they are over the top, but I just love them. $10 for the set score at a local flee market. They make the table feel extra cozy in the fall.

I also loved all the little gourds!

Table Runner: the thing that was keeping me up early Sat AM was the table runner. I wanted something fun and fresh that I hadn’t used, but didn’t anticipate that early enough to find fabric and sew a new option. So instead I remembered I had this wallpaper laying around. I had bought it on a flash website one day, and never ended up using it. I thought it laid a nice groundwork for the table!

Menu:

Appetizer: Cheese Plate

Signature Cocktail: Grapefruit Gin Martini

Salad: Arugula, Balsamic, Roasted Beets, Blue Cheese, Walnuts

Entree: Roasted Beef Tenderloin with a horseradish cream sauce, twice baked potatoes, roasted asparagus

Dessert: Mini Lemon Meringue Pies and Mini Chocolate Lavender Mousse Pies

November 2, 2016March 11, 2017

Late Summer Pop Up Party

I love a good pop up party. I have hosted a couple ( lake michigan, bachelorette, city scape), and over labor day I had the pleasure of hosting another.

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Funny Story: the party evolved from my sisters friends seeing all my posts for parties and wanting to co-host one. So over labor day we went to my sister’s friend’s house which had the best backdrop for an amazing party.

As you know flowers are always top of mind the it comes to a good party. So we bought some from the grocery store and mixed with the most amazing dahlias from the farmers market.

Isn’t the backdrop just amazing! It was overlooking the most beautiful ravine that goes down to the river.

I just loved the fabric I found to make the table runner. The moody floral was the perfect backdrop for a late summer party.

Now this pop up was a little different from some, since we did it at someone’s house we didn’t have to haul all of the stuff to a remote location. So we were able to set the table a little more elaborate.

I just love outdoor dinner parties! Do you want help planning an event! Shoot me an email!!!