You might have seen the announcement of our 3rd Annual Valentine Exchange. It’s our way to gather this wonderful community (17 years now! Can you believe it?!) and celebrate each other, our creativity, and just have some plain old fashion…
Tag: tabletop
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10 Tips for throwing an intimate garden party with MacKenzie-Childs
As you know, I live for a garden party during the summer months(remember our Midsummer Mingle from 10 years ago now?! Gasp! It was EPIC!). While we planned and executed a huge midsummer bash, I’ve been wanting to throw an intimate garden party for…
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Tablescape
This article was originally posted on November 6, 2017, but I’ve edited it with a couple of new ideas to add to your Thanksgiving day and updated the balloon links so they’re easier to find. We also have a printable version of this tablescape…
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70s vibe birthday brunch table setting
I celebrated my 41st birthday last month. Turning 41 is kind of…meh? I mean, it’s no 40 with the expectation to go all out ie: our girl’s trip to France (still need to blog about it! gah!). BUT, this year I decided to throw a small party for…
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How to Celebrate Your 40th Birthday
My 40th Birthday Plans Leading up to my 40th birthday, I had lots of plans. Specifically, I wanted a big Europe trip to celebrate! But we are in up to our necks in behind-the-scenes projects here at The House that Lars Built, which means a trip to…
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Papier-mâché Vase
How to make a papier-mâché vase Corrie Beth has been making the most amazing papier-mâché projects for years. We are honestly some of her biggest fans. Her creations are so gorgeous, we wanted to try our hand at making our own! Lucky for us,…
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Ukrainian Paper Sunflower
Ukrainian Sunflowers The sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower. This beautiful flower has a long history with Ukraine, it turns out! Aside from sunflower seeds being a popular snack, Ukraine and Russia are some of the world’s largest suppliers…
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How To Make Tartan Trees From Fabric Scraps
I don’t know if it’s because of the Scottish blood in me but I do like a bit of tweed and tartan. I’ve used my fabric scraps to make some tweed and tartan trees. This will add a bit of a Celtic theme to my mantle this festive season. Tweed and…
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The Best DIY Tabletop Christmas Tree Ideas – Pillarboxblue
Christmas trees are one of my favourite decorations. Every year I make myself at least two Christmas trees. A big upcycled tree to hang my Christmas ornaments from and smaller DIY tabletop Christmas trees for the mantle or dining table. I really…
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When Life Hands You Lemons care package and tablescape with Spoonflower
My favorite Mother’s Day inspired Spoonflower patterns I spent a good amount of time going through the Spoonflower Marketplace, which is thousands and thousands of independent artists and great designs. Yes, it took awhile, but I came upon some…