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- 06/20/2011
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- Kellie
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Dinner Party & DIY Striped Napkins
I completely forgot to post on Friday. But I have an excuse… my Mom and I spent the day together shopping and who has time for blogging with that on the calendar? We had a wonderful time together but now I’m back!
On Saturday we had a little dinner party here at our house. It was very simple decor and I thought I would share it with you along with a DIY.
Doesn’t everything look better on my new table? I just can’t stop talking about it, can I?
As I said, the decor was simple. I made these little flags using white paper, washi tape, and wooden skewers. Just cut the paper, curl it a little and tape it to the skewer. Easy peasy.
You could also write something on the flags if you want but I decided to leave mine blank.
For each place setting, I made a striped napkin, a tag, and a friendship bracelet. Since this was a party for friends I thought it would be fun to have friendship bracelets :) I didn’t have time to make cool friendship bracelets so I just braided them. I still think they look cute. And even better, everyone put them on and wore them throughout the party :)
For the tag I hand wrote each one and added a bit of washi tape. On the back I wrote a little note to each person, thanking them for coming and for being my friend (see, it corresponds with the bracelets, get it?).
And now onto a tutorial for the napkin… I got in my head that I wanted striped napkins. Surprisingly, I don’t even have 10 napkins that match so I needed to create my own. I have been really into this neon yellow/green color for a while now and I just had to use it! So first I cut all of the napkins to the size I wanted. I cut them at 17″ square.
Next, I laid a long piece of white paper from a roll onto my table and placed the napkins on it. Using my paint and a brush, I haphazardly painted diagonal stripes on them. I didn’t wanted the stripes to be perfect. If you do, tape off sections using painters tape and then you will have perfectly straight lines.
Just to let you know, I used craft paint but I’m sure fabric paint would be even better. I figured that when I get paint on my clothes and wash them it won’t come out so it probably wouldn’t come out of this fabric either. And I was right, it worked :)
After I let them dry overnight, I ironed them and then started sewing the edges. I used a tutorial for sewing the edges that I found here. It was a good tutorial so I won’t repeat it :) I used the square edged version because it was easier. Ya, that’s how I roll.
Pretty simple little party. But I think the napkins make the table. It just wouldn’t have had any pizazz without those bright, striped napkins. I’m also thinking how cute it would be to make some with a large houndstooth print or something equally as graphic. Hmm… I might have to make a second set and have another party :)
Comments
Oh I love the napkins. I have some dollar tree plain napkins, I think I will paint them thanks for the idea! I usually ad fabric medium to my craft paints which is easier to have on hand and ad to any craft paint then buying different colors of fabric paint, just another little tip. Curious: square or mitered corners?
you didn’t mention that the wonderful party was for your birthday! And I bet no one would believe that you are 31 big ones!!!!! (or I am old enough to be your mom! :)
AND you didn’t mention that the food was wonderful!!!!
So glad that, FINALLY, your dad and I got to celebrate with you.
Adorable, Kellie! And even though you say you chose the “easy” way, it was still a lot of work to go through all the little steps required to love your guests with each tiny detail. How delightful for them! Hope you all had a wonderful time!!!…and happy birthday!
Love this tutorial. Link it up to my Party Tutorial Contest for a chance to win some fabulous prizes: http://www.purejoyeventsblog.com/2011/09/party-tutorial-contest-3.html