Lanterns, Burlap and Bows
Hope you all don’t die of shock that I’m actually posting two days in a row. I think it just might be a record. I wanted to show you my latest table top creation in my dining room. You see the top of the table had gone missing and I found it a few days ago…so I decided to keep the ball rolling and do a new arrangement.
I wanted something light and summery but with just a hint of that F-word…Fall. Call me crazy but I’m actually feeling ready. This summer has been so dang hot. I had almost everything I needed. The only thing I bought were the cat-tail-ish looking stems.
I have had this set of three lanterns for several years. They are a set of three in a hard-to-find ivory color. They move around my house and so far I have not grown tired of them. Not sure I ever will.
I made the bows first from this great burlap ribbon. It’s fabulous and makes the prettiest bows. After I attached the bows I added the stems…some on top of the bow and some underneath. I just stuck them in the bow without any glue.
I got the little monogrammed tags from a shop on Etsy called French and Sparrow. Be careful if you visit because you will want one of everything.
I pressed one of my grain sacks to use as a runner. The layering of the grain sack and tray on the table adds interest and seems to take up more space.
This is a gorgeous grain sack. The ties are still attached. I always feel like I’ve hit the jackpot when I get a sack with the ties still there.
This didn’t take very long and will get me all the way to September. If I added some pumpkins or gourds I could feasibly make it last until Christmas!
So…one last thing. Lately, whenever I published a post, my kids were sending me text messages that went something like this:
“No dog on the blog.”
“Sure do wish there was a dog on the blog.”
And then, for the first time ever, my son left this comment on yesterday’s post:
Steven says:
Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm • Edit
Can we get an update on how your assistant is doing?
You get the idea. So here you go Liddy and Steven…the dog is on the blog.
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