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“I Celebrate YOU” Tablescape {Guest Post by Me!}

12:07 am

Hey Guys!

Today is the only day that someone didn’t sign up to guest post for my “Help, I’m moving!” series, but I had a saved post from a guest post I did at Positively Splendid, so I thought this would be the perfect time to share it.

Can I guest post on my own blog?

Well, I am!

But before I do, I just had to share this year’s Easter picture with the boys. It was a rainy day, but that didn’t stop us from getting a quick picture. Unfortunately, dead batteries did stop us from getting a picture with Daddy. :(

I love these boys so much!!!! (and I love the one taking the picture too!)

I am hoping to get some family pictures soon when the weather starts cooperating!

My post for today is about celebrating your loved ones.

This would be a great tablescape to celebrate your children on their first full day home for the summer.

Or it would be a great way to celebrate the special friends in your life.

There is not much of a tutorial for this post, just inspiration.

I had a wooden picture frame that I painted white, and then I hot glued a pink flower to the top right corner.

I used my Silhouette machine to print out the words “there is no one like YOU” on black fabric. I used my heat transfer material from Silhouette to iron the words on a piece of burlap.

This can be done without a Silhouette machine. If I didn’t have one, I would find a stencil I liked and use black paint and a sponge brush to paint it on the burlap. (Or just paint it free hand!)

For my tablescape, I cut rectangular placemats from burlap and frayed the edges.

I used some black and white gingham napkins that I got at a yard sale last year for 25 cents a piece.

Then I used some expressions from the online Silhouette store to iron on the bottom right corner of each placemat.

I love thinking of my guests or my children reading these words over and over as they eat their meal.

I kept moving the picture frame around as I took pictures. It finally ended up on the side table!

It’s so bright and cheerful!

When my boys came home from school today, they saw my tablescape and loved it. They asked me which seat was theirs?

I said, “Take your pick! Because each of you make me smile, make me happy, melt my heart, and I simply adore you.”

I hope this gives you a little idea of how you can celebrate the ones you love this summer!

A few days after I took these pictures, it was Mother’s Day. So I decided my frame would be a perfect gift for mom. Dad and I visited Mom’s grave on Mother’s Day, and I placed the frame on her headstone with the bright yellow flowers.

I miss her so much.

Promise me you will take time this very day to tell your loved ones how precious they are to you!

Thanks!

Traci

P.S. YOU are precious to me!!!

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Burlap Tiebacks with Interchangeable Flowers

10:17 am

Happy Friday, ya’ll!

If you missed this tutorial that I did for my fellow Kentuckian, Gail at My Repurposed Life, here it is!

I want to share with you how I made burlap tiebacks with interchangeable flowers that I made for my drop cloth curtains.

I got my inspiration for this project when I went shopping with Sarah, Thrifty Decor Chick, last month. We went to the Ballard Designs’ outlet store, and I almost bought these burlap curtain tiebacks that were on sale(picture below). One thing you need to know about me is I love burlap!

Then I came to my senses and said, “Why would I buy this, when I can make it!”

Oh, it’s the blogger in me.

I decided I wanted to make a flower with a little more spring flare, so I chose to make a pink one. (Or we can call it “Honeysuckle” which is the color of the year.)

You have probably seen how to make one of these silk flowers before in blogland. So have I, but I had never tried to make one for myself.

Can you say, F-U-N!

I had a blast making these flowers. (I may have even created a new obsession for me!)

I bought this costume silk at Walmart. I got 1/4 of a yard, and it cost me only $.67!

First, I cut out five circles of descending sizes and traced them onto my pink silk fabric.

Then, I cut five slits on each circle to create the “petals”.

Carefully hold each circle of material over a small flame, (a tea light works best) and let the heat singe the edges.

Follow the two steps above with each circle and then layer them on top of each other to create the flower.

The last step is to get a needle and thread to attach the pearl button in the middle of the flower. Start from the back of the flower so the knot in the thread will not be seen.

Precious!

To make the burlap tieback, I just cut a piece of burlap 9 inches by 30 inches, folded it longways, and stitched up 2 of the three sides, leaving a hole at one end to pull the material through.

Then I ironed it flat…right side out, and stitched up the remaining side.

I also made two little strips of burlap to create loops on the inside of each side of my tieback, so I could attach the tieback to the wall with a hook.