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‘Jewelry Stand’ Centerpiece
If you’re like me and you own a lot of jewelry, chances are you might have a tiered jewelry stand similar to mine:
If you have one, look beyond those earrings and bracelets. Your jewelry stand will make a great addition to a spring dessert table or table setting — just layer on some candy, cookies or cupcakes. I turned my stand into a colorful centerpiece using flowers and spice drops.
…And for those of you who sell handmade jewelry, this would make a great centerpiece for a jewelry party. I’m sure you can come up with even more ideas!
All photographs by Porter House Designs
Choosing A Color: Burnt Orange
This is the best time of year for orange lovers!
Although I love vibrant oranges, I also adore earthy, rusty ones too. Clay colors such as terra cotta, burnt sienna, russett and persimmon are some of my faves. These are the colors that make you feel warm and toasty all over. Don’t you agree?
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To see more great photos of clay colored spaces, check out my recent ideabook over at houzz.com.
Color Scheme: Purple And Orange
Often it is the boldest of color schemes that yield the greatest benefits.
Pairing purple and orange is certainly a courageous choice but consider this: Purple is the color of royalty, introspection and spirituality. While orange is associated with creativity, energy and joyfulness.
Even in their lighter tints of lavender and peach, together these hues create a majestic warmth unlike no other color duo. It’s a look and feel that’s perfect for when you want to create…or just meditate.
Instead of a traditional purple, try periwinkle {as shown above}. This is a cool, bluish purple that looks great with deep golden oranges, such as ginger. Photo from decorpad.com.
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Spring Centerpiece: Jellybean Tower
If you’re looking for an Easter centerpiece idea, this Jellybean Tower will add a little vintage sparkle and warm colors to your table.
The photo below shows you all of the parts to this centerpiece: three vintage, glass candy dishes {one of my new favorite accessories} and three glass votive holders.
You can find vintage candy dishes at just about any thrift store or antique store. I bought these at a thrift store for only $2.00 each. The glass votive holders are available just about anywhere — the grocery store, craft store or Wal-Mart. As you can see, I filled two of them with jellybeans and used one as a vase for the ranunculus. These flowers are brilliantly colored and have tons of petals that actually look like paper. Very pretty!
The final step is to stack each part on top of the other beginning with a candy dish and ending with the flowers. Add extra jellybeans in the top dish {optional}, and you’re done! Needless to say you can use any color of jellybeans you wish. I wanted warm hues, hence the yellow and orange.
The great thing about using clear glass items is that they become whatever color you want them to be just by what you put in them. So don’t ignore a pretty glass container even if you want something colorful.
One other point — this tower is best suited for adult gatherings. Unless you glue all of the parts together, the display can topple over so use your discretion when children are around. I’m pleased with how this centerpiece turned out and I’m sure it will make a great topic of conversation at Easter dinner.
Design and photos by Kelly Porter of Porter House Designs
Autumn Dessert Table Ideas
Attention Fab Fall Party People! In this post, I’m sharing photos of my Autumn and Thanksgiving Dessert Tables!
Not only are these tables infused with a surprise pop of blue, but they also feature my new Autumn Printables.
The hues were inspired by a vintage quatrefoil pattern. I digitally enhanced the print and used it to design the printables. I love the unique variations of the pattern, and blue is a fun, unexpected color to use in autumn decor.
Orange burlap makes a great backdrop and tablecloth, and you’ll see I displayed cupcakes two different ways: on a cake plate with a mini-pumpkin tower in the center {above}, and…
on a small bale of hay {which you can get at the craft store}. The candy corn topiaries are a take on my baby shower topiaries. This does take a huge dose of patience and hot glue…but since Halloween candy is now on sale, why not try it?
For the base, I used those gorgeous colbalt-blue Saratoga water bottles. LOVE the way they turned out!
These Dessert Tables are perfect for Thanksgiving or Autumn birthdays. I hope you were inspired!
Design and photographs by Porter House Designs.
Autumn Ideas
I’m so loving all of the fall colors right now. Every year it amazes me how quickly the leaves go from green to crimson, russet, yellow, amber, orange and brown…
…beautiful, inspiring colors that make for really cool {or should I say, ‘warm’} decorations. Above is an autumn tablescape I designed a couple of years ago, and I still like the way it looks now. It must be because nature’s colors are timeless, and seasonal goodies — such as pumpkins, gourds and pine cones — never go out of style. Here are some other fun ideas for autumn:
photos credits: sunset; bhg; decorators home
Decorating With Pumpkins
When it comes to autumn decorating, I usually begin with pumpkins. They’re sculptural, easy to embellish, and they can serve as a starting point for a colorful outdoor display or indoor centerpiece. These pretty pumpkins {above} are from bhg.com {except for the center photo, which is from the Porter House}.
And here are some other fun ideas from goodhousekeeping.com. What can you come up with? I’d love to hear about your ideas!
CLICK HERE to check out our Harvest Party Dessert Tables for Fall 2010!
Boys Football Buffet
Summer’s almost over, so I’ve declared it Tween Party Week here at Color Sizzle! My last post featured a Girls Spa Party, so today this one’s for the guys {NOTE: this set-up also works indoors and makes for a great Superbowl Party}!
Are you ready for some football?? My boys sure are, so I styled this snack buffet to help them celebrate the season with their friends. If you’ve ever hosted a bunch of boys over for a friendly game of football, you know they get pretty hungry!
One thing I know — boys like things things simple, so I didn’t put a lot of fuss into this one . Well, maybe I did just a little {can’t help it…it’s the designer in me}. I purchased the ‘football field’ tablecloth and banner from the party store, and reinforced the green and orange color theme with the candy and accessories.
I used scrapbooking paper to make labels for the water bottles, and the sliders and brownies were store-bought {I added the green M&Ms}.
A day of fun, food, friends…and football, of course.
Sources:
tablecloth, pendant banner, candy: Party City
mini-burgers, brownies: Sam’s Club
picture frames: Home Goods
football scrapbooking paper: Michael’s
Transformers Boys Room
Attention Moms: If you have a son who’s crazy about the movie Transformers…
…today, over at Design Dazzle, I’ve blogged about a really fun furniture collection that would be a great beginning for a Transformers-inspired boy’s room.
Mixter Max bedroom furniture by Powell is both colorful and multi-functional, just like the Transformers robots themselves. Click Here to check out the entire post!
Celebrate {With} Color!
I get so much inspiration from colorful celebrations such as these designs featured in Ceremony magazine:
The setting above features bold, bright colors. LOVE the orange and fuchsia — and the flower appliques. Below, the design is more subdued with softer hues, but the look is still dramatic and fun thanks to delicious mint-green stripes and candy displays. And, of course, both floral centerpieces are amazing.
Professional designs like these can give us tons of ideas for colorful entertaining @ home!
floral design: top setting – Extraordinary Flowers; bottom setting – Couture Flowers
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