Turkey Day Table Decor
Autumn
is here in all its glory. It's time for football games, burning leaves, harvest
celebrations and Thanksgiving will soon be upon us.
Now
is the time to get your table decor ready, and this quick and easy project will
get your crafty holiday juices flowing
Here's
how I did it:
Supplies
Reusable-Non Stick Craft Sheet (KoolTak™)
Little
B Chipboard Pack, one sheet for every two place card holders (LittleBllc.com)
Patterned
paper 1/2 sheet per place card holder (Paper Studio)
Kraft
Paper, 8 1/2" x 11", one sheet per eight name tags and 1 sheet
per four napkin rings
Mulberry
paper, gold, one sheet per five napkin rings
Gold
card stock, one sheet per eight name tags
Makin's
Air Dry Clay, Brown, one pack (Makin's Air Dry Clay)
Makin's
Push Molds, Christmas Nature (Makin's Air Dry Clay)
Inka
Gold, Platinum, Orange (Viva Décor, available at JoAnne's Fabrics)
Organdy
Ribbon, 3/8", orange, 12" per each place card holder and napkin ring
Decorative
Edge Scissors
Bone
folder or scoring tool
Dye
Ink, Spiced Marmalade and Tea Dye Distress Inks ( Tim Holtz, Ranger, Inc.)
Computer
and Printer
Swirl
Stamp
Water
and small brush or water brush
Silk
leaf
Instructions
Protect
your work space with the Kool Tak Reusable-Non Stick Craft Mat.
Make
two pine cones and two acorns for each place card and napkin holder using
Makin's Air Dry Clay and Push Molds. Allow the pieces to dry overnight.
Highlight each piece with Platinum and Orange Inka Gold.
Place Card Holder
Cover
the Little B card stock with patterned paper front and back. Note: This is very sturdy card stock, so it is not
necessary to use patterned card stock to cover it. Trim to
4" x 12" and cut to make two pieces, 4" x 6". Use the Kool
Tak™ Layer Plus Tool and a bone folder or scoring tool to score each
piece at 1" from one end and 2 1/2" from the other end. Fold the 2
1/2" pieces one way and the 1" piece the opposite. Trim the 1"
edge with decorative scissors. Ink all the edges with Spiced Marmalade dye ink.
Place Cards
Print
name tags on kraft paper and trim to 3" x 2". Stamp swirls with
Tea Dye Ink in the lower left corner of each name tag and sponge the edges with
Tea Dye ink.
Trim gold card stock to 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" and sponge the
edges with Tea Dye ink. Attach the name tags to card stock with Kool
Tak™Premium Extreme. Attach the pine cones, acorns and organdy bow to each name
tag with Kool Tak™ Foam Adhesive Clear Foam Pads.
Place the finished name tag
on the place card holder.
Napkin Rings
Cut
kraft paper to 2" x 10" strips. Stamp swirls in Tea Dye ink along the
length of the strip.
Use
the Kool Tak™ Layer Plus Tool to measure a line 1" from one long edge of
the Mulberry paper. Wet the line and tear the Mulberry paper, then measure
another inch and wet the line again and tear it. You will have a 1" wide
by 11" long strip of frayed Mulberry paper.
Attach this to the center of
the stamped kraft strip with 1/2" Kool Tak™ Premium Extreme and wrap
the ends to the back of the kraft strip.
Attach two strips of Kool Tak™ Premium
Extreme to one end of the kraft paper, wrap it around your napkin and mark
where the end overlaps to get your width. Be sure the ring will slip on and off
the napkin so you can use it again. Remove the release paper from the Kool
Tak™ Premium Extreme and secure the ring.
Attach
the silk leaf to the napkin rings with 1/2" Kool Tak™Premium Extreme, then
attach the acorn, pine cone and organdy bow just like on the place card.
Note: Don't have enough hands to place and cut the
Kool Tak™ Premium Extreme? Remember: it is easily torn to speed things up!
That's
it. Quick and easy and pretty.
Here's
wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!
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