Make Your Own Table Decorations
What is black, white, pink and red all over? This Valentine’s Day table! I made the decorations for this table – plates from cardboard circles, dressed up napkin rings with wooden cut outs and a centerpiece with printable vintage looking Valentines cards and repurposed Christmas garland. It’s easy, cute, and inexpensive. Let’s get creating and make your own table decorations!
A Valentine’s Day Table With Your Own Table Decorations
To make setting a table simple without too much fuss I follow a formula – one for the centerpiece and one for place settings. I want to share my Easy 1-2-3 Formulas to a Beautiful Table Every Time with you!
Download Easy 1-2-3 Formulas to a Beautiful Table Every Time
Ideas galore included with the formulas to create a table that wows family and friends!
Make Your Own Table Decorations For A Centerpiece
The formula for a centerpiece is ENTERTAIN + CONTAIN + TRAIN – let’s explore each step!
Centerpiece Formula – Entertain
This is your focal piece -the big wow! Can be one piece or a grouping. I used lanterns filled with vintage Valentine’s cards, old keys and bottles.
Centerpiece Formula – Contain
How will you contain your focal piece? The two red lanterns are placed in the center with one elevated on a black cake stand.
Centerpiece Formula – Train
A runner and/or a few pieces to “train” out of your focal piece! Red wood bead garland repurposed from our farmhouse Christmas tree surround the focal piece.
Make Your Own Table Decorations For Table Settings
I only found 2 white plates with black polka dots at my local thrift store so I cut two circles from cardboard boxes for a matched mismatched set!
Steps To Create Your own Decorative Plates
- Place your real plate on the back of your cardboard box. (these are two boxes which I received free on a Facebook group)
2. Trace around the plate onto the box.
3. Repeat for each plate you need.
4. Cut out your decorative plates.
Steps To Create Your own Decorative Napkin rings
I adhered wooden hearts from the Dollar Tree onto napkin rings I already owned with adhesive foam dots.
More Table Decorations You Can Make
- Use this idea to make chargers to place under clear glass plates.
- Use a plain cardboard box and cover with scrapbook paper.
- Small wooden cut outs come in a variety of shapes, use them to make unique napkin rings for everyday and every season.
Use The 1-2-3 Table Formulas For The Table Settings
The formula for a place setting is ELEVATE THE PLATE + MATE + CREATE – let’s explore each step!
Place Setting Formula – Elevate the Plate
Take the plate to the next level and use a charger and/or a placemat. White plates with black polka dots sitting on teal chargers make for a simple, easy pulled together and cute tablescape.
Place Setting Formula – Mate
Place your mates to the plate – napkins, silverware, glassware. I used the sweet and simple napkin rings with vintage pink napkins on the plates.
Place Setting Formula – Create
Create something pretty, unique and / or personalized for each place setting. I printed out free vintage valentines and cut out the sweet little child in the middle. These went into place card holders at each place setting.
Before You Fly Away To Make Your Own Table Decorations
Pin any of the images to Pinterest so you can set a beautiful shabby chic table easily with 1-2-3 formulas – hover over any picture to save the pin to your Pinterest account. So easy!
