wintery, yarny tablescape.

i can finally share with all of you the warm, wintery tablescape i did with deb over at BridalHood since it was featured on forgetmeknotweddings last week!

we were inspired by yarn and warm tones and accents.

we used a ton of candlelight and deb has an incredible fireplace in her hood river home

so we included that as well.

our original plan was to do the shoot outside but it was rainy that day so we improvised.

check it out:

one of our DIY projects, the yarn/nail table numbers

we also wrapped bunches of bottles in yarn, you can see how that project was done here

our fancy smores: ginger snaps, dark chocolate, salted caramel, bacon maple and praline marshmellows. you know we ate them all after the shoot!! too good.

this was probably one of my favorite elements. a simple yarn installation hung in front of deb's massive window overlooking her gorgeous backyard. we simply strung one tighter piece from end to end then draped the rest over it. simple, pretty, cozy.

i hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed getting together and doing it! we will be working on another upcoming project together and will be sure to share it with you along the way.

DIY: yarn bottles.

over the weekend i worked, hung out with the mister watching anthony bourdain no reservations (he loves it) and worked on these little yarn bottles.

they are a project i'm working on for my wintery tablescape collaboration with Debbie and i am so excited to share them with you!

wrapping yarn around these clear lambrusco bottles i recently polished off was time-consuming but so worth it in the end:

i started at the top of the bottle and worked my way down. first i tied a knot around the top then wrapped the rest of the yarn around the hanging string from the knot.

for the best results pull the string semi-tightly when you wrap it. don't wrap it so tight that it bunches up (especially for thinner string) but just enough so that is stays in place.

finally when i got to the bottom of the bottle i used fabric glue to bind the end of the string to the rest of the wrapped string.

so far i've finished a cranberry one and two cream colored ones. i'm thinking about using them for my thanksgiving table as well!

i'll be working on some more projects for thanksgiving/our tablescape throughout the week and i can't wait to share them with you all ;-)

tomorrow-another wedding photo or two!

project 1: update.

finished a few more of the table numbers!

for #4- my mom found my grandma's old sewing box and it had a bunch of these awesome buttons inside

and i'm pretty sure #4 and #7 are my favorite so far...

i hope you all have an awesome memorial day

i'm going to be making a KILLER devil's food cake from this recipe i came across on the world wide web for a memorial day celebration on monday

i'll be posting the recipe upon completion! (trust me, you're gonna want it)

and finally, a quick shout out to miss Jes from AMountainBride who is getting married today!

and miss BridalHood who is also getting married today!

so excited for you both

happy weekend everyone!