Sure, not everyone can be crafty or even wants to hold a crafting party. Yet at the same time, you want your place to look nice and perhaps even that you are crafty, just a little. The trick in this is the details. You don’t have to create a 4 foot long centerpiece ala Martha Stewart style or spend hours and hours weaving each place mat. Better Homes and Gardens offers up some great place setting ideas with easy to re-create pieces for around the table. In some examples, they got pretty fancy with a lot of the themes, so if you don’t want to spend that much or just think it’s too much, cut back and no one will be the wiser.
Here are some tips and tricks:
- Detail Oriented- Fold the napkins a little fancier, center items, do things in even numbers or pairs.
- Keep it simple- Too much overwhelms and costs you too much time and money!
- Pick a theme and stick to it. Once you’ve got some colors and a theme, everything else will fall into place.
- Reuse it- If you’re buying new stuff, pick your theme and your purchases around items you’ll re-use or be able to incorporate into your next event.
- Go beyond the table- but not too much! Expanding your theme into the living room or bathroom is a great way to keep consistency and overall atmosphere.
