Serving - is not only polished to shine crystal cutlery, slender glasses of champagne and intricately folded napkins. Then all should be harmonious, because overload table with unnecessary details and create a sense of props is very simple. Accessories and decorative elements must attract to the table, but does not detract from the meal, the guests - those are the rules.
This season, I decided to give preference to natural materials, natural colors, nice rounded shape and thin lines. They are perfectly combined with each other as well as with table service and appliances. True, I had to replace textiles, as previous tablecloth and napkins seemed to me too bright. The new "clothes" for the holiday table I like: fabric milky white with embroidery and a barely noticeable luster look of vintage and stylish - this is what I wanted. As a supplement, I'll do a mini terrariums filled with fluffy moss, slender branches and decorated with wonderful flowers of a thin crepe paper. Terrariums can be of different sizes, to act as a single decoration or serve as a name index for each guest - as you please.
To create a decorative terrarium we need:
- Transparent glass ball (Christmas decorations);
- small metal cap from the banks;
- moss;
- thin sticks and twigs;
- wine cork;
- twine or thin satin ribbon;
- crepe paper or fabric flowers made of silk or chiffon;
- nominal card;
Getting Started. Carefully remove the metal "hat" with Christmas ball, so be careful of sharp edges.
The metal cap on banks will stand for the future of terrarium. Use it at work, so the glass ball will stand steadily on the table. The cover does not have to be exactly the same as in the picture. The main thing is that it is suitable in size and not let our ball rolled away from the table.
Carefully fill a glass bowl with dry sticks and moss. As a subsidiary element I use plain paper, folded in the form of a funnel, but sometimes undertake and tweezers.
After that, take the crepe (or cloth) flower and place it inside the ball on the moss. Crepe fabric and colors can be found in stores crafts. They are often used in the art of scrapbooking, with the decoration of toys, clothes and wedding accessories.
Take care to the neck of a glass ball was flat, with no chips, cracks and chipping dangerous. Take a suitable size wine stopper and gently close the hole in her bowl. If the plug does not fit into the neck, carefully cut it with a knife.
If you intend to use a decorative cage as an index of names on the festive table, take the printed name cards designed for guests perform in each hole with a hole punch. Using a thin satin ribbon or twine to attach the nameplate wine stopper
Decorative terrarium ready! Taking it as a basis, you can create something even more spectacular - it all depends on your ability, scrap materials and occasion. The main thing - it is a wonderful and simple decoration can be made for any holiday, and decorative elements inside a glass ball can be changed as many times as you want.