8 Days to Go: Vintage/Rustic Table Setting Pieces

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  What was on all of your agendas?

I spent some time garage sale-ing and Goodwill-ing, found awesome tabletop goodies to remake, and got crafty to create a fun, fall, vintage-rustic tablescape.  Recycled goods-turned-chic-tabletop

Here’s a brief look at the table after all the hand-craftiness…

Vintage Tablescaping!

…and I’m going to show three fun items from the table that are super easy to recreate.  Ready??

1. Napkin Rings

I started with some basic wooden napkin rings and some ribbon from my collection…

Rings & Ribbon!

…and got out my friend, the hot glue gun!!  I dabbed a bit of glue in the center of the ring…

Hot Glue!!!

…and started to wrap the ribbon around the ring.  I went around 11 times (I had to count to make each ring uniform) and then glued the ends to the inside of the ring.

Around & Around!

2. Napkins

Next came the napkins!  I found some beige cotton ones to use because I wanted to dye them a new shade!

Cloth Napkins!

After seeing tons of ombré dye tutorials, I was inspired to create some on my own!  I began a dye bath of Scarlet RIT Dye on my stove top…

RIT Dye Bath!

…and started to drop in my napkins!

Napkin Dip

I dipped the six napkins (all at once) into the pot a little less than their middle point, and held them in place for about five minutes.

Soaky Soaky, Now!

Once I let the bottom half soak for those few minutes, I brought the napkins out of the bath another halfway point.  I wanted to let the bottom chunk be the darkest area, so I left this part submersed for about a half hour to really show the gradient.

Dip & Soak

3. Vase

I have to say that before I moved I had accumulated many, many, many vases from floral deliveries to take-homes from weddings. I held onto a few favorites but ended up donating about 90% of them.  When I walked back into Goodwill this weekend, I was probably re-purchasing the vases I had given away!

I loved the shape of this vase and wanted to give it some texture, so I found some lovely yellow Bakers Twine (yes, it totally made me crave pastries)…

Goodwill Vase & Bakers Twine

…and began to wrap it around the neck of the vase using Mod Podge to keep it in place!  After finding a good end place (aka, the location on the vase where I was, after spending about a half hour wrapping and adhering) I let the vase dry overnight.

Mod Podgin’

Here’s what I ended up with post project-ing!

Hello chic napkins!

Finished Napkins!

I loved that each one looked a bit different depending on where they were in the pile when I was dyeing.

All Dyed!

The napkin rings looked lovely against the napkins!

Napkin & Napkin Ring Combo

With some ribbon and a little glue, these rings are looking Anthropologie-esque!!  I loved how these turned out!!

Rustic Rings!

And the Mod Podge/Bakers Twine vase…

New Vase!

…looking super sharp with the yellow lilies too!

New Table!!

All the table making fun got me really ready for a fun night of dinner party-ing with friends.  Hello butternut squash mac & cheese (with turkey bacon!!) and bruschetta.  (PS, the dee-lish recipe came from Better Homes & Gardens)

Dinner Party Time!

Nothing like yummy eats to close out the weekend!!

The rest of the tabletop pieces are to follow…stay tuned!!