Linking up with the Dare to DIY-Dare to Entertain party!
I meant to get this post up last week, so it would be a little more…in time for Thanksgiving. I did not, as you see, succeed, but since my Thanksgiving decorations all seem to veer off into Christmasy territory anyway, I’m just calling this a holiday table and pretending it’s perfectly on time. (ETA: I do realize it’s not Thanksgiving yet….I just meant early enough to get in on all the in advance table planning partying that goes on all over the internet for most of November).
This year’s table looks a lot like last year’s table. The big changes are the new wooden box/gold pinecone centerpiece and the glasses that I put dots on.
Last year I realized too late that we didn’t really have any pretty glasses to use on my pretty table (I make the table pretty precisely once a year, so it’s easy to overlook these things). Our usual drinking vessels are ironic mugs from the thrift store and an assortment of (also thrifted) pint glasses with beer logos.
This year, I vowed, things would be different! Prettier.
Armed with internet inspiration…..
Like these pretty glasses from Feet Grounded on the Earth:
….I went to Target and picked up a bunch of stemless wine glasses from the Dollar Spot (so, you know, for a dollar each):
And I picked up an oil based gold Sharpie paint pen. My big innovation (well, it’s probably not really an innovation, but it’s different than the ones I looked at on other blogs anyway) was doing three different sized dots/circles, gradually getting smaller as they go up.
I thought this would be a great project to work on while watching TV, but it turns out you kind of need to be looking at your glasses while you draw dots on them. But I got pretty quick with it after the first few, so it didn’t take too long (I wound up doing 10 all together). I did them a couple at a time then took a break so my hand didn’t get too tired.
I read that you should set the paint by baking them in the oven. This made me very nervous, because I didn’t want to clean up an oven full of shattered glass, but I also didn’t want all my dots to wash off. So I did it. And it was fine! You’re supposed to put them in a cold oven so they warm up gradually. I put them in at 325 for about half an hour (and then I also left them in while the oven cooled off, to continue to avoid abrupt temperature changes). I haven’t washed them yet, so no news on how the paint holds up. But I hear good things from the internet.
And here’s the whole table:
Those are my beloved Patch NYC dessert plates from Target last year, on plain white plates from TJ Maxx, and gold chargers (Hobby Lobby?). The table cloth looks white in the pictures, but it actually has kind of a gold speckle running through it. Last year I had a sparkly black and gold table runner, but I thought it wouldn’t work with the rustic box, so I picked up this more subdued one from Ikea.
Not pictured are napkins, because I started to pull them out and realized they desperately need ironing, and gold flatware. Because I don’t have any. I want some though, and I know the thrift store will come through for me someday.
oh those plates are excellent!!!
My gold plated flatware is literally one of my most prized possessions, it was handed down to me and I use it only on thanksgiving. 🙂
ooh! jealous!
those glasses are the perfect accent and WHOA those plates.
Thanks, Cassie–I still love them as much this year as I did when I bought them…I really need to bring them out more often.
I’m totally dining with you on Thursday because that set up is fancy! I really like the different sizes of dots. Nice touch.
Thanks, Michelle–come on down any time 🙂
They look great with your gold charger plates. And they have dollar wine glasses at target? I clearly need to get my but down to target as I’ve been looking for a set of those.
I don’t think they’re there all the time, but I’ve seen them show up in the dollar section from time to time…I think mostly around the holidays. Ikea has them even cheaper, but I’m not sure if they have stemless.
Gosh I love it. Plates, glasses…But you know I love black, white and gold and animals 😉
Thanks, Julia–black, gold, and animals is a great combination 🙂
Love the spotted glasses. I realized the same thing when I put my table settings together that we don’t really have any nice glasses. Maybe I’ll have to fix that before Christmas 🙂
– Lora
ha–I waited a whole year after I realized it before I fixed the problem…no rush 😉
Oooh, I love this idea and your tablescape! I could see the gold dots on glass tumblers, shot glasses, champagne glasses…
Thanks, Caitlin–EVERYWHERE is the right place for gold dots 😉
Sigh, your table is so beautiful. Those glasses are so fabulous. Love the golden dots!!
Love the whole gold + black thing your table has going on. Glad to know the internet did not fail you with this project. I will be anxiously awaiting to find out if they can in fact be washed successfully!
It’s occurred to me that I need to wash them BEFORE people drink out of them on Thanksgiving….so, yes, fingers crossed they make it through at least one soaking!
I am still in LOVVVVVVVVVVVVE hard with those plates. That’s a mighty fine looking Thanksgiving table. I think your glasses turned out great. They are very beautiful!
Thanks, Kenz! Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Oh my GOODNESS! Your room is amazing! The rich dark colors contrasting the white are perfect! Your table is gorgeous friend and how cool did those glasses turn out!!!! I am so very blown away! BEAUTIFUL!!!!
This table is simply dreamy. I love Itall and I’m obsessed with the dotted glasses. I hope you’ll link these up to Dare to DIY on Monday.
Thanks, Kim! I’m such a dedicated Dare to DIY’er that I already have all my links planned out! (I still need to DO some of the stuff, but I know what it’s goign to be :))
Your table is so lovely! What a great idea to add the gold to the glasses. Such a lovely detail.
I love the dotted glasses and those plates are super cute too!
thank you!
gorgeous table. cute plates. and fun glasses. I want to make these too!
this is so pretty!! and great job on those glasses. they could work for the holidays, or for any time of year really.
Thanks so much, Claire–I definitely plan to break them out any time we want to feel FANCY 😉