Madigan made… a fun red and purple centerpiece and a new chalkboard quote.
Well, February is almost here… so I guess that means it is time to show you our Valentine’s chalkboard and kitchen décor!
If you are new here, you should know that every month I share a new quote on our kitchen chalkboard. Sometimes I decorate the space for the holiday/season, too!
The February chalkboard quote is not about love or sweethearts, but I think it is still appropriate for this ‘sweet’ time of year:
“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”-Laura Ingalls Wilder
This Valentine’s holiday I decided to use a little red and purple in the kitchen… mainly because I found red and purple tulips at the grocery store over the weekend. (gotta love cheap grocery store bouquets!) I loooove tulips… but I think I’ve told you that before!
Remember the chandelier necklace I made last year? I hung that on the light fixture again.
Last winter I found a fabulous vintage looking Hostess cupcake sign at an antiques market. This year, instead of hanging the sign in the foyer, I decided to hang it on our chalkboard.
And to coordinate the floral centerpiece with that sign, I used some fun retro-looking polka dot paper around the flowers and inside a hurricane vase.
Want to make a cute layered flower centerpiece like this one? Follow these steps:
Supplies needed:
- Small glass hurricane vase
- Decorative scrapbook paper, 12x12”
- Drinking glass
- Tape
- Something to raise up the drinking glass, if needed (i.e. roll of electrical tape)
- Ribbon
- Hot glue gun
- Flowers
Directions to make a simple paper and floral centerpiece:
- Trim the paper down to fit inside the hurricane vase. Roll the paper into a tube that will fit around the drinking glass, but inside the glass vase. Secure the paper tube closed with clear tape.
- Cut a length of coordinating ribbon and secure a band of it around the hurricane vase using a dollop of hot glue.
- Cut flowers and arrange them to fit inside the drinking glass.
- Inside the glass vase, set the paper tube over the electrical tape. Place the drink glass and flowers on top of the tape.
- And fun accessories around it and enjoy!
To decorate around the flower vase, I added a few red and purple accents. I already owned the red vase and I found the sequined heart at Michaels. All I needed was one more purple touch… so I used purple shelf liner along the bottom of the wood tray.
The table centerpiece is by far my favorite part of this space. You could use this technique to make a centerpiece for any season... just change the paper around the flowers!
I love that this display is not overly sweet or feminine… I think it has a fun and retro vibe that works with the cupcake sign.
And who doesn’t love tulips or polka dots? ;)
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