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HOLIDAYS

Here is a perfect example of crazy.

Setting a table with “laundry” being the theme.

Yes indeedie.

Laundry.  As in the stuff that parents have to do several times a day.  As in the stuff that has been piling up in my house because our laundry room is currently out of commission.  As in I got laundry on the brain…and the floor…and the car…and everywhere in between.

So why the heck not make it into a mother’s day tablesetting?!

Don’t judge my wrinkly tablecloth.   The iron is apparently buried underneath my dirty clothes.

This is one of the table settings I did for our churches mother’s day brunch and just recreated a version of it here.   I wanted it to be a little zany and I was really trying to think outside the box.  So the laundry themed table setting was born.

The entire idea came from me saying to a friend that I could never run out of love or laundry.  And I think that applies to most moms out there.  So I decided to use a bunch of laundry themed items (clothes pins, a mini laundry basket, a ‘clothesline’, etc.) to create a centerpiece that demonstrated that saying.

The first thing I did was pick up a couple $1 packages of clothespins.  I was able to create sleeves for my vase and pot by clipping them all together…more on that later 🙂

The place setting itself was really simple.  I wanted it to be fresh and clean.  So I went with a mirror charger with a clear glass plate and a simple white linen napkin (embellished by a single clothes pin…which would be great for a name card!).

The flower pot was just a plastic hanging pot I picked up for my porch for $3 at my local growers outlet….I think it is in a pretty standard pot.  And the white flowers were just fragrant enough while having the cleanest looking white flowers.

One of my favorite bits was this mini laundry basket.  I had it under one of our sinks holding our first aid items and I was able to roll up hand towels and stick them in as a literal version of our laundry theme.  After a quick brainstorming session, my little clothes line was born by tying some poofy yarn to a couple skewer sticks and attaching a little heart.  (never run out of LOVE, remember?!)

My candle in ‘suds’ is actually two vases with pillow stuffing in between the vases.  At first I put the candle right in the center of my ‘bubbles’ but then I realized that nothing would kill a meal (or a load of laundry) like a fiber fill fire.  Hence the double vase.  (quick tip…the bigger vase is available at Walmart for under $5 and the smaller inner vase is at The Dollar Tree for a buck.  The nesting technique is great for anything…acorns, rice, beads, buttons, etc.)

Okay…so now on to the vase sleeves.  First you will need clothespins.  Secondly you will need an embroidery hoop.  Take only the center section of the hoop out and you have the perfect base to clip your pins.

For my suds vase, I used one smaller hoop that fit around the base with the clips already attached.  The other sleeve was made from two hoops…one medium hoop and one larger hoop.

 

Then I just stacked the larger hoop of clips on the smaller one and plopped the flowers inside.  It was really that easy.  I think this doesn’t even need to be a laundry themed sleeve.  I think I’d like to see all the clothes pins painted different colors or have a certain pattern or paper embellishments.  It would be super cute for a kids project too…since it’s super safe and easy.

That’s it folks.  Pretty nuts, huh!?

And stay tuned for the next table setting (and if I can get to it, a couple bonus posts for this week!)…here’s your clue for the theme….darling, it’s better down where it’s_______.  Oh gosh darn, now that I typed it out loud, it sounds perverted.  Why does that always happen to me?!

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  1. Love this. So easy, affordable and creative! This is such a great idea for any table setting that needs a spring look. Light, clean and did I say affordable? That’s sort of my jam. Thanks for letting us see this!

  2. What a great idea! The clothes pin sleeves are my favorite part, they bring so much character to the table.

  3. This is super cute and such a creative idea! It almost makes me look forward to the six piles of laundry I need to tackle today… almost 😉

  4. I love the laundry theme! Not crazy at all 🙂 And I think u should have your love and laundry quote patented or something, haha. Seriously sweet. Definitely borrowing your theme for next Mother’s Day!

  9. Love this! I would have never thought to do this. It looks gorgeous! Thanks for thinking outside the box and sharing your genius with us!

  10. I’m digging these themes! And is it “wetter”?? We were on vacation this past weekend by the ocean and we were singing Under the Sea the whole time. I thought I got that song out of my head, but now it’s back. Thanks Katie, thanks 🙂

  13. So fresh and clean….something I don’t see much of with my two boys! Love all the little details! Thanks for sharing!

  15. I love this! Such a cute idea!!! Now I want to throw a party to use this. hmm… Maybe I’ll use my actual laundry folding as an activity. 😉 hehe!

  17. I just created my own. Sometimes you can snap a photo of something with a lot of rough texture and grit (like an asphalt driveway) and then use that as an overlay. You can also use different brushes (like the dry media brushes) and erase or adjust accordingly.
    xo – kb

  23. Could that be one of your photoshop ‘class’ themes? I’ve been using photoshop for yeeears, but still haven’t figured out a way to make it look nice.

  27. Sure. Maybe down the line! And I suggest you find just one that you like and you’ll be able to see the difference going forward 🙂
    xo – kb

  28. I love this! I live in a coastal city and decorating the table this way when we have family visiting from out of town would be awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!

  29. First of all, this is such a sweet and creative table setting! Second of all, your last sentence cracked me up. Have you ever seen Arrested Development? You may have a kindred spirit in Tobias. That’s all I have to say 🙂

  30. Not as crazy as you think, Katie! There’s a famous restaurant called the French Laundry by what some think is hte best chef in the world, Thomas Keller. I haven’t been but I think they have clothespins on their napkins. 🙂

  31. How incredibly apt’..nice and original setting indeed! 🙂
    ps- Do also update your wish list …like that column!

  37. I never even considered using the candle mirrors as chargers! Such a great idea! Thanks for all your tablescapping ideas…love em all!!

    Happy weekend!

  38. So cute and creative! We use skewer sticks for like a thousand things around the house! They can come in quite handy!

  39. Katie, I’m a pretty lazy person when it comes to table settings. I appreciate a nice setting, but I don’t care enough about it to do it at home. However, I wanted to pop in and tell you that I think this is just adorable! xo

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