7 tips… for setting a fun & festive birthday table

This past week Patrick turned twenty-one years old. Yep, my first born is already twenty one years old and I don’t think it’s hit me yet. After all, twenty-one sounds so …well, adult. And it just seems like yesterday when….well, you know what I mean.

Lately everyone’s been coming and going in different directions but we finally managed to sit down for a family dinner before Patrick headed to San Francisco for a concert. I had to pull this table together at the last minute and it ended up being so darn festive looking I thought I’d share a few of my tips. 

I think the very best thing about this table is how inexpensive it was to put together. Do you have a birthday coming up for someone special?

Well here’s what I did for Patrick’s birthday dinner. My seven tips for a fun table.

Tip 1:  Balloons provide instant impact

I wish you could see how these look in person. So pretty!

I simply tied these to the chairs…

Tip 2: Decorate your Chandelier!

I used crepe paper tied on a string and made like THIS

 

It’s so easy and cheap and it creates such a festive party atmosphere!

 

Tip 3: Don’t limit yourself to tablecloths

This is important. Invest in white tablecloths and you’ll always have flexibility with your tablescapes.

 

I found my fabric at Ikea. …when I was shopping with Michael for some college room bedding.

Tip 4: Accentuate your theme colors by using spray paint (the best way to paint in a hurry)

I made these:

White spray painted mason jars

Gold painted champagne glasses

 

 

Tip 5: Use mason jars for inexpensive vases

Tip 6:  Shop the Dollar Store for Creative Place Cards. Here’s mine:

Isn’t this perfect for a 21st birthday dinner?

I love how these turned out!!!

 

7. Emphasize your color scheme by using card stock place mats

 

This is a perfect way to add color to your table.

The black “place mats” are simply two pieces of black card stock

laid side by side.  How easy it that?

And I used one piece of glitter paper for $1.99

Each place card is sitting on a piece of glitter paper

so it can “pop” out from the white plate.

Look how pretty the glitter looks in the evening sun….

 

I laid my striped fabric down at an angle for visual interest. I didn’t even cut it.

And I love the bold black and white stripes, don’t you?

Gray, white and yellow balloons

the gold stem champagne glasses for toasting our twenty-one year old

(not bad for spray paint huh?)

Stuffed mushrooms with mustaches (I threw this in because the stashes’ are so cute)

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• two yards of fabric from Ikea: $7.00 per yard
• yellow and white crepe paper: $2.00 from Dollar store
• plastic animals: 2 for $1.00 dollar store
• champagne glasses 99 cents each from thrift store
• spray paint: white and gold
• place mats: 29 cents for each paper
• mason jars, dinnerware, water goblets: mine
• black and white cloth napkins: not shown (mine from CostPlus)
• 2 dozen helium balloons: $9.99 per dozen
• game of beer pong afterwards: free

 

Which tip did you like the best?

xo

Leslie

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