home: featured [ Dunelm ]

It is time to start thinking about festive tableware and we love what Dunelm has brought out this season.

Lots of warm wood tones, sparkles and great colours for a modern winter tablescape.

home: made [ Halloween table setting ]

home: made [ Halloween ]

Layer up fabric, cluster old bottles, paint spiders webs in bleach, use pumpkins for vases… just some of the wonderful ideas collated by Good Housekeeping for weird, yet beautiful table settings and centrepieces for this weekend’s Halloween gatherings.

Try out their super ideas, lots of which are made from objects from around the house, items you could pick up at a local charity shop or bits and bobs from the supermarket!

[ all ideas/DIYs credited within the article. ]

home: nice price [ paper pumpkins ]

Feeling spooky? It doesn’t have to be scary or full of sweets, Halloween gives us another reason to add a little decoration to our homes.

These paper pumpkin decorations from Paper Dreams are simply beautiful and very effective to give a little pretty spooky decor.

They say;

Paper Dreams Honeycomb Pumpkins are made in Europe from sustainably sourced tissue paper and are designed to be reused. All our products are exclusively designed and handcrafted by ourselves.

This set consists of two honeycomb pumpkins, one is 25cm tall and the other 20cm in diameter.

Items come in plastic-free packaging which is intended to be kept storing items between use.

Simply open decoration and fasten with the enclosed metal pins. Unpin and close decoration for next time.

home: nice price [ IKEA ]

The IKEA Sale has started and what better time to grab some last minute Christmas items.

Whether you need scented candles, wrapping or decorations, IKEA have something in their sale to please everyone

On now until 17th Jan, with prices as low as 50p for candles!

ikea.com

home: favourite thing [ tree candles ]

To make the Christmas table display extra special, to place around a room for soft lighting over the festive period or cluster in groups with the other sizes available – we love these tree candles from Zara Home.

These candles are just part of their beautiful Christmas decor range, which includes candle holders, baubles and other festive ornaments.

home: made [ Christmas garlands ]

home: made [ Christmas Garlands ]

Find inspiration this Christmas period to make some gorgeous DIY garland and wall hangings.

We have found a lovely selection of tutorials at mymove.com. Adapt the designs to suite your style & space. Whether you likes things more minimal or exaggerated you can enjoy making your own Christmas decorations.

Out tops picks are pictured!

home: made [ crackers ]

Time to start thinking about Christmas decorations and even the table decor for the big day. Start early and make your own! We love the idea of homemade crackers, filled with your own chosen little gifts.

We found a great tutorial from Pure Sweet Joy.

home: made [ Christmas wreath making ]

If you fancy getting creative and want to design and make your own unique Christmas decor for your door, you don’t necessarily have to try and get to one of the many wreath making workshops.

Head to our favourite Hobbycraft and check out their extensive Christmas decoration and wreath department and pick out your own pieces to create your own beautiful masterpiece to hang on your door. It’s affordable and fun.

Plenty of trends and colour ways to choose from, and shapes and designs to use as a base.

home: made [ pumpkin carving ]

If you haven’t yet got your carve-on for tonight’s Halloween festivities then we’ve found some great inspiration for you to get creatively inspired.

Even an idea of not having to even pick up a knife – use a sharpie to draw on, use cut out paper to decorate or other mediums like paint, beads or washi tape.

See below for a great way to cut shapes with a knife and to also allow you to have elaborate cut outs.

home: event [ wreath making ]

Be quick and you can still grab a place on these super sell-out Christmas wreath making classes.

Aimed at raising funds to be able to offer pensioners free wreath making classes, these classes from £46.95 are both rewarding and creative. A way to make your own wreath and contribute so you know others can too.

£46.95 including booking fee

They say;

Thanks to popular demand – we are back again and helping our community too!

As our students know, every year we provide, totally free, Christmas Door Wreath making workshops for pensioners in Covent Garden. This year we are proud to host 2 classes at The Seven Dials Club.

Part of your ticket price helps us achieve this, so thank you for choosing us.

In this 2 hour floristry for beginners Christmas door wreath making workshop, we promise to relax your mind and bring out your creative side.

We will be based in the heart of Covent Garden, London, in the beautiful Neals Yard, just around the corner from Covent Garden tube.

You will learn – how to make a fresh Christmas Wreath using floral foam and fragrant foliage such as eucalyptus, and nobilis pine and to give it that WOW factor, learn how to wire sweet smelling cinnamon sticks, pine cones and lotus seed pods into the wreath.

This wreath is totally high end, we use the best fragrant foliage and your door wreath will last well into the New Year (you have to spray it now and again of course) It is perfect to hang from your door at Christmas to welcome your family and guests.

The image shown is what you can achieve – its your wreath though and you can be as creative as you want to be. We provide the extras, you provide the talent ! The finished design will be between 14-18″ wide.

The design is one of the main floristry arrangements and it has multiple uses. You can turn this into a table arrangement with candles – the Tutor will show you everything you need to know about floristry wreaths and their uses.

If thats not enough – we issue our students with an invaluable step-by-step guide on how to make your own wreath. This class is suitable for Beginners.

These workshops sell out every year so be quick to book!

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