Here's how to make your Thanksgiving table stunning

In a couple of weeks friends and family may be arriving at your house to celebrate Thanksgiving together and there is a lot to prepare for this big day. Why not let Stampin' Up! (and me!) help you with your table decorations? 

I have the perfect way to make your Thanksgiving table look stunning this year with a table setting cutlery pouch project. And to make your life easy, I created a video tutorial and set of written instructions below for you to download. 

My suggestion is that you create an assembly line of steps for making this pouch a breeze. You can easily create several in no time at all and your guests will be wow when seated at your table. 

The first step to this project is to choose your designer series paper pattern and then coordinate the main pocket color with the colors in the designer paper. Your table will look stunning if use a variety of pocket colors all the way around. 

I chose the Country Lane designer series paper - the coordinating colors in this pack are:

• Blackberry Bliss
• Cajun Craze
• Crushed Curry
• Whisper White
• Mint Macaron
• Early Espresso
• Old Olive

 And for my pocket phrase I decided to use my Labels to Love stamp set which I stamped and die-cut using my Layering Circles framelits. 

Here's my pocket idea:

 Thanksgiving Table Silverware Pocket

Stamp set: Labels to Love (144967)

Markers: Crushed Curry, Blackberry Bliss

Paper and cutting dimensions:
          Country Lane: 2 1/4" x 3"
          Whisper White: 2" square
          Crushed Curry: 2 1/2" x 1 1/5"
          Blackberry Bliss: 7 1/2" x 6"

Other: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Layering Circles framelits (141705), Seasonal Layers thinlits (143751), Tear & Tape adhesive, SNAIL adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Simply Scored (122334), Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Coordinating napkins, flatware/plasticware/silverware

Here's my video tutorial - underneath you will find instructions to download! In my video I share lots of other design ideas so make sure you listen all the way through!

Here are step by step instructions for you to download:

1. Cut Blackberry Bliss cardstock - each piece is: 7.5" x 6"
2. Using your Simply Scored, lay cardstock 7.5" horizontal on the scoreboard and score at 0.5" and at 4"
3. Turn Blackberry Bliss cardstock 90 degrees clockwise and score at 1".
4. Cut along the score line at 1" from both edges until you meet a score line.
5. Trim back the edges of the fold back flaps (diagonally) to reduce some bulk.
6. Use a Layering Circle framelit to cut a semi circle from the side of the pocket that has no flaps.  Hint: Place the framelit half on and half off the cardstock to cut the semi-circle.  In order to fit it through the Big Shot, you may have to fold up the flaps on the other side. 
7. Fold in the flap, burnish with your Bone Folder and add Tear & Tape adhesive on flaps. 
8. Fold over the section with the semi circle to complete the pocket.
9. Decorate as desired.

Comments

[Terri Walker]

Thanks Mo3! I love a decorated table and it is so much fun to design and create ideas using supplies I have on hand! It makes my table look more personal (and less commercial). I will be back next week with a gorgeous Christmas card idea.

[Mother of 3]

What a great papercrafting idea! Pinned.