Wood Christmas Place Setting

Christmas in the Woods is my Dining room theme this year, and with that came the question...

What type of place setting do I design?

I wanted to keep the design somewhat woodsy-rustic without

losing the elegance that I normally like to incorporate in my Christmas table designs. After 

jotting down ideas, I thought, what about using wood???  And with that, I made a trip to 

The Home Depot's lumbar department.

Here is my vision of a woodsy, yet elegant table setting

 for my Christmas in the Woods table.

 Process & Materials:

I had the lumbar guy cut the wood to 1x12 pieces which I then sanded and sprayed lightly with 

a sealer.  I hand wrote the words "Joy" & "Peace" alternatively on the corners of the wood pieces, encircled them using a shape template, (I made six wood settings) then used metallic craft paint by Martha Stewart to trace over the words and circle.

  

  

 To style the place settings, I opted for my set of caterer's plates rather than using my formal china as I 

wanted to keep the balance between woodsy and elegant without one overpowering the other.

 I completed the look by laying my Pottery Barn Hemstich napkins over the plates, and tying a mute-shimmery silver ribbon around my husband's late grandmother's vintage silverware. 

 And there you have it...My Christmas Table Setting for 

My "Christmas in the Wood"s Christmas Table.

Happy Holidays!

XX,

Betty