And.... I'm Back....

Work last week was crazy, the weekend was a whirlwind, and Monday+ no internet at work= FRUSTRATION!!!!

So anyways... lots to catch up on....

So first: while I was gone for work our box of 150 napkins arrived :-)


Then over Fathers Day we picked up lots of pieces that my sister had cleaned out of her attic.... I was not prepared for this.... we went prepared to bring my family iron bed back for our guest room.... and boy did we get lots more....

We retrieved... a crib (my crib, that my nieces used), a cradle, a high chair, moms china, moms silver, and all my old prom dresses.....

YEAH RANDOM....

and now my guest room looks like a freakin nursery...... oh jeez, someone get me a brown paper bag, I think I might hyperventilate.....

ok, now for pics.....

The bed :-) and take note of the crib pieces under the bed.... yikes
I forgot to get the dust ruffle... it will cover all that jazz


The cradle and high chair.... I'll be glad when wedding shit is out of our attic so I can hurdle these up there and not look at them, till I am about to pop one out.....


Mom's china :-)




....... More to come :-)

Napkins. Found.

Thanks to Shan on the knot.... she listed a linen site for us girlies to check out...

cvimports.com

I can get 150 chocolate brown napkins for $87! :-)

I am thinking about buying some of their wide sashes to use as table runners too :-)

DIY Tablecloths

A while back I decided to sew my own tablecloths. I got the idea to make them from Ikea twin sheets, after doing this for a neighborhood party we had, and I made them for that.

Friday afternoon I rode over to Ikea to clean them out of DVALA beige, flat sheets. I left with 16, all they had, I need 36.



After I got home, I realized I could have bought white sheets, and rit dye, and dyed them chocolate brown (the color I wanted to begin with). So, Saturday I went back, bought a white sheet, came home, and tested my theory.



White Sheet- $1.99 x 36= $71.64
Dye- $2.46 (Can do 2 sheets per pack)= $44.28
Total would be = $115.92

Sounded good in theory. Once I did it, not so much. The sheets turned an odd beige/brown/purplish color.....



So much for hand dying all my tablecloths..... I guess I will stick with the beige DVALA sheets I bought.

36 x 4.50= $162 + tax

But, for those of you out there not using chocolate brown..... this might be a good option with a different color!

Linens.... Again....

I've been doing math for the last few moments......

I will need: 7 tables end-to-end on each side (14 tables) and then 4 tables for our "head table"

18 tables total

Ultimately I will need 36 twin sheets to cover all the tables, and sewing 2 twins together will be long enough to reach the floor.

36 sheets X $6.50 per sheet + tax = $248.63



The closest price of renting I can compare to is the rental co. provides black floor length linens for 8' tables at $15 each..... or $270..... so if $15 per linen is the "norm" then I will be saving money.

I've emailed IKEA to see if I can get a discount since I'll be buying so many!

Linens....

I want chocolate brown linens.

My rental co. doesn't carry them. Neither does the other one in the area.

So, I'm thinking I will buy these from Ikea and sew 2 twin flat sheets together, and cover all the tables with them. I've gotta do some math, and make sure they will go all the way to the floor. I'll keep you posted.



The website says $6.50 each, but I thought they were $4.50 in the store. I'll have to check it out.

I did this about a month ago for table cloths for an Easter party we had in our neighborhood, they came out great!

While these aren't chocolate brown, they will do. Maybe I'll do brown napkins to accent.

..... really no one's gonna remember if my tablecloths were light brown or dark brown, so I'm not sure why I care so much.....