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Country Garden Brunch Decor

Y'all.....I have discovered how much I love decorating. This may be problematic for my husband, but I try to do so on a budget, so hopefully we won't be kicked out of any Dave Ramsey groups anytime soon. 

This past weekend was of course Mother's Day -- and our church had a Women's Brunch with a couple of very special, special speakers. It was an amazing time!

And since I had overcommitted myself (or rather, my son's high school end-of-the-year functions committed the mess out of us!), I took Thursday afternoon off from work for a work day at the church. Thankfully, my boss and coworkers are pretty supportive of our work at the church, so they covered me. :-)

I had somewhat an idea of what I wanted it to look like, but as per usual with me the end result was slightly different because the getting there part was a little different. But I loved how it turned out!!

***I should pause here and say that normally our awesome church has a small team to help decorate for any event, but because I was going to have to do this while everyone else was working at their respective jobs, I didn't feel right asking them to take off like I did. PLUS I just felt it would be so much more special for all the ladies if they could really just walk in and enjoy it, you know?

Anyway, I perused Pinterest as any good crafter/decorator would do and came up with a medley of ideas.



I used Kraft/packaging paper (bought in rolls at Walmart for just under $5 each) to act as a table cover....but because I hate seeing naked table legs, I used black plastic table cloths first (Walmart again - $5 for a pack of 3). The kraft paper is big enough to cover the width of the table instead of just using it as a runner, so it worked well to just let it kind of "hug" the ends of the table. It stayed in place well, though I was a little bit concerned before hand.

I didn't adhere the kraft paper - just let it kind of "hug" the ends and it stayed perfectly well!
Since the kraft paper covered so well, I made psuedo "place settings" for each person....with a twist. Instead of putting their name in the middle of the "plate" as I had seen on pinterest, I put a characteristic that our Heavenly Father knows us as: beautiful, righteous, redeemed, new creation, healed, made for more, etc. (The plate was just traced with a sharpie; the words were cut from vinyl with my Silhouette Cameo. I was able to do that the week before in preparation.)


My handwriting is NOT that neat. That's why God gave us vinyl cutters. ;-)

I added "squigglies" as one of the girls called them on the plate. I was planning on adding a hand-drawn or traced fork and spoon on either side of the plate, but that's about where my creativity and stamina stopped, so I went with swirls.

And of course, the center pieces were PAPER white doilies (Amazon; about $13 for 120, I believe). With floral pieces and mason jars we had at the church.


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