Our Christmas Table

Happy January everyone!  To kick off the New Year, I thought I'd share our Scandinavian-inspired Christmas table...



We took elements from three beautiful vintage swedish table runners, including red, green, white, snowflakes and reindeer, and attempted a simple setting for 16 people.



While I was working on another Christmas project, Nehill kindly cut out some reindeer from a pattern I drew up for another Christmas project... He cut them from maple, and I stained them darker for a nicer contrast to the white tablecloths.



During the reindeer cutting process, Nehill spotted my design flaw.  I had no does for the  reindeer!  He remedied that.

Did you recognize the white jars?  My mom and I snipped some tree branches from the back yard to make some simple bouquets.  I thought they turned out pretty cute.  And they smelled pretty good.  And they made a pretty nice natural environment for the reindeer and lady deer.



For each place setting, I crocheted snowflake ornaments.  I used a pattern from a Japanese crochet book, size 30 thread and a size 14 crochet hook, and then starched the finished snowflakes.

Because my sister and I are, as our mom calls us, "table divas," our mom dyed some white napkins red for us!  She was unhappy with them and thought they were a little bit pink, but I thought they worked!



These incredible table runners I bought from the Etsy shop NORDICARTCURIOSITY.  I almost didn't want to share the link so I could keep all the beautiful swedish vintage goodness to myself!





Aren't they gorgeous?!  I may just have a vintage Swedish table runner addiction.



(We of course had to include the Golden Beaver.)

Well, I was pretty happy with the table, and hope everyone else liked it too!