Golden Love Tablesca

Happy Valentines Day!!!

When I photographed this three weeks ago, I thought that I would post it ages ago.  However, life tends to happens and made it impossible to post before now.  If you look at my Instagram, you will see what has kept me so busy.  

I saw a similar LOVE sign on Pinterest, and thought it would be fun on the tablescape.  With work, we have been focusing on #spreadthelocallove campaign.  Its a movement we have created to encourage people to support local stores, restaurants, and bloggers by purchasing from them.  My work, Gatehouse No. 1, love our locals.  We support them weekly by doing treat runs, lunch runs, and of course girls nights out at our favorite hot spots!  To see more on it check it out @gatehouseno1 on instagram.  Its been fun movement to create with Claire, Stephanie,  and I.  But it also consumed a large part of our free time and our lives. 

I considered using the LOVE sign for the event, but then I decided to go more formal.  It's been fun to have up this year, and was really easy to make. Directions are at the bottom of the post.  It  turned out perfect for my Valentines tablescape, however I photographed this late at night so the exposure isn't the best.  

 I dipped the champagne glass upside down in water, then rimmed it with gold sprinkles.  Makes the perfect Valentines drink.

For Christmas we went to Color Me Mine and painted different pieces.  I talked my Mom into doing a floral platter for me for my Kitchen.  Pretty impressed for free handing it and finishing it in a hour! So of course I had to decorate the rest of the kitchen to match highlight it.

 Mister Moose was decorated as well for the holiday.

 Sometimes its all in the details.  I have collected all of these items for years.  I haven't pulled them out in awhile, and thought it was fun to decorate the kitchen for the lonesome holiday. I mean, any excuse to add more pink to my home is a good enough excuse for me!

The XO sign was very easy to make.  I bought some Tacky spray glue, two different colors and sizes of gold glitter and a bottle of gold spray paint.  I sprayed the XO both with a layer of metallic gold paint.  Once it dried, then I sprayed the X and O with the spray tacky glue and dumped a layer of glitter.  I repeated it 3 times, and this is the finished product.

For the LOVE sign, I did the same thing.  However, because I couldn't find LOVE cut out in wood.  I purchased 4 boards of white foam core.  Free handed each letter on the white foam core.  Then I cut each letter out with exacto knife.  Once each were cut out, I repeated the same process, spray painting each letter. then spray glue, glitter. It was a little sticky when I was done. So i used a aerosol hairspray to seal it when I was finished.

Happy Valentines Day!