Fall Tablescape II Using Spray-Painted Magnolia

Fall Tablescape II Using Spray-Painted Magnolia

After using these magnolia cuttings on a luncheon table while they were green, I let them dry out, spray-painted them gold, and used them again for a dinner party in November! 

Cut off the leaves that are facing down

Magnolia leaves have two sides.  The side that was green takes spray paint very well!  The back side does NOT, so I just left the brown back sides alone.  The first thing I did was cut off the magnolia leaves that were facing down.  

Then I spray painted the remaining leaves. 

I bought these at Hobby Lobby

I found these fake/replica berry stems at Hobby Lobby.  I used the brown and cream ones for this arrangement.  Can’t wait to use the red ones next month.

I bought this cluster of crystallized fruit so long ago that I don’t remember where I got it… probably somewhere like Country Boys.  After setting the fruit into my gold bowl, I used Spanish moss to “pretty-it-up”.  My “go-to” Problem Solver is Spanish moss!  It fills in cracks and covers anything that is ugly.

I placed the berry stems and a fern stem as shown and did that on each side since my table is rectangular.  

I then used the painted magnolia cuttings to put at the base of the bowl
and cover the bare part of the stems.

After I told my sister Jill that I could add little pine cones or acorns if I had some, she insisted that I borrow some acorns that she had just purchased from A“door”able Creations by Debbie. 

Finished arrangement

Enjoy the holidays!

...and that's my 2 cents' worth, Cheryl

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If you enjoyed this article, you might also enjoy seeing photos of the table in which I used the fresh magnolia: http://cheryls2centsworth.blogspot.com/2013/10/fall-tablescape-using-spray-painted.html


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