Creating A Fall Table Runner & Centre Piece

Fall is in the air this Thanksgiving weekend & I am loving every minute of it. We have decided to host Thanksgiving dinner at our home on Monday & as I looked around the house it did not look the least bit "fallish" so I made it my daily mission to change that!

Today's post is about creating a table runner & centre piece with nothing more than items I had laying around the house.

Supplies: Burlap, 3 types of decorative ribbon, mod podge, hot glue gun, scissors, foam brush, vase, pine cones & old newspaper

Time until masterpiece is complete: 20 minutes

The Work:
1. I began by laying out my burlap across the table & trimmed it at the desired length. The width of a burlap I had was 4.5". I probably would have preferred it be a bit thicker around 6 or 7 inches;

2. To give the ends a more finished look I trimmed them on an angle;

3. Using my fingers & some mod podge I reinforced the ends of the burlap so that it didn't continue to fray. I was quite generous & applied it about .5 inwards;

4. With some decorative white & gold 2.5" ribbon from Michaels Craft Store, I cut & laid it on top of the burlap runner. Working on top of old newspaper I used a foam brush and mod lodge to secure the ribbon to the burlap. I worked in quarter sections so that the mod podge didn't dry;
** Side note - I wanted to iron both the burlap & the ribbon to ensure that it lay flat. We recently moved into a new home & so most of our stuff is still inconveniently "misplaced". I asked my husband (who is out of town working) if the iron was still in his lunch box, in his truck (yes please re-read that and see how crazy it sounds)! He replied yes so unfortunately this runner did not get a good hot ironing. I made sure to run my hand along while it was drying to ensure it was flat and without any unwanted creases

5. While the runner was laying out to dry I began to mastermind the centre piece. I dug out some old scented pine cones from my Christmas decorations that I purchased at Michaels & put them into an old flower vase I had kicking around;

6. I felt like it was a bit plain and needed help. I had this awesome burlap ribbon & polka dot ribbon on hand that I've been dying to use so I busted out the hot glue gun & laid a small strip onto of the burlap ribbon. After the glue had cooled I secured it around the neck of the vase. Perfection :)

7. Next I put everything together & felt like it still needed some jazzing up. I had a fall coloured wreath that looked wonderful at the base of the vase & I found 2 mosaic mirror candle holders to sit beside the vase. I was more than pleased with the final look of my table for thanksgiving!

If you are needing some help with your outside display hop on over to my post Fall Outdoor Display!