Comments on: How to Decorate for Pink Mother/Daughter Tea?

By: Heather S

Heather S — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:25:56 +0000

Check out pictures from the Mother-Daughter Tea:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?aid=177508&id=187593086402

Thank you so much for all your wonderful suggestions. Sorry the pictures don’t show the decorations as much as I’d like them to!

By: Lizliterarius

Lizliterarius — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:26:46 +0000

If you’re near an Ikea, they have HUGE sheer hot pink curtains (called Sarita?) that come in a 2 pack for like $9. You could cut table overlays or runners out of these…depending on the table sizes, you might only need one pack! And they’d be a huge color punch! Definetely use the candlestick + plate idea…but hit the dollar tree and use their “silver” platters as the plates! I’ve even glued a bud vase to the top tier of a plate stand like this to GREAT compliments! (perfect for a small cluster of those carnations!)

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:07:15 +0000

Pink (fine) tulle can be bought rather cheaply at the fabric store and you can puddle it and use it to decorate the center of the tables with your decorations nestled in the tulle….It adds color and looks nice as well for a low price.

I like to scatter the silk rose petals and also, strands of pearls ( you can buy it by the yard) scattered looks pretty.

A cute idea for an activity, if you need one, is to buy some very inexpensive straw hats and some ribbon and silk flowers and let each team decorate a hat…have the mother or daughter model and have a judge….and of course a prize!

Hope this helps some!

By: Heather S

Heather S — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:02:28 +0000

Thank you so much for your suggestions. I’ll let you know how it goes (it’s in May) and hopefully send in some pictures too!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:40:19 +0000

* Spray paint the burlap several shades of pink (light and dark) and have it ‘curling’ down the center of the table.

* Buy short square vases from the dollar store and fill it with a few inches of water. Float flowers in the water. You can put marbles in the bottom of the vase if you want. Place vases every few feet along the table

* Scatter petals on the table around the burlap.

* If you do pictures you can place them on the table throughout the burlap and vases.

* You can do a large clear vase and put limes in the bottom and fill it with pink flowers (lilys, carnations, roses).

* Find small flowers/beads/confetti/etc on the table.

By: Cece ~ Craftysmurfette

Cece ~ Craftysmurfette — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:11:25 +0000

If you have cloth napkins (or even the folded paper variety) you can print out customized napkin wraps for each attendee. All you need is a color printer, paper, & scissors. I have several templates on my blog including several recent pink ones that might work out well for you!
http://craftysmurfette.com/2010/04/19/diy-mothers-day-wraps-i/

Also check out the dollar section at places like Michael’s & Target for things like pink metal buckets,etc that could be used for containers and decorations.

You can pick up pink tissue paper at your local Dollar Store to make Tissue Paper pomander balls which you could hang from the ceiling as decorations. Martha Stewart has an easy tutorial for making them.

By: Raya

Raya — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:55:26 +0000

You could make some adorable cake stands from which to serve your tea sandwiches, scones, and other treats, using dishes, vases, or candlesticks from the dollar store.

There is a great tutorial here: http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/05/diy-project-kates-recycled-cakestands.html

If you use clear glass vases as the bases, you could fill them up with pink things like beads, ribbons, and silk flowers.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:07:16 +0000

I love JHill’s idea. You could make it into a contest too, and have it be pictures of the mothers with their mothers (a twist on baby pictures contest!).

By: JHill

JHill — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:09:41 +0000

I would check out the wedding section at the dollar tree. They have some nice looking decorations, usually in a white/silver color scheme, so you could easy add pink embellishments to make them fit your party.

Another idea would be to ask guests to send in their favorite mother/daughter pictures. Use picnik.com to make them black and white, sepia toned, or even give them all a pink cast to unify the look. Then you can print them out and put them on the tables. I like to do this trick at parties because it gets people up and mingling because they want to visit each table to see all the different pictures!

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:33:42 +0000

I used the modpodge on glass idea that was mentioned the other day to make some lovely spring vases. I got my vases for 25c from the thrift store. I was super impressed with how nice the cheapy long necked vases looked with some modpodge and food coloring.