pdf Collectables Tablescapes: Incognito: Halloween Masks

Faces without heads, eye sockets without eyeballs, all spread along the length of your dining table and piled high! Creepy, but not too creepy. Perfect for Halloween guests of all ages!! This is the easiest Halloween table setting ever. While so much treat-or-treating chaos surrounds you on All Hallows Eve, this simple Collectables Tablescape of Halloween masks will make a stress-free, yet compelling centerpiece for the evening meal. Set up on the dining table or as a buffet and do your best to get some food into everyone before the evening’s festivities begin!

Collectables Tablescapes take you on a journey through 50 of some of the world’s most popular collectibles. The unique still life photographs of children’s artwork, terracotta soldiers, marionettes, microscopes, trinket boxes, cloth dolls, egg cups, butterflies, nesting dolls, miniature cars, trains, cocktail shakers, seashells, fondue pots, Santas, and more! will inspire you to create your own centerpieces. Your collections have tickled your fancy as you have journeyed through life. The example within these pages will give you a new way to enjoy your collection and share them with your family and friends.

The Collectables Tablescapes Series will encourage you to create your own dining centerpiece from the collections in your own home. Your collections will give you the tools to create a beautiful setting for your guests. The design elements chosen by the artists of these collectibles - colors, shapes, and textures - can be echoed in complementary linens and tableware. By mimicking these design elements, you enrich your table setting. As you arrange your collections and incorporate the elements on your table, you're creating a still life worthy of the great masters.

Collectables Tablescapes solves the problem of trying to invent new ways to set an engaging stage for your dinner guests. Your collections provide the backdrop for stories that are personal to you and stimulate conversations that allow for storytelling among all the guests. Storytelling is an integral part of the Collectables Tablescapes experience. The author shares her own stories and discusses how she used the design elements of the collection to entertain and inform. Additionally, through the website, you will find simple ways to get started. The Guest Memories Table, The White Table, The Family Memories Table are easy places to start. The Emerging Textile Table will appeal to quilt and fabric artists. The website also offers Design Notes, Checklists and Information Links to help you cover all your bases.

Collectables Tablescapes will:
• Enable you to set a table for your guests that will charm them and encourage them to tell their stories.
• Use your collections in a new way.
• Use the dinnerware you have stored in the cabinet more often.
• Learn about design from the designers who created your collection. You will dissect their choices and use those choices in your centerpiece.
• Use quilts and textiles to create novel centerpieces

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