Setting The Table - Easy Fall Tablescape

Y’all, I love hosting. It is like one of my favorite things. Having people in my home either for easy burgers and fries, Sunday brunch with close friends, or hosting all 45 family members for the big Thanksgiving dinner. All of it is my favorite. Reed and I want to be known for having a home where everyone is welcome and our table is always full. So when I was brainstorming what I wanted to create for y’all this fall I realized, why not make items that will help give y’all the confidence to bring people around YOUR table!

With that, the 2019 Fall Collection had a purpose and I had a vision and found some of the coolest products to offer you guys! This collection is so easy to use as single pieces or as an entire set, you literally can not go wrong with them. So, to show you a little of how you can use these pieces and mix them in with things you already have I did a little styling for you! I never would have thought that paper products could elevate a table and to the level that these have!

You can make something similar to this by using what you have at home and mixing it with my 2019 Fall Collection! Here is a quick list of what items LJ and I pulled from around the house:

 
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  • Piece of scrap denim - I simply folded this large piece of denim I usually use for a table cloth and used it as a runner to add a base texture against the wood of the table.

  • Faux Flowers - I usually am not a fan. But you can get them for SO cheap and if you take a little time to spruce them up (bend those suckers!) then they can add a huge bang for very little cash!

  • Wood acorns- I know not everyone is gonna have a random box of wood acorns. But keep your eye out, groups of small seasonal things can make a big impact!

  • FOOD- Yep. Food. It’s already coming to the party, and it is honestly what people care most about on your table. So why not use it as part of the centerpiece!

Once I had the base down and multiple textures already on the table it was easy to add that Thanksgiving pop with my 2019 fall collection! This collection is easy to mix and match. The two lines within the collection are the Fall Feathers and Perfect Pumpkin. The two can easily be used together or separately, in this example I used them both to continue to bring a mix of colors to the table.

 

Out of the 2019 Fall Collection, I used both designs of placemats, place cards and a 5x7 turkey print. If you are able to set your table before guests arrive having their names at their seat takes the entire experience up a notch. Not only do you have the chance to help curate some great table conversation but you are also showing you thought about each of them with every step you took in planning this dinner. Because I chose to use the place cards for names I wanted to add more variety to the table than just reusing the card as a food label. So in comes my 5x7 print! This print I wrote directly on but if you order a print and don’t want it to permanently have writing on it, put it in a frame and use a dry erase marker to write out your menu item on the glass! Having labels is such a fun way to add a little oomph to your table, not to mention it lets everyone know what exactly they are putting on their plates :)

 
 

I am just in love with this collection. I wish my dining room was set up in a way I could leave this out all season, but LJ is currently in the stage of pulling everything down that she can reach. It was a race to to get these photos before she pulled everything down! I can’t wait to see how you guys style the 2019 Fall Collection and don’t forget to order them soon so they arrive in time for your big Thanksgiving dinner!

- Gracie

Being A Boss Mom

Y'all. I'm officially home with my baby girl and back as a full-time artist! Yep, that's right after nearly 5 years being away from my personal business and 2 years out of the art scene all together

I. AM. BACK! The entire story is kind of crazy, and pretty faith filled so I wanted to share it with you. I'm gonna start at the beginning just as a refresher.


In 2013 Reed and I graduated college, had our first year of marriage under our belt and moved to the little ole town of York, SC. There wasn't much there for me to do as an artist so that is when I really started my blog and selling art online. After 3 years of this and 1 year of having a seasonal brick and mortar shop I landed my dream job as Gallery Manager for Sozo Gallery. This job was everything, my boss became one of my best friends, I met incredible artists and was able to use my love of business, art, and people every single day.

Then, in November of 2016 Reed and I knew it was time to leave York. (You can go back and read about that heart wrenching time for us and how we took bigger leaps than we ever imagined.) We moved back to our hometown of Columbia, SC and I got a job as a Member Relations Coordinator at the Capital City Club, a private business club. This change in career was HARD. Like way harder than I expected, but it turned into something so sweet as I built relationships with people that I never would have met otherwise. The year and a half I was with the Club I was really not doing anything with art. I was taking the occasional order, but I was not advertising, I was not creating for myself, and I contemplated closing shop for good. But, I was never at peace with that. I knew I was designed specifically by God to be an artist. That is my purpose.

Then April 2018 we welcomed our daughter, Langdon Jo, into our sweet little world. This changed everything. The snuggles, the drool, the sweet baby smells, it lit a fire under me hotter than anything else. I wanted to show her that God created her with purpose and for a purpose and that she should ALWAYS follow that. However, financially I couldn't just up and leave my job. So Reed and I quietly prayed that God would show us when it was time for me to step back into the role of artist. I returned to work at the Club in July and loved on my people fully expecting to have more time with them and to have LJ grow up knowing those smiling faces. Then, God moved. It was a small shift and a quiet whisper but He moved.

In the middle of August one of our dear friends texted in a panic asking for prayer, her childcare had fallen through. She just needed someone to watch her sweet girl for 2 days a week. Something in me said "tell Reed, and let's pray". So we did, we prayed, asked our friends to pray, and after a week I realized that this opportunity could give us the confidence for me to step away from the Capital City Club and back to my art. Orders were picking up, even without advertising and I was starting to pull late nights and early mornings while LJ slept just to get orders filled. God does this funny thing, when you ask Him to whisper and direct your path - He does. But you have to be watching and you have to be willing to move. I know that He could have just blown up my shop with orders to the point that I was an overnight success, but instead He used His still small voice to say "this is the way, walk in it".



So, I turned in my notice and am fully home as a new Boss Mom as of September 14th!

I hope that you will follow along as I walk this new path. As I juggle the diaper changes, and try to run a business based on a babies nap schedule. I know this is going to be hard. This is probably going to cause some anxiety and fear. But Reed and I have learned to move when God whispers. That if He ordained this path then He will provide for our needs.