As celebrations with family resume, here’s a fun Christmas-in-July-themed tablescape to liven up a midsummer party.
Floral design, photos and text by TJ McGrath @TGMcGrathDesigns
Fresh botanicals courtesy of The Floral Source and Ferris Brothers Wholesale Florist Confections courtesy of The Peasant Baker
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https://floristsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/FL-tj-tutorial-revised-2.jpg” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”TJ McGrath Tutorial Christmas in July” title_text=”TJ McGrath Tutorial Christmas in July” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.27.3″ custom_padding=”1px|||||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.8.2″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.8.2″ text_line_height=”1.8em” text_orientation=”justify” module_alignment=”center” text_text_align=”justify” locked=”off”]I grew up in a large family with eight siblings, and on Christmas morning, our family room was so packed with gifts that there was hardly a place for all of us to sit and unwrap presents. Because of my experience, I like to create “fantasy” tablescapes that are packed full, like our family room was, and deeply layered, to create a feeling of abundant bounty, with hardly an open spot for people to sit and enjoy all the goodies.
To create this fantasy holiday tablescape, I curated a collection of vintage milk-glass containers and mixed them with more contemporary vessels. For my traditional red-and-white color palette, I selected all white flowers; red-and-white place settings; and red fruits and veggies, including ‘Bing’ cherries, strawberries, raspberries, grapes, apples, bell and cherry peppers, pears, and even watermelon, to make Christmas-tree-shaped cake toppers. Bell peppers, when sliced in half horizontally, can serve as great vessels for miniature arrangements or single blooms.
Step – By – Step
Step 1
Choose a large milk-glass container to create the main centerpiece for the center of the table and/or buffet. Secure a hairpin holder into the container with adhesive clay, and arrange a varied selection of flowers into the container.
Step 2
Choose additional smaller containers and vases—or even bell peppers—and create monobotanical designs in some of them and fill others with flowering plants. Place them to accessorize the main centerpiece.
Step 3
Mix into the collection tiered serving stands filled with a variety of fresh fruit and confections, like cakes, cookies and candies.
Lay stems of seasonal foliages and a few pieces of fruit on the table and/or buffet.
Finish accessorizing with taper and pillar candles.
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BOTANICALS
- Papaver rhoeas ‘Amazing Grey’ (corn poppy, field poppy, Flanders poppy, Shirley poppy)
- Papaver seedpod (poppy pod)
- Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
- Rosa ‘Alabaster’ (garden rose)
- Rosa (spray garden rose)
- Hydrangea quercifolia (oak-leaf hortensia, oak-leaf Hydrangea)
- Consolida ajacis/C. ambigua (larkspur, rocket larkspur, doubtful knight’s spur)
- Ornithogalum thyrsoides (chincherinchee, star-of-Bethlehem)
- Daucus carota (Queen Anne’s lace, wild carrot)
- Chamelaucium uncinatum (waxflower, Geraldton waxflower)
- Magnolia grandiflora, blooms and foliage (bull bay, Southern Magnolia)
- Viburnum , berried
- Petunia x hybrida, potted (common garden Petunia)
- Begonia spp. , potted
HARD GOODS
- Hairpin Holders (round and oval) from Floral Genius
- FloraLife® SURE-STIK® Floral Adhesive from Oasis Floral Products
- Taper candles and candleholders
- Pillar candles and hurricane holders
- Assorted vintage milk-glass
