I decided to go ahead and buy the tablecloths for the reception instead of renting them. Even without reselling them later, I'm saving hundreds of dollars by doing this thanks to Craigslist (lower prices, no taxes, and no service fees). The big negative to buying my own linens is that I'll be in charge of making sure they're wrinkle-free and ready by the wedding. Although it will be a bit of work to make this happen, I chose to take it on because it's something I can do well in advance of the wedding (unlike preparing the food, making the cake, etc).
As you might remember, I'm making my own cake stands based on the blogger-favorite candle stick/ plate trick. Lucky for me, I didn't have to go through my plan of searching at all the thrift stores in my neighborhood for a collection of candlesticks and plates that would work- Dollar Tree happened to have everything I needed!
I'm kinda liking the airy glass look, but I could also spray paint the bases with white or another color so that they jump out from the table a bit more. Here's what white dishes would look like on the tablecloths (which seem to photograph as a different color in each picture- they're blue-green):
What would you do- spray paint the glass or leave them as-is?
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I vote for spray paint! I think I just saw it done on a blog the other day to make a bunch of jars look like vases for table arrangements. I'll try to dig up the link...
As is! It's so clean and crisp looking and the pastries will add the color.
I think I would leave them...I don't think they will turn out as well as you would think on clear glass and the light airy look is amazing with the table cloth color
My vote is to leave them as is (very pretty -- couldn't believe those pieces are from the dollar store! I might have to go make one myself), unless you were to spray them a bright color or something more fun/interesting than white. It's probably not worth the time to spray paint them unless it's really going to make a big statement.
100% leave them as is! They look so great together!!
LB
I am partial to the look of glass servingware myself, so if it were me, I'd leave them. But I think the white, milk glass look could be pretty dreamy too, provided that the spray paint goes on opaque and evenly. Is there a way you could do a test on another piece of glassware?
@Melissa~ That's a good Idea... who knows if they would even look good!
I'd leave them!
I would leave them clear. One thought would be to put leaves or a colored piece of fabric or paper on top of the plate, under the desserts, to make them pop a bit...
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