Party Trays Are Where It's At!

Lots of photos in this post, and I do mean A TON. We've made some gorgeous party trays out of old tea sets. Take a look!

Excellent for serving your party food

Each individual party tray has its own personality and charm as well as different functions. We had a lot of fun coming up with designs and different scenarios that could call for each of these styles.

Let me introduce the Heather: 

Perfect for tea cakes, cookies, cupcakes,
crackers and other flat party edibles.

This three tiered stand is ideal as a centerpiece to display your baked goods in style!

Each tray is unique, put together after careful contemplation over colour and shape.


No two trays will ever look alike. That's the beauty of antiques!

The Heather is ready to grace any table
and add some flair

The Heather is perfect for those flat edibles doomed to sit on a plain tray in a decorative circle or straight rows. Why not display your cookies and cakes in a more flattering way?





That's when we asked ourselves - Why stop at cookies and cakes?



And with that the Muriel was born.

Display your chips and crackers in style

This gorgeous display is perfect for cracker dips, salsa, hummus and any other goopy treat you can think of.

We make sure every bowl in this design is safe for warm dips such as queso.



However, we do not recommend putting the party tray into the microwave or oven.

The Muriel holds the key to your dip and chip fun

With this design you can bring a little elegance to your Super Bowl party and still enjoy those nachos!
This particular design lends itself as a candy display as well.



We filled ours with M&Ms and Skittles in the top two tiers and placed fun sized Kit-Kat bars at the bottom.


The Imogen suits a different kind of dip need.

A beautiful display for veggies and light dips

With the tea cup on top, the Imogen is not built for those mass quantity dips. Instead it makes the perfect home for veggie dips and its three tiers are the perfect display for colourful vegetables.

Each cup in the Imogen has a lovely
pattern on their inside

This delicate display would brighten up any tea table or party array. Take the ugly plastic container out of the equation and use the Imogen!





Each tray is put together with an industrial strength adhesive that is waterproof, non-flammable and safe to put your food on. Take care in hand washing the pieces - they should not under any circumstances be put in the dishwasher.


We do hope you enjoy our projects as we bring them to you each week. These party trays can be found at Number Nine Design on Frankfort Ave in Louisville, KY, or we can make one just for you! Email us or visit our Facebook page!

Cheers,
Artful Anthropology

Holding My Jewels in Style

Happy New Year!

We're going to start the new year off right with a couple of DIY projects we knocked out the week after Christmas. After examining the top of my dresser and seeing the jumble necklaces lying about I thought, "there has to be a better place for these." We had enough odds and ends sitting around to come up with something crafty-chic.

Necklace / Anklet Holder

This simple necklace holder is made out of a piece of wood and some painted nails. At first we were going to stain the wood and paint the nails with interesting colors and patterns. Instead I found a copy of Les Miserables that was so far beyond repair that I chose my favorite passages and we decoupaged them to the wood. Some black paint and a hammer completed the project. It's a very versatile project that you can personalize to match any room!

We didn't worry about getting the nails in straight,
the off-kilter look gives it a wimsy feel.

Our next project was to clean up all the earrings hanging around the place. I mean, we found earrings everywhere. What better place for a couple of crafters to keep their ear bobbles than an old embroidery hoop wrapped with delicate lace? No, really it's that simple. Open the hoop, stretch the lace inside, dab with a bit of glue to ensure it holds and viola - insta-earring holder.

Embroidery Hoop-Earring Holder

Finally I found an old shallow basket to place all of our bracelets in that adds a finishing touch to the new jewelry center. Everything is in one place and can be easily matched instead of running from one room to the next looking for that necklace you saw yesterday or those earrings you know you left in the bathroom. 

Lace is perfect for sticking earrings through

An added bonus to this whole venture? It was inexpensive and our home is tidier because of it. DOUBLE BONUS!

Picking the perfect bracelet for the day just became easier!

Stay tuned for some fabulous party-ware we'll be revealing next week!

Cheers,
Artful Anthropology