whether styled with straight legs and a plain surface or loaded

with ornate curlicues, a table is the perfect landscape on which

we can play out our creative energies as crafters. This book is a

collection of decorative projects that you can make and display

all types of tables from the formal table in the dining room

the side table in the living room.These objects will always be

3y to look at, either from a slight distance as a passerby or at

se range when you sit down to dinner.The scale of each pro-

t is small enough so it can be made on the kitchen table, and

materials are easy to find--many may not even require a trip

:he store. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easily

I can achieve great results.

]hapter One, Table Accents, is a showcase for small touches

can bring a sense of style and tradition to your celebrations.

,eautiful garland of roses made from ordinary crepe paper can

lance a dinner party of close friends, while a wheat sheaf

]e by binding dried stems around an aluminum can serve as a

litional autumn centerpiece. For your holiday table setting,

can make up a set of traditional Christmas crackers to use as

.y favors in about an hour's time.

:hapter Two, Table Lighting, features candies and candlesticks

as well as projects designed for use with candles, such as a mosaic

hurricane chimney and a votive candle townscape. Each of these

projects will let you create dramatic, beautiful, and unique light-

ing for your tables whether that constitutes a formal table set-

ting, a holiday sideboard arrangement, or a solitary bedroom