Lockdown Day 7: Create a beautiful herb centrepiece for dining table
The only thing better than enjoying a delicious meal is sitting down at a beautiful table to eat it! There’s something ‘oh-so-magical’ about a beautiful table setting – it makes the simple act of getting together for a cozy meal – a wonderful affair. The most important and conspicuous part of a beautifully laid table is the centerpiece. Make it striking, unexpected, even edible!
Add a dash of Tuscany to your table
Herbs are some of the easiest and most useful plants to grow on your own. A sprinkle of fresh basil, thyme, rosemary or parsley always adds a vibrant buoyancy to any dish. Why not incorporate those same summery scents into the tablescape?
Place a small pair of scissors at each setting so that guests may snip bits of herbs from the centerpiece and sprinkle them into their soup, salad, or vegetables. You can’t get herbs much fresher than that. Such a centerpiece can be as simple as a few small pots of culinary herbs and edible flowers temporarily planted in a harvest basket or large soup tureen a day or so before the party.
Place leaves and flowers on the tablecloth around each place setting or arrange them around the edges of a large plate placed under a smaller dinner or luncheon plate.
Complete the look
Bottles of olive oil, silverware atop cloth napkins, and salt and pepper, all corralled on a wooden tray, complete the look.
Keep it simple
We love this idea of keeping it simple. Let the fragrance of the herbs envelop you whilst you use them as part of your table decor…keeping them in champagne glasses and adding a tea light candle as a decor accent.
Strew herbs and flower petals across the tablecloth just before guests arrive. Choose colorful leaves and flowers that complement the china and linens. Bay, hyssop, rosemary, rose petals, sage, scented pelargoniums, and thyme are all good choices as they lie flat and are slow to wilt.
Flowers and herbs sandwich
Sandwich an arrangement of flowers and herbal greenery between clear glass plates.
A pretty posy of herbs tucked into a folded napkin is a tiny, fragrant bouquet that guests can take home. Choose a few herbs such as sage, thyme, and rosemary along with a few flowers, strip off the lower leaves, and snip the ends with scissors. Add a small ribbon to each posy before tucking it into the napkin.
Pretty up traditional paper place cards with pressed dried herb sprigs attached with white glue. Or write each guest’s name on a fresh or dried bay leaf with a black, gold, or silver marking pen, then place it on the dinner plate, tuck it into the napkin, or prop it against a wineglass.
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