Summer/Outdoor Living

Use Costume Jewelry to Decorate Outside

Outdoor entertaining can be fun, but it doesn’t have to cost a cooler-load of cash. One way to help decorate is to head to the jewelry section of your local dollar store and load up on cheap embellishments to add some sparkle and shine to outdoor gatherings. 

Here are three ideas for using costume jewelry to help decorate outside. When entertaining, design your own unique outdoor décor using costume jewelry you can find at your local dollar store.

 

 

Bright floral hair ties on the corners of a tablecloth add a dressed-up look without being stuffy. Coordinate with a tablecloth you already have or simply use a length of fabric for casual appeal. The thickness of this particular tablecloth meant that we only had to slip it over the material once for it to stay in place. You may need to wrap it around two or three times, just as you would if you were using it in your hair.

Flower hair ties also make great alternatives to napkin rings for summer dining and they cost a pittance compared to department store napkin rings. 

 

A pair of pretty leaf-like drop earrings adds a little pizzazz to a plain pillar candle. Straight post earrings, such as these, push easily into wax candles. 

Here, we’ve used a small colorful melamine plate to sit the candle on but any appropriately-sized candle plate will do.

Two or three of these down the middle of your outdoor table will add a hit of colour to it and perhaps, become a topic of conversation.

 

There are a wide variety of bracelets at the dollar store. Choose stretchy ones for decorating purposes. They will hug a candle or candle holder and stay in place. Here, we’ve stretched a pretty floral and beaded bracelet around a small glass hurricane candle holder containing a candle in a coordinating colour. 

If you use this idea on several candles or candle holders, you could offer the bracelets to your female guests as party favours when they are leaving. 

You don’t have to limit yourself to these ideas. Design your own unique outdoor décor using the costume jewelry you can find at your local dollar store.

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