I have been seening umbrellas everywhere! The other day I heard someone say the quote about April showers bringing May flowers. When I heard that I thought that would be such a great theme for a table setting. Here are some places I have seen umbrellas lately......
Heres my inspired umbrella setting...........
I tried to find a tutorial online to make paper umbrellas, unfortunately there was none. I had to come up with my own pattern. I cut out a circle of scrap paper and fold it in half different ways about 5 times. After this I folded every other crease in. This makes the top of the umbrella. I cut a hole in the top and stuck a straw through. I used white straws and spray painted them blue and green. After I got the top of the umbrella where I wanted it on the straw I put glue on the straw and clothes pinned the top to the straw until it dried. When all the umbrellas were made I tacked up a string from one side of the ceiling to the other with some slack. I then hung the umbrellas from it.
To make the napkin rings I took a toilet paper roll and cut it into 3 pieces. I took each one and made a napkin ring out of them. I first covered them with colorful scrapbook paper and then glued different flowers to each one.
**more detailed instructions to come**
