This post is sponsored by Target. All photos and text in this post are copyrighted by Soiree Event Design and may NOT be copied from this site and used in any way without permission from the owner. Pinning images, of course, is allowed and encouraged. Hey, party peeps! Thanksgiving is just a few days away and then it’s a mad dash to Christmas! With all the hustle-and-bustle and craziness of the holidays, I like to take shortcuts that will help me actually enjoy the holidays with less stress! One way to do that, is to not stress out about having to buy all new decor to entertain for Christmas. One thing I like to do is entertain during the holidays, but with four major holidays back-to-back, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, it can get costly! Instead, I’m going to show you How to Re-Use Your Thanksgiving Decorations in Your Christmas Decor! which is not only a time-saver but saves you money too! WIN-WIN!
HOW DID SHE DO THAT?
I love setting up candy tables at my parties and when I was introduced to Jelly Belly’s new Holiday collection of jelly beans with flavors like Egg Nog, Cranberry Sauce, Hot Chocolate and Candy Cane, I knew right away I would set up a Christmas Jelly Bean Bar! Setting up a candy table can be overwhelming and costly, but here, I was able to save money by re-using and re-purposing some of the decor from my Halloween and Thanksgiving dining tables on this Christmas candy table. Remember my Thanksgiving dinner party tablescape I posted last week? If you missed that post, click here to see it. You will see that I created a fabulous tablescape using Target’s Nate Berkus line of bowls and salad plates, gold cutlery, a gold and silver metallic table runner and a pair of white ceramic fox salt and pepper shakers, all of which I will re-use in this gorgeous Christmas candy table which saves me time and money! It’s easy too when you use these tips.
STYLE YOUR DINING TABLE TO MATCH YOUR HOME’S HOLIDAY DECOR!
Use the same colors and theme in your dining tablescape as what you’re using in your home’s holiday decor. This way your dining table will match the rest of your home’s decor for a cohesive look. This year, I was inspired by Target’s Nordic and Luxe collections to decorate my home with a white, gold, silver, champagne and black color palette this year. Target had many staple items as well as holiday specific items that worked together for the “Rustic-Glam” theme I was going for. Now I have a collection of rustic glam elements that I can re-use all season for all my holiday entertaining.
GIRLFRIEND TIP: Using this tip will also allow you to move decor around for a dinner party so that you don’t have to buy new things. For example, I moved this gold glittered tree from my entryway to this Christmas candy table as a centerpiece. I didn’t have to spend any more money and how easy is it to move one item to another area in your home for a fresh new look!
STICK WITH ONE COLOR PALETTE ALL HOLIDAY SEASON!
To get the most use out of your holiday decor, pick one color palette and use it for all your holiday entertaining decor pieces from Thanksgiving to Christmas to New Year’s Eve. This will give you greater flexibility to re-use items from holiday-to-holiday without having to purchase all new items in a different color.
GIRLFRIEND TIP: I purchased some items in my holiday color palette as early as Halloween and have been able to re-use some of them from even my Halloween dinner party table. Remember those gold bowls I used on my Halloween candy table that were perched on top of black talons and how excited I got when I realized they were not attached to the base? Well, now, they are perfect to re-use in this Christmas candy table—by simply removing them from the black talon claw base, of course!
RE-USE AND RE-PURPOSE ITEMS FROM THANKSGIVING TO CHRISTMAS!
Here I re-used and re-purposed a few items from my Thanksgiving and Halloween dinner party tables in this Christmas candy table. I re-used the gold and white soup bowls and salad plates that I used as part of my Thanksgiving dining table’s placesetting to hold jelly beans. Since I wasn’t doing a formal Christmas dinner and wouldn’t be serving soup and salad, I was able to re-use the soup spoons as candy scoops. Next, I used the gold and silver table runner and placed it vertically on the candy table instead of using a full tablecloth. I also re-used the birch place-card holders to hold candy signs. Finally, by simply adding a gold ball ornament next to the fox salt and pepper shakers, they now have a Christmas look and feel. From the Halloween dinner party table, I was able to re-use the black candleholders and the gold bowls.
GIRLFRIEND TIP: Those gold placecards I also used on my Christmas table as placards with each guest’s name on them. Since I only had eight guests and the pack came with more than that, I was able to use the extras as candy table signs! No more money spent here.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO RE-USE YOUR HOLIDAY DECOR?
I’d love to hear your ideas. Leave a comment for me below. Happy Holidays! Tonya Find your style @targetstyle
WHERE DID SHE GET THAT?
– Styling and photography: Soiree Event Design
– Plates, cutlery, bowls, candleholders, table runner, placecards, fox and reindeer decor: Target
– Holiday flavors jelly beans: Jelly Belly
WANT MORE HOLIDAY INSPIRATION?
Check out my CHRISTMAS PINTEREST BOARD full of holiday party and decor ideas! Follow Soiree Event Design’s board Christmas Inspiration on Pinterest.
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That’s such a beautiful setup. I have yet to see a party layout featured that isn’t fantastic.
I love the design! Every piece fits into place elegantly! I wish I had your eye for detail. Great job!
Thanks!
Reusing and repurposing the items is a good way to save money. It’s also a good way to ensure decorations are not wasted most of the year.
I really like the idea of reusing my Thanksgiving decorations. I always find everything I could want or need at Target.
These are beautiful and you can definitely use them again for Christmas. I love the designs.
I love your decor. That gold is just unbelievable. I am also jealous you have all those yummy Jelly Belly. what a beautiful room.
I agree that the gold looks so swell. Also, The Jelly Bellies are a delicious touch.
That is absolutely genius! This way you save big bucks and it all looks classy!
Gold is so versatile and can be used for so many holidays. What a great way to get the most for what you already have!
That’s a great point. I need to start using gold for my decorations more often!
I am in love with all of the gold and white you used. I love the gold sparkly piece with small ornaments hanging from it. These are great decor ideas!
I love the idea of repurposing items. And how gorgeous is that white and gold color scheme!
I’m surprised at how much I’m loving the gold theme this year! I usually shy away from such a bold color, but I really love how you incorporated it and that it would be a great decor for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Your decorations are so pretty and festive! The gold color is a nice touch.
You are a genius! I love when you can reuse and repurpose – and you did an amazing job as always!
Thanks Lois!
I love how you decorated that table! I need to start thinking about how I can reuse my Thanksgiving decorations too!
Beautiful as always 🙂 Where did you get the gold glittered tree? It would work so well into my “Gold & Cream” theme for christmas
Hey Lorane! I got it from KoyalWholesale.com
OMG I would LOVE to have a candy bar set up at my house during Christmas hahaha….yum yum. By the way is that gold cutlery from Target too? I bought a set as well, I love it so much.
THANKS! Yup, that gold cutlery is yet another Target find. Awesome, right?!
I know I am a fan because I was telling a friend last weekend how gold is very big this season and when she asked me how I knew, I showed her your blog!
Aww! Thanks Carol!
I love your decor.. I actually bought similar items from Target! Love them
Wow this looks great and perfect for the upcoming holidays.
I love these ideas for using what you have. I always have trouble thinking that things won’t pair well together but these ideas are fabulous!
I love reusing things from other holidays. I am always “shopping” through my own things to create a new fresh look. I love to decorate and these ideas are great! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your decor is beautiful! I love how you reused your items. These are great tips.
I love reusing decor from season to season!! I am way more likely to purchase something if it can be used in multiple ways!
I love these decorations. They go well for both Holidays. It saves money being able to reuse decorations.
OH My WORD! I absolutely love that aspen place card holder. Love it so much!
I love this look. I love the gold in with the Christmas decor and how it accents the red and green.
I’m loving the gold glittered tree that you made. It’s perfect for a table centerpiece.
Wow you are really talented! I love the way you decorated and repurposed items!
What a great idea!I am all about saving money when it comes to decorations.
Great tips! I try to even use some of my simple halloween decorations into Thanksgiving.
Using decorations for multiple holidays is quite a challenge but you have done it beautifully here. Great job!
Target has some great holiday decor!! Some of the pieces can be used throughout the year.
Omg loving everything about this whole setup!! I would of never thought to reuse my thanksgiving decor!
OMG I love it all! Can you come decorate my house?! I would never have the patience to do that for my house. I probably would do a silver/blue theme since those are my favorite colors. Your dishes are gorg!
Ahh makes so much sense to stick to the same colors throughout the Holidays! Love this tip!