A Tiered Tray Decorated For Valentines Day

As soon as I took the Christmas decorations down and cleaned up the house, I also decorated for Valentine's Day.  I love Valentine's Day!  It's one of my favorite holidays for I enjoy having a special day on the calendar to show all my loved ones how much I care for and appreciate them.  I don't decorate the entire house for Valentine's Day like I do for Christmas.  I only decorate the dining room, half bath, porch, and entry way.  On Sunday I will show you more of my Valentine's Day decorations, but for today I will only show my metal tiered tray.

I bought my metal tiered tray at Hobby Lobby last spring.  I absolutely love decorating this tray for all the seasons and holidays.  It normally sits right in the middle of my dining room table, although I also had it on my piano at Christmas.

For my Valentines Day tray, I already owned a lot of Valentine Day decorations but I did pick up a few new items.  I found all these cute Valentine decorations at the Dollar General.

I loved the "Love Never Fails" block because it is scriptural (1 Corinthians 13:8).  My tray is very deep, so I had my husband cut some wood blocks to prop things up.  I painted the blocks white so they aren't noticeable.  I propped my "Love Never Fails" block up on the white block and filled around it with red roses.

On the top tier on the same side, I hung my "Love" sign, added a heart jelly mode from my kitchen stash, and another red rose.

For the second side, I used an old Valentine coffee mug that says "Love is", and filled it with roses.  On the bottom I placed a heart paper mâché box that was a leftover guest gift from my daughter's wedding, with some crystal heart decorations from my stash.

On the third and final side I placed a Valentine Mail Box that I found at the Dollar Store, a white cupcake stand, and more crystal heart decor.

 I hope you enjoyed seeing my Valentine Tiered Tray.  Come back on Sunday to see the rest of my Valentine Decorations!

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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My Christmas Tiered Tray

I have a metal tiered tray in my dining room that I decorate for the holidays and seasons.  Decorating in miniature a metal tiered trays is a very popular hobby.  Many stores on Etsy are selling items specifically for tiered trays because they are in such hot demand.  I didn't buy anything from Etsy but I sure had to scrounge around all my local stores and my stash.  I will tell you where I purchased each piece as I go through the pictures.

The house is just a simple painted block, it's sitting on a white cupcake stand from Target.  The green trees are meant for miniature Christmas Villages.  I love the pop of color they bring to my tray.  I purchased them from Menards and Walgreens.

On the lower tray beneath the house I have a Christmas Tin Gift Card Holder with an ornament in front of it and another green bottle brush tree.

I asked my husband to cut pieces of wood to fit inside my tray so I could lift items up so that they could be seen.  The tin and the truck ornament are sitting on top of the piece of wood.  I painted the wood pieces white so they would not be so noticeable.

The truck ornament and metal gift card tin are from Hobby Lobby.

Turning to the left side of the house I placed two holiday bowls and filled them with ornaments and a red star cookie cutter.

The ornaments are all old ornaments from my stash, but the bowls are new from Home Goods.  I thought they were such cute, tiny holiday bowls, and I knew they fit my metal tiered tray.  I have no idea what they are used for,  custard or dips perhaps?

I filled the empty corner of the larger lower tray with red and white glass bulbs.

 

The last side has a bigger bottle brush tree and ornament sign on top, with a decorative gift box and Christmas pick on the bottom.

 The cute "Away in a Manger" sign is an ornament from Hobby Lobby.  The large bottle brush tree I purchased from Walgreens.

 

The little "Merry Christmas" square paper box I picked up at Michaels.  The Christmas pick was already in my stash.

 I had to really scrounge around and go to a lot of different stores to find cute little items to fill my tray.  I'm always late to decorate my tray and most of the good stuff is gone by the time I get to the store.  But, I really like how my tray turned out, so maybe it was good thing I was late.

Come back this Sunday for my 2019 Christmas Home Tour!  

 Have A Great Day!  Amy

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4th Of July Metal Tier Tray

In the spirit of Patriotism,  I decided to temporarily change out my summer lemon tier tray for a 4th of July design.  When the holiday is over,  I'll put the lemon decorations back in until fall.

I had so much fun playing with the colors red, white, and blue while putting together this tray.  I actually found many of the items in my own kitchen, like this red gel mold and vintage egg beater.

These vintage salt and pepper shakers were also in my stash.  My tray is deep and I need to raise some items up so that they can be seen so  I had my husband cut a few small pieces of wood and I painted them white.  It works great, you barely notice the wood base is even there.

I'm always late to the party when it comes to purchasing items for my tier tray.  It's because I wait for the items to go on sale, and then they are picked over.  But I did find a few things at Hobby Lobby like this wooden star, the "America the Beautiful" sign, and the burlap star picks.

I picked up the red, white, and blue roses at the Dollar Store.  Hobby Lobby had them too, but for $9.99 a bush...no thank you!  I also picked up the tiny white flowers at the Dollar Store too.  Flowers make such a nice filler for tier trays.

The vintage pastry cutter is also from my kitchen as well as the red cookie cutter.

The ceramic pot I panted myself years ago and I pulled it out of my garden shed to use in this tray.  The red mug came right out of my kitchen cabinet.

When putting together a tier tray for a holiday not everything has to be the same theme if they coordinate in another way like color.  In this tray,  I only have a few true patriotic elements, and everything is else is red, white, or blue.

A good tip when decorating your tray is to not only fill your empty spots with flowers or greenery, but fill up your containers too, like I did with the coffee mug and pot!

I'm having so much fun decorating my tier tray and dining room for all the holidays and seasons now that I have repainted it white.  The all white background makes decorating so easy...everything goes with white!

I just love this sign!  Even though its meaning can be interpreted different ways,  I mostly look at it from a physical viewpoint.  My husband and I road trip across this great country a lot, and I'm always amazed and awestruck by the diverse beautiful landscape of our country.

Other than a patriotic welcome sign and pillow on the side porch (not pictured) the only other 4th of July decorations I added was this vignette to the top of the piano.  I bought the flag for the tray but it was too tall.  Because it was metal,  I couldn't cut it down, so I just put it in the flower vase that usually sits on top of the piano.  Then I added some 4th of July pictures that were taken of Alethea and I last year.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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How To Decorate A Metal Tier Tray And A Dining Room With A Lemon Theme

Once Easter was over, it was time to re-decorate my metal tiered tray for summer (if you missed my Easter tray, you can see it HERE!).   I love these tiered trays!  They are so much fun and so easy to decorate for all the seasons/holidays at minimal expense and time.  Who doesn't want that in this age of minimalist lifestyle trends?  

The first thing one needs to do before decorating a tiered tray is to pick a theme.  The theme should coordinate with the current season or holiday.  I decided to do a lemon theme because I have a blue, white, and yellow kitchen right off the dining room where the tray will sit on the table.  Plus, it's pretty easy to find lots of lemon decor as lemons are really trending in home decor right now.

I found most of my items, like this cute little sign, at Walmart.  I bought the lemon picks from Hobby Lobby, one pot is from the Target Dollar Spot, everything else I already owned.

The metal tin flower vase with the forsythia flowers and cute gingham ribbon is from Walmart.  I used ivy from my stash to fill in all the bare spots.  It's always important to use a filler when designing a tier tray.  For my Easter Tray, I used grass as my filler.

The ceramic bird I picked up at The Dollar Store years ago.

I echoed the lemon and bird theme around the dining room, by putting lots of lemon and bird plates on the plate rail.

The little black and white striped terra cotta pot is the one item I purchased at the Target Dollar Spot. The yellow coffee mug was from my stash.  Both the pot and the mug were filled with pieces of ivy and white flowers also from my stash.

Above the piano on the plate rail,  I added a lemon plate and a yellow plate.  They carry the design from the table to the wall unifying the theme throughout the room.

I put another lemon plate on top of the china hutch with a yellow bird plate on the plate rail above.  Again, the yellow was carried from the table, to the hutch (lemons), to the wall above (goldfinch plate).  A blue and white tea pot from my tea pot collection was added to coordinate with the blue in the plate and in the vase of the floral arrangement.

A close up of the plates above the piano.  Most of the plates I purchased at Home Goods, but the goldfinch plate I got from Hobby Lobby.  They are all very inexpensive plates costing less than $3.99 each.

I hope you enjoyed my lemon tiered tray and other lemon decor.

Have A Great Day!  Amy

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