A Farmhouse Tiered Tray

 When Valentine's Day weekend was over, I took down all my Valentine decor.  I looked at my now empty tiered tray and thought "Now what?".  Even though Easter is only about seven weeks away,  I wasn't quite ready to pull out the Easter bunnies and eggs yet.  I would have done a winter themed tiered tray but all my winter florals are packed away with the Christmas decor and there is absolutely nothing left in the stores;  they have all moved on to spring already.  So,  even though it doesn't make a whole lot of financial sense as the decor in this tray will probably only be up for a few weeks, I decided to go with a farmhouse theme for my tiered tray.  And I'm so glad I did, because I actually think this is my favorite theme ever!  Even though my house is kind of on the "grand scale", I do live in a farm land area and I see cows and other animals almost on a daily basis;  so I think my farmhouse theme fits in quite well!



EVERYTHING you see in this tray, including the tray itself, I purchased at Hobby Lobby.  It is all part of their spring collection, usually located in the front of the store.

So let's begin the tour of my "Farmhouse Tiered Tray" shall we?

The top tier of the tray features a galvanized sign that I hung from the top of the tray.  I also placed a little ceramic house.  I didn't realize until I got it home that the little house also lights up, which I think is super cute!



To the left of the house I put a ceramic cow and to the right I set a stone bird on top of a cupcake holder.





On the lower level of this side of the tray, I placed a ceramic pig and a miniature milk can.  I always use painted wooden blocks to lift items up in the tray.


 



Isn't this pig the cutest?  I just love him!

To the left of the pig I placed another galvanized miniature, then I filled it with ivy and pink flowers to match the pink pig.

In the third and final section I have a blue and white ceramic dish that also has a cow image on it.  I placed an antique jello mold that I already owned inside the dish and then filled the empty spaces with ivy.

On the top level of the third side I placed a galvanized metal bucket and filled it with ivy and white florals.  It sits right next to the bird on the cupcake stand.

 

 You can find all these items, except the antique jello mold, at your local Hobby Lobby store.  The lace tray that the tiered tray sits on is from Ikea.

 

  Every time I walk into my dining room and see my farmhouse tiered tray I smile.  I'm so happy I spent the money to decorate my tray during these gloomy final winter months before Easter.

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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