DIY Polka Dot Napkins and Spring Table Decor

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We hope that by now Spring has finally arrived at your doorstep. Here in Atlanta we have been fairly fortunate to have some truly beautiful days. I love the burst of color in my neighborhood – everything is in bloom! Redbuds, cherry trees, daffodils, Bradford pears and forsythia – all right on my own street and in my own yard.

I’ve been working on several projects of late and I continue to work on my dining room table decor. I recently shared a tutorial with you on how to make moss covered eggs. If you missed that post you can read all about it here.

This week I will show you how to change your cloth dinner napkins. I have stacks of napkins in my house. The following napkins are leftover from Easter dinner a couple of years ago…

I decided I wanted to change them up a little bit for Spring. I used watered-down acrylic craft paint and a round sponge pounce.

• 3 parts acrylic craft paint
• 1 part water

It is very important to not add too much water as the paint will not not be the right consistency on the fabric.

I laid out the napkins and put wax paper underneath to protect my tabletop.

I poured my paint and water mixture on a paper plate. I then dipped the pouncer into the mixture and blotted the pouncer a couple of times so as not to saturate the fabric napkin. I started adding polka dots in rows. I didn’t measure out polka dot placement – i just eyeballed it 🙂

I continued this method on all of my napkins…

I used these cute terra cotta pots as napkin holders. I can’t believe that I made these napkin holders more that 15 years ago 🙂

I love all of the colors…

Here’s a money saving tip:

I used leftover wrapping paper as a table runner. The color was great and tied into my overall decor scheme – I had just enough left 🙂

Money Saving Tip #2:

When I do floral centerpieces in my home, I find store bought flowers to be very costly. I purchased this potted floral plant from the hardware store for $5.98.  I cut a lot of the flowers and used them in aqua Mason jars. The best part? The plant still looks lush and full of flowers and I can plant it in the yard 🙂

Don’t these colors look fabulous together?

Still decorating and getting everything into place…

Isn’t this chevron wrapping paper cute as a table runner?

I lucked out at Target. How adorable are these felt flowers? Four flowers for .50 cents! I couldn’t make them for that amount!

I randomly placed them around the table and they pair perfectly with the polka dot napkins 🙂

If Spring hasn’t reached you yet, I hope all of this bright color has inspired you. and, may your days be warmer and colorful very soon!