In case some of you missed seeing my Rustic Woodland Christmas dessert table feature early this week, I thought I would share it here with you all and give you some tips and design info. The inspiration behind this table came to me while perusing the fabrics at Jo-Ann’s. I saw the green fabric that I used for the table cloth and in the cloth banner and fell in love with the pattern and color. I knew I had to use it. After a few trips back to the store, I found fabrics that would compliment the color and patterns of the green cloth. I really wanted the table to have a rustic feel to it, so I incorporated elements that you would be sure to find outside like pine cones, wood platters, a birds nest and evergreen in the floral bouquets. The table came out so much better than I had imagined once it was all pulled together. Remember to go with your heart, trust your instincts, be confident in your design style and everything will work out The beautiful pictures were taken by my dear friend Jennifer of J. Fiereck Photography. She is so good at what she does!

I thought it would be cute to have the apple pie pops anchored in a bed of green moss. Again, details found in the woods.

With a Rustic Woodland theme going on, Harry & David’s Moose Munch was the perfect treat to fill the paper cones! The talented Bird from Bird Crafts Parties did a wonderful job collaborating with me on the graphics for the paperie on this table!

I requested my cupcake source put little chocolate twigs in each of the cupcakes.  So cute!

Try getting friendly with your local bakery. There are many vendors that I work with around the country for my sweet treats, but cakes I can only source from CT as you can imagine they wouldn’t ship very well. This cake was originally lighter in color. I told the baker that I needed it to look more like a log and rustic and woodsy. I didn’t know what to expect when I picked it up, so I was happy with the final results. The baker darkened the frosting color, added sugared grapes and cranberries and little meringue mushroom. A funny story about the mushrooms: I kid you not, I didn’t eat one of the mushroom until 3 days later when I tasted it and found out it was sweet as candy…LOL. What a moment that was.

Your Shopping Guide:

Graphics & Paperie: Bird Crafts Parties

Apple Pie Pops: Some Yum

Cupcakes: Sugarbelle

Log Cake  & Floral Design: Whole Foods Glastonbury