Tuesday, December 12, 2017


Creating sweet tables has to be one of my favourite things to do during the holidays. 

You don't need to have a lot of different treats to create a holiday sweet table. I used assorted serving dishes, buffalo gift boxesburlap ribbons, mini trees and lights for my festive set up.

I prefer to put out a little bit of everything in smaller containers and then refill them every once in a while so that the display looks some what full for most of time.

Here's how I set up my little stress free sweet table:

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Buffalo plaid gift boxes are both functional and decorative in my set ups. If you don't have gift boxes, you can create a similar look using books covered with wrapping paper "jackets" like I did here.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I have created these snow globe inspired jars filled with cookies as hostess gifts for years. This year I thought that it would be fun to make one for myself and use it as the focal point of my sweet table display. 

 I use coarse sugar to create a snowy base in the glass containers.The mini gingerbread house and cookies are from Mad Batter BakersThe container is more of a display element so you may want to fill another serving dish with gingerbread cookies for guests to easily take and eat.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

I filled a candy dish with custom made sugar cookies from Emma's Sweets. You can add coarse sugar to the bottom of the candy dish so that the cookies will stand up.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Another small candy dish was filled with assorted colours of french macarons from Macaronz and placed on a gift box for height.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Not everything on your sweet table has to be baked goods. I like to fill larger containers with chocolates, popcorn, candy and nuts.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Once the serving dishes have been set up I fill in large spaces with gift boxes tied up with ribbon. I like to use pretty gift boxes in my holiday decor and in January I fill them with Christmas tree decorations for storage.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Finally I add in mini trees and battery operated strings of lights.

home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio

Guests may think that your sweet table is too pretty to eat so make sure that you tell them it's okay to help themselves!


home for the holidays - set up a sweet table | Lorrie Everitt Studio




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