I love Sandra Lee. I really do.
But sometimes her decorating style makes my eyes smart. Her tablescapes, in particular, look like someone puked up the clearance section of a craft store.
That's why I was shocked to read that the 13 tablescapes from the latest season of Semi-Homemade will be auctioned off for charity.
Now charity is never ever something to make fun of ... but these tablescapes? Well, that's a whole different story ...
Ordinarily, I'm scared of clowns, but in this case they're by far the least frightening thing on this Birthday Tablescape. In fact, is there actually a table underneath all that crap? Because all I can see is tacky. And with all those dots, it's beginning to remind me of one of those autostereograms that you're supposed to stare at -- but instead of seeing a 3D image pop up, you simply get a splitting headache.
See, the great thing about a Thanksgiving Tablescape is that you can take advantage of fall's bounty and decorate your table with natural materials (pumpkins, gourds, leaves, flowers, etc.). But, apparently, Sandra prefers to use as much plastic as possible.
I have no earthly idea what is going on in this photo. I've attempted to banish the image from my memory, but it's forever burned on my inner eyelids.
So. Much. Lavender. This is Sandra's Cocktail Party Tablescape -- a fitting description seeing as how you want to drink a cocktail just to make it all go away.
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I actually really do llike the pompoms in the first one!!
Are those gingerbread men surrounding a candle? What in the heck is that centerpiece?!
The last one is my absolute favorite. I LOVE purple (adore it, obsessed with it, with there was more of it in life), but oh gosh, never in my life have I seen such an awful use for it. At a certain point, didn't anybody stop and think "Is there maybe one purple item too many on this table? Or 10?"
I have to say that I really like them all. I like a festive theme for a party. Isn't everyone one sick already with the cold sparse Club look for parties already? BORING!!! In these depressing economic times, why not have a little excess (on the cheap) for a change! I say the more the merrier when it comes to party decor. Lets get out of the doom & gloom except on Halloween!!! I would LOVE to see her Halloween Table!!
I actually like the clowns and dots. But all the rest are too much.
I like them, too.
And what's so bad about using plastic decorations?
You can reuse them next year, so less wasted material and money.
SL isn't my fave Food Network host, but a lot of the hate she gets
is completely unwarranted, IMO.
hey I'll take the Wine Party or the Chocolate one!!! lol but yeah her tablescapes tend to be a bit "much" for me...to much of one color or thing...otherwise they are kinda cute
I must be tacky because I like all of them
I DO like the clown/dots one. I think the main thing that irritates me about all of them is really that there is absolutly no space left on any table. It all seems cramped and cluttered.