{"id":37260,"date":"2017-12-04T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37260"},"modified":"2017-11-28T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T21:09:08","slug":"an-easy-christmas-table-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=37260","title":{"rendered":"An Easy Christmas Table Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are back today with another so very easy Christmas idea.\u00a0 This one is so easy that I&#8217;m not even calling it a project.\u00a0 I love using plaid at Christmas.\u00a0 It&#8217;s my go-to for Christmas because I like a country look in our home during this time of year.\u00a0 I love having plaid bows, wrapping paper, and fabrics.\u00a0 Our sun room is loaded with plaid fabrics and pillows right now (<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/12\/06\/the-tray-and-the-sunroom-go-mad-for-plaid\/\">here&#8217;s <\/a>a similar look from last year), and our gifts are always wrapped in lots of plaid paper.\u00a0 I think it has something to do with growing up in a small town and being around lots of plaid flannel shirts when I was young.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37450\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Plaid-Table-Runner-3-643x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Wrapping Paper Table Runner - the 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Plaid-Table-Runner-3-643x1024.jpg 643w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Plaid-Table-Runner-3-203x323.jpg 203w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Plaid-Table-Runner-3-300x478.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of plaid, I found this pretty red and black plaid wrapping paper this past summer at T. J. Maxx when I was headed to the check-out counter.\u00a0 I think it was $1.00, but it might have been $2.00, but I liked it because it is nice and thick and not too wide.\u00a0 I knew it would make a pretty runner on our great room dining table.\u00a0 It looks just like a cozy flannel shirt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37451\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4980-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Wrapping Paper Table Runner - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4980-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4980-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4980-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, no matter what time of year it is, if you see some wrapping paper that would look great with your decor, buy it.\u00a0 I also bought a roll of black and white gingham to use for a Halloween runner in October and some pretty pastel flowers to use as a runner in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back today with another so very easy Christmas idea.\u00a0 This one is so easy that I&#8217;m not even calling it a project.\u00a0 I love using plaid at Christmas.\u00a0 It&#8217;s my go-to for Christmas because I like a country look in our home during this time of year.\u00a0 I love having plaid bows, wrapping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37260"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37453,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37260\/revisions\/37453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}