Welcome to the next installment of “on a tray” blog tours. Today I am sharing a themed “summer on a tray” styling along with 13 other bloggers. It’s so much fun to see all the different “summer” tray points of view.
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Thank you to Katherine from Katherine’s Corner blog for organizing this amazing blog tour and providing so much inspiration. It’s so much fun to look at and learn from everyone’s different styles. All the participating blogs are listed at the end of the post for you to enjoy at your leisure.
If you’re coming over from visiting Barbara @ Mantel and Table, welcome. Barbara has an amazing style, and I love everything she does.
In case you missed it, the last tray tour was the {tea on a tray blog tour} and last year’s summer tray is here {by the sea on a tray blog tour}. I also list all the other tray tours at the end of the post.
setting a theme for the summer tray
The inspiration for this tray was these Margarita glasses. I created a Margaritaville drink station on a rattan tray. Margaritas are a refreshing cocktail that always remind me of outdoor fun.
The drink station is set so the drinks could be prepared as cocktails or mocktails (sans tequila). This way everyone can join in the fun; littles or bigs, drinkers or not, etc.
The Margarita glasses were an engagement gift from a good college friend. They remind me of him, but I can only really use them for Margarita drinks. So here we are.
setting the scene for the summer tray
The Margarita theme also set the color palette for me, and I just ran with it from there. The green rimmed glasses and the limes set the main color scheme, which is complimented with natural colors and the black dresser.
The dresser is actually a refurbished piece to use as a sideboard on the back patio. I will share the entire project once all the details are finalized. It’s been crazy hot around here, and I have not been able to finish the project as quickly as I wanted.
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I love that I can use the top drawer of the dresser for spill over items from the drink station. All the items did not fit on the tray so the extra space in the drawer is perfect.
A rattan tray holds most of the drink station items on top of the dresser. I love the leather handles on the tray plus the clear insert at the bottom is clutch. The clear insert allows the great texture of the rattan to show through , but yet allows all the items to sit flat and secure.
The wooden pieces compliment the rattan tray, including the bowl holding the limes and the square cocktail napkin holder. I love the natural feels against all the black and green details.
All these natural elements add great texture along with the shutters and the books. The chippy shutters create a great back drop, and you can read about how I came upon these here {chippy shutter centerpiece}.
A stack of vintage books holds the drink dispenser. I love to use books as the base, allowing you to make it as tall or shallow as you need depending on the set-up. I also used one of these {silver tray chalkboard DIY} for the recipe instructions
more summer tray inspiration
Make sure to follow the blog tour to the next stop and visit Sandra @ Dinner at Eight. Remember there are 13 other creative bloggers, which you can visit to be inspired by their summer tray masterpieces.
other tray blog tours
Listed below are all the other tray blog tours I have had the pleasure to participate in.
get the summer Margaritaville tray look
“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”
Jimmy Buffet