Tiered Tray Decorating Essentials Tips and Tricks / How to Decorate a Tiered Tray

Hello, welcome back to my channel, my name is Jacqueline Lopez and today I will finally share with you my most requested video. I'm going to share some news about their trade deal that I recently purchased and I'm also going to share some

tips

and

tricks

on how to style your teardrop

tray

s and show you some of my collection of teardrop trade decor

essentials

. I'll tell you where to buy them, how to use them and I'm going to give you some

tips

on some DIY things so you can do them now. This video is formatted a little differently than the rest of my videos and it's also quite long because I'm answering a lot of questions that you guys ask.

He had invited me over to my Instagram, so make sure you follow me there too and let's go ahead and delete everything because this video is already long enough. Don't forget to subscribe to my channel if you haven't already hit the notification bell to get notified every time I post a new video and as always don't forget to like, comment and share this video it really helps my channel and also you will share some. Great

decorating

tips for the tear swap, thank you and enjoy the video. Well, I know it's strange that you start here, but this is what will work best for this type of tour.

Let me go ahead and start this tearful exchange. I just bought this at Target and it was $5, it's from Dollar and it's pretty small and I love it for that reason because I don't have a huge house. I don't have much room for tear

tray

s. Especially the really big three tier trays, so these kind of teardrop trays work wonders for me, it feels crooked, but it's not, it's just because it has three little nut balls like these little cushiony things that don't scratch the surface . so at every odd end it wobbles, but it's actually pretty stable, as stable as a tray of tears can be.

These are small. I don't think they are difficult to

decorate

. Still, you follow exactly the same kind of rules for

decorating

any type of teardrop. Train, I have the other two, your Target trail. I have a separate video on how to style and

decorate

them. I'm going to leave it linked down here and I'm going to try to place it on the eye in the sky wherever the two of you are. The corners will be that way, it will be easier if you bought this on your tray and you need some ideas on how to decorate it, but enough about this, let me show you the rest of the things.

Now there will be no order to enter. I'm just going to show you the things that I bought and tell you where they're from just because I have everything stacked up there, so let's start showing you the items, okay, so I have them all. These little signs and of course Target will always be a great place to get decor like this. They're small, they're only a dollar, and they're perfect for your... your trays, as you can see, they fit really well here. They are. They're made for things like this, but you can obviously use them on any size of your train.

They are really good just to add them to the back or front and then fill them around because of their large size, you can always DIY, something new on the back, so take the label off, maybe painted a different color, add your own phrase here on the back that way you can use them for several seasons, you can do it freehand, something I like to do is use what these are called are like wall stickers and not the ones that you put on the windows , but those that are intended for the wall. This was part of a larger set I got from Dollar General, but Dollar Tree obviously has those one dollar ones and you can always just add them in there.

I think this is too small for this, but I could add this and then draw a little coffee cup myself, that's if you're not good with your hands or, for example, this one looks like it was stamped like this. the type of font that is, of course, you can always paint this and stamp yourself whatever phrase you want your first name, your last name, last name, whatever you want to do and you can always do it yourself at Wayne Michael's as well. has a little wooden house with the exact same shape, they're a little bigger and wider and of course you can do the exact same thing, but they're great if you can find them because they're $1, that's the same as Mike's.

It will cost you but you don't have to buy stamps or have paint or dye and this is already done for you. You can't find it of course, DIY knitting is an option and I won't be buying many. There aren't any more of these because I've been buying them at Target for a whole year now, so I have some kind of small decoration like this for every season. I like the ones that come out right now during the winter because they're pretty much not season-specific, I can wear it year-round, obviously, it's very Valentine's Day if you want, but it's also year-round, home , home, sweet home, sorry, it's also for the whole year and I'm sorry about this.

It's more of a winter phrase, but it can still be used year-round and again, just do something in the back of Walmart that you would like. I have this very cute little cement, hard, it's a little heavy, I don't know if this is meant to be a paperweight or what it is, but this one is in grayish white. They have it in a color that looks more like stone, it also has more texture and then they have it in a gray that is more similar to what You'll see here, let me joke with what you see here, so this is kind of whitewashed and I loved this look.

I'm going to do a DIY in a video that comes with this. I'm going to do some DIY tear swapping. decoration, so stay tuned, that should be the next video after this one from the 99 cent only store. I bought two of these. I actually bought more, but I'm only showing you these two because I'm showing you the other one that I seem to call. It's Ceylon, it looks like this. I have shown it many times. I buy them for a dollar at the 99 cent store only, if you have one nearby buy some or get a friend who lives near one.

I can send you some by mail. I would resell them on my Etsy but it's not worth it. I'm sorry for those of you who have like before. I just can't, it's not worth it with the shipping and how much I would have to charge them. Doing so would be too expensive for you so I hope you find some, if not I will make something similar to these so stay tuned for that video but in the meantime they will only have them for spring at the 99-cent stores, so get them because you can use them all year round even during Christmas something like this can still work so if you find them please grab them they are great for decorating with teardrops they are great pieces let me leave them back here for that you can have something in front and then this just takes up visual space in the back, especially at the top of these, because at the top you don't want to add something too tall, so they work really well back here with a little nice sign.

Again, these you have to get, please, if you have them in your area, get as many as you can because for a dollar there is nothing better than doing it also before the prices go up, because when something sells well, they tend to go up the price. price next time so I guarantee it will be 149 soon because that's how it starts so get yourself some now if you don't have a 9910 store Dollar Tree obviously always a good option for tear trade decor. I recently purchased both. of these orbs and these are made of resin so they are a bit heavy, somehow this one is heavier than this one, weird but anyway they have different designs, all the ones in this mustard gold color had this design and then all the blue ones had this design and I think they had a gold one and I don't even remember what other color they had but these are great again.

I'm going to continue using just this little tray. These are also great for adding some details to the front because they are nice and small but don't take up much space so they are perfect. I'm also going to do something with one of these, so stay tuned. I'm going to say a lot about this. video because I bought a lot of supplies to do some DIY so be patient but again these are from Dollar Tree if you see them get them while they last because cute little things like this don't last long either also from Dollar Tree.

I bought this 3 pack for women and they look like Meyer lemons or Mayor lemons. I love them because they come in a set of three. I'm off the Dollar Tree route doesn't seem so real. This is too bright. a yellow, but it's still boring enough that it can look real. If a kid saw this they might think it was real, but I love it. They are super cute and again, three for a dollar, they also had lines, like the darker green version. and they still had oranges and apples for a dollar but they're bigger so they're great for your trays or they're the perfect size and I think three is a really good amount, you don't want to buy one of those huge bags that has like seven lemons in it because you don't end up using them all, but if you want more, of course, several for a dollar, would that be so bad?

These will be great for the upcoming summer season so get them while they last another What I love about your trays is this reindeer moss and being very specific I'm telling you that I prefer this reindeer moss to the other one because it looks and feels cooler than the other and the variation of greens that followed. and dyed, this one looks much better and natural than the other very shiny dusty moss. It doesn't have much dust. You can see it at the bottom of the package. You don't see all that extra. It's really nice. a little filler for your trays and they are also great for little DIYs for your cheer tray so they are perfect.

I highly recommend this reindeer month and yes, it has less than the other, but it is much better quality. A big bag of something like that. this at Hobby Lobby cost you $9.99. I'm sure it would have more, but you don't end up using it. Also, it would be a waste of money and space in your storage, so I like this smaller dollar backing of this reindeer moss from Hobby Lobby I bought some small vases, let me show them all at once, okay, this is not a vase, it's meant to be like a little pocket on the wall, but you know those cute ones that look like envelopes they've had lately. this is like the Valentine's version, but it's small and cute enough to put on a

tiered

tray with maybe some flowers on there and then I bought this one that's three ninety nine.

I bought it during their 40% off sale and this one was also three ninety nine, but these are perfect and cute little sizes for any type of

tiered

tray, they are perfect for putting your own greenery on top or spilling out of it, for example, This one, oh, it's so cute it's a smaller size. top, so I would put something that would spill. This one was $2.99 ​​and they have a lot of small vases and that's what's perfect for two small trains instead of trying to use them as one huge one. Another thing, you can use our mugs instead of a vase, if you can't find one, any kind of small mug that works too, so I love this again.

I'm going to DIY this one, I think because I love it, I love the shape of it, I love the color of it and then I love this detail that they added to the top and again for these prices there is nothing better. I can't wait, I couldn't wait. Sorry, we're 50% off today, so I bought it. I'm 14 but since they're so cheap at 40% off there's still a really good price so obviously mugs are always a good option for chair trains but instead of bigger mugs I thought these little ones and cute, I think they are meant to be. like espresso month, I'm a much cuter idea for these little ones and they're also easier to style because sometimes the big cups take up a lot of space or don't fit, let me go ahead and bring in one of my Raygun Mugs and see if it fits here , okay so Radin cups are really a staple now for your trays and I love them, but they're really big and in charge so you know it doesn't fit in here.

I want to say yes, but it's not, so maybe you can get away with it since they're not all the same size and shape, as you can see this one has kind of a little indentation right there, so maybe because That fit. I did, but another cute option are these little espresso cups and Reitan has espresso cups so that's another cute idea, in the meantime all I have were these pink and black ones so they have the look of an enamel cup . It would be, but these are ceramic and they're really cute, they're food safe, so I think that's why they're espresso cups, but for $2.99 ​​again, you can't beat that they had other colors, they had a really pretty mint green and a pleasant light. blue I wish they had a white or cream version of this, but I thought pink would be perfect for Valentine's so I didn't buy much greenery yet, but greenery is another staple.

I love this one and just got it. this from Hobby Lobby I think it was 399 it didn't have a little tag on it of course I got the one without the tag so they went ahead and priced me but noI remember off the top of my head if it was $399 or $2.99, but I love that it's small pieces like succulents. I'm succulents are another great thing to add to your trays of joy because they are usually small but substantial enough to take up space and add a lot of color. because they're usually really pretty shades of green or really bright colors so I'm going to DIY this one again because this stem is ridiculous but it's a cute little way to add some decor to your trays.

Let's say this one adorns my trees , but I love adding texture and dimension and things from nature, so I bought this at Hobby Lobby, it's $3.99 and it's showya wood and this is a small piece. I bought this one, they had all of this type. of decoration for 40% often I had it for a while, I just never showed it these little pieces of I don't even know what to call it because it's not, I don't know if it's a branch, but anyway I'm things. Since these add a lot of texture to your trays, they are good to add to the front or just the back so they take up visual space and add beautiful natural colors and textures, another piece I have like this It's this little piece of wood that actually I picked up off the floor from something our family was making together so it has meaning to me and it's also very pretty, it adds texture, it adds color without being too bright and again it's just another piece. which you can add to the front any time you have a small empty corner.

I'm things like this that are small and can add a lot of detail to your trays, so a few other things always work, something from nature that I love. To add, that's why I make a lot of greenery, which is why I also bought those little cement hearts. Okay, that's it for all the new things. Now I'm going to show you some things that I have as part of my collection because, again. This video is for those people who were wondering where to buy a tare tray decoration and how to keep it affordable, so let me show you some things that I already have and I can tell you where to get them or how to make them. yourself again I'm going to do greenery because I love it, it's so perfect these little little succulents.

I don't know if they're called sake pearls or donkey tail, but I love when Target brings these little ones back. I'm definitely going to buy as many as I can because they are the perfect size to just make loops and just hang everywhere and they look so cute they are perfect for inserting and chewing, oops, little vases and such and they give it so much character. lots of texture and color, I love them, I love them, so if you see little ones like this, they are perfect if you buy the longer one from Hobby Lobby, those are also perfect for the top because you will regret it, let me see if I can.

I show it to you better here because they will hang much further away so again those perfect succulents are always a good way to go and then I have this other larger piece of green bud as you can see it comes in little smaller packets for that you can tear them off. Remove one of these and do the same thing again, just add in small spaces that need green or you can pluck them and use them as a flower and insert them into small vases like this one. I'm going to DIY some decor with This again, stay tuned for that, speaking of things that hang from the sides of the teardrop trays, of course the beads are always on the chin, these for example I make myself .

I sell them on my Etsy if you want to buy them, but they are very easy to make, just add some beads and a tassel and they are great because they are not as big as, for example, something like this and you can hang it from the sides, you can hang it from the forehead. I love it. I love mine. I'm sorry I did it myself because I added this hoop. I should have made it a little smaller, but I made it that way specifically so you can use them on your trays because you can hang them from the sides. of the lids, most of their trays and they have some type of lid like this, so they hang perfectly from there again.

That's why I wish it was a little smaller, but if it needed to be smaller, all I do is pull it out and just place whatever decor piece you have on this side that way so it hangs at the proper length, so again I have these in my Etsy shop. Hobby Lobby sells some that are shorter so of course you can always buy them and I think Dollar General has some now too for around two or three dollars so that's always an option. I bought this one, this really big one, for 75% off in the US. I am the only store.

I'm going to use these as supplies. DIY ones so I may make something to hang there for Valentine's Day since it's so big. I need something this big so again I went ahead and made my own which is smaller, usually they are posters in mugs that take up a lot of real estate in a tray of tears, another thing is the flowers and I love buying these flowers really big ones and all I do is remove the stem, for example this was I think $2 from All Mart, yes it was from Walmart and it came with another one like small. closed flower of a magnolia flower, so it was perfect because sometimes I use the big one on the bottom and the smaller one on the top or vice versa, individual flowers like these.

I love adding two trays. I get them in different colors for different seasons. It's also those great similar dots they have for Christmas, which were also great for this and a vase filler, especially items like these I got from Dollar Tree. It came in a larger set from another store, but it was also a dollar and I think I had six and then this is from a vase filler set that Dollar Tree had, I think two or three years ago for the fall season, like this which I hope you were able to get some because I love these, if not. most craft or home decor stores have a vase filler that has orbs similar to that and these they have in this size as a three pack and then they have some smaller ones that I think come in a four pack or six.

I haven't bought any yet so I don't remember how many packages they may come with, but from Dollar Tree these are perfect again just to add a nice picture to the front or right behind and other items. I love them, especially these wicker balls. I have them in brown, black and red and they come in this white color. I like a nice cream color and then a darker brown from the Dollar Tree and of course the little houses will always be part of the trays of joy. Everyone loves them. They are perfect. They have different sized houses, this one, for example, was $2.99 ​​at Hobby Lobby and they release different houses during different seasons, for example, right now they have some that are like a little heart, they are cute and of course there are some of home and hand made that are made of wood, some are made of ceramic and of course the Dollar Tree houses are always perfect too and then I have these cute little bird houses.

I went ahead and made them myself. I'll have some of them. listing on my Etsy, I hope that when I make this line of videos they will already be painted, they will already come in specific color sets, but again, little bird houses like these are perfect, you can buy little bird houses that are not finished, like Hobby Lobby Michael's more. I think even the ones from Walmart. I think some of them are a little bigger and a little pricey, but if you want to go ahead and customize the color yourself, that's always an option. Any type of small figure works too.

I love this. from Target this cost a dollar these were from their spring collection and they had them in different colors. I only bought two and I only bought them in white because that's what I knew I would wear in different seasons. I loved the size of this and I use this as a good size reference for how big I want my figures that I add here to be a little bit bigger and it might be too much for my trays. These are like a nice little accent to the stroke of my chair and Of course, Christmas decor is always good for your trays and for example, this is a Christmas candle that I bought on clearance, but it can be used as a small vase and this one specifically will add a lot of texture and color to my tray.

If I were to use these Christmas decorations, it's another thing I love to use. This is a Christmas ornament but it doesn't look like one and this one would be perfect for almost any season but especially for Valentine's Day this one is perfect too. It's from Target, this one is from Walmart and I think it was a dollar when they had them for a dollar. This is a little old now, but again it's supposed to be a Christmas decoration like an ornament, but you can always use it on your level two. trays I try to find Christmas decorations that don't look too Christmassy so I can go ahead and make sure I get a lot of use out of them because I don't want to have to store so much stuff.

I already have enough. So look for Christmas decorations that you can use all year round so you can use them on your tree when it's Christmas. These were on my tree this year, but when it's not Christmas I can use them on my trail of tears and other places around me. home another essential item for your tray to decorate our sugar and cream sets. I love this game. I haven't used it on a joy tray so I have it out because I'm ready to use it. I have a very nice white. ceramic set from Walmart and then I have a beautiful clear set from Target, let me go ahead and show you both.

Here's my beautiful set from Walmart and I like to use these kind of in opposite directions and they're perfect like a little bit. way to add color texture and a lot of space on your tray so just add a few of these things and then the rest are just little accents and here's my goal. I love all of these. I don't think I have a favorite. because I use them for different things and that's a good way to start doing that with your three is with a sugar and creamer set that you love and then have them on your tray and then the rest that's what you change depending on the season now.

I've been using a lot of these clear before using a lot of these and now I'm pretty sure this will be the set I mainly have in all my joy trays and I'll just change the flowers on some. of greenery and then a cute little decorative piece, whether it's one of these little signs or a figure or a flower, and then you say, always keep the same setup, just keep changing those little things depending on the season, okay, We're getting close to the end of what I'm going to show you, but I definitely knew I wanted to finish with these last three pieces because they're pretty essential for me when it comes to decorating your trays and it's this cute little egg holder.

Comes in a large pack of six. I hope you can see it because I left all of this back here, but they're great for adding height to your items, so I can use them here where they're hidden by the edge of the Train. Whatever you would normally have down here that you wouldn't see, you'll now be able to see it because of that. Another thing I love are these little vine rings, yes that's what I mean, I like these for storing ground items. place, so I add this right there and now it's going to help keep whatever I put in there from curling up, so they're great for keeping items in place and also giving that little piece a little bit of height.

I'm sorry and yes I need something to have a more drastic height difference. These little pedestals or little stands you can usually get at Target for a dollar and they come in different shapes and sometimes different heights during different times of the year. I wanted to add them because Again, these are essential items to add height to the back of my trays, to the front of my trays and just to keep things stable, let me go ahead and get this out of the way so I can give you some examples of how they actually work. help, okay, here I have this orb from Dollar Tree.

If I go ahead and add it in there, you can see it, but it takes something away from it. If you want to give it some height, you can always add it on top of here and Now this is hidden by the edge, but you can still see this whole orb. Another thing, sorry, is that if you add it here, they can roll. This one has because of this type of design that it has, no. it rolls so much but it can stay still or you can choose the type of what you want to display and know that it won't move because it's on top of this and again gave it just a little bit of height and again of course, These you can just add anything on top of here, any little things that you want to appear on the back, also if you add signs on the back, it's great to have them up there and then you could have the little green one right there, so Now you can see this bigger sign on the back and this part is a little bit covered, of course this is not a good way to show it because of the angle, but you also get the idea.

I like to use this type of candle. stands that look like these trays, like these little cake stands, especially these ones because they have kind of a lip, so it helps me rotate to stay in place and soActually, I have one more thing I wanted to show you before, but I didn't. Because of course I'm very forgetful, but I love using mats. I have some from Amazon that I'm going to list here. I just don't have them to show you because I bought them recently, but I love adding them. things like this because they add a cute and beautiful touch to any teardrop tray and are great to add underneath for example these ones like this and they add new and different colors so definitely get yourself a nice cute pack of doilies this one is specifically from Hobby Lobby and I bought it when they had it on clearance, so I think I paid like 25 cents or something for these, so keep an eye out, they have these where they have like thread and sewing stuff right between that and I have bigger ones, also Michaels has some for a dollar they are really big and don't look as nice as these are the ones I bought on Amazon so again I will link them below but these are again another piece that I normally wear.

I always have it on my watch, so I'm sorry the video was a lot longer than I thought or should have been, but again I get a lot of questions about how to style your trays. I have some videos and will link to them. below for you and I also get questions about what items to use in your trays and where to buy them. I hope this gives you an idea, especially where to buy them cheaply, because there's a lot going on if you like a lot of them. There's a lot of stuff in them so they can add up quickly, but if you buy little things like this, that cost just a dollar, maybe two dollars, nothing I showed here is too expensive.

I think the most expensive thing usually ends up being the tiered tray, but if you get these little ones from Target, they're only $5 if you can find them and then next would be the cups, but hopefully they're cups that you can use so they have a Dual purpose as decoration or just coffee cups. I use them regularly and the coffee and creamer sets, all the ones I bought were under $10. I think maybe not the right ones, but the ones from Walmart were $9.99 and then the home and hand ones, let me show you. I think these are priced, yes. this was $5.99 for this one and $5.99 for this one, so I'm guessing they're actually more than $10, but again, that ends up being the only expensive part, like I said, if you buy a sugar and creamer set that you like or a set of two. mugs that you love, they're great to keep as stationery on your tray and then just swap out the rest and as I'm doing this outing I realize I forgot to show you something and then I get so many questions about I get so many questions.

I think one of my most frequently asked questions for level three is where did I get this specific item, so, yeah, let me show you this right now. I get asked all the time about these cute little wooden spoons. I think I bought them at World Market or Target and no, I bought them at Walmart and I bought them a long time ago. I've had them for years and they brought it back a couple of years and I never thought about buying another set. because I only need one for myself, but it's absolutely beautiful. I love the color.

I love the size. I like to put these inside my sugar and cream sets because they are so adorable. Mine was $4.99. I'm going to link a similar scent that every time someone asks, that's the link I send you and I've had a few of you buy them and tell me you love them. I think they're a little bit darker than this, but again I'll link below it's similar, it's not this exact product, but I think they're $7.99 or $9.99, so they're not much different than these, but again I use them all the time, now talking about these little measuring spoons, I also have this set that was a gift to me from my sister and I love that it's black and white, you'll never know but these are like the other Los Muertos said and I love them for it, but you'll never know, so check back out for seasonal things you can wear.

All year long, she bought them. I don't remember if it was TJ Maxx or Marshalls home goods, but it was one of those stores and this was a birthday gift for me and I absolutely use them a lot when I'm not. I have these wooden ones. I usually have this set and again I like to add the ones I have on hand and Target had them last year and they were like a unicorn piece. I came across those by accident but I loved them so anything like this has like a cute little design or because they're little spoons they look great on your tier tray which is like a coffee theme I guess that's what I was trying to say, so get yourself some little spoons like these now don't just rely on objective for items like this because they didn't bring them back this year, this is the year they should have brought them back and they didn't, they were at the beginning of the last year, so unfortunately they didn't, even if they had.

They're very hard to find, but you can always use cocktail spoons, those tend to be small, so they have a small one, whatever it's called, and then a small one again, whatever this part of the spoon is called, so If you can't find They always look for cocktail spoons and forks. I'll leave some similar ones linked below too, so okay, I guess that's it and now to the end. I hope this was informative. Stay tuned for the next videos I will post. I will have it because I am going to do that DIY for the decoration of your business.

I'm really excited about doing those DIYs I'm about to start right now, so I know that'll be the next video for you too. leave links below to all the items I can list similar to the ones I can't and then a playlist of some of my tray decorating videos and always go to my Instagram because I not only share tear swaps that I make but also on Share inspiration from other people who inspire me, so check out my Instagram, check out other people's Instagram. A lot of people love to make animation trains to decorate the trade, so you will get a lot of inspiration from everyone, that's what I get inspired information from different people and then I have my little formula that I explain in my video on how to decorate your tray and I think that's it again?

I hope you enjoyed this video, it was long and I hope you have a good rest of your day.