Thanksgiving table all set
Update: I figured out what time the finals for Apartment Therapy Color Contest ends. It ends on November 23rd at 3:00 eastern time. I am in second place, and it is a close competition. Thank you to all who have voted for me, I really appreciate it! It has been a roller coaster ride for sure. Here is the link in case you need to cast your vote or want to see the other rooms I am competing against. **contest is now over, and I took second overall and first in my region. Pretty darn happy about that!
I am as done as I am going to be with my Thanksgiving table and decorations. Do I dare say that I am ready to haul out the Christmas stuff? I really have enjoyed all my fall decorations but I am ready for some red and green!
My sister and her family are coming over for Thanksgiving. We are a pretty informal bunch, but I just love decorating for a holiday, so I tend to go a tad over board. I thought I would share the pictures before I forgot and Thanksgiving has come and gone. {Warning, lots of pictures}
I love these little beeswax pumpkin candles I got off of Etsy here. I found the tray at Ikea in the Christmas section, it resembles nothing close to Christmas, so I will be using it year round. I love trays for clustering items on tables, dressers, buffets, and anywhere else I can get away with it.
Pumpkin stamping
I got these small pumpkins at the farmers market for my Thanksgiving table. I had planned on cutting the tops off and putting fresh flowers in them. Once I put them on the table, I liked the way they look without the flowers.
Today, just for the heck of it, I wanted to see if I could stamp something on the front to spruce them up a bit, and it worked!
It isn’t perfect, but I like them none the less. I just used a regular scrapbooking stamp with a java brown chalk ink pad. I was able to wipe it off right away if I messed up. A very simple and easy project. If I was really ambitious, I would stamp each person’s name on them as well! Hmmm…I might try that with a bronze or gold metallic ink, that would be fun!
My Thanksgiving table is coming together. I am not done, but luckily for me, I am using my formal dining room, so I can put the table setting together at my own pace. It’s nice because I don’t feel rushed to get it done, I do a little here and there.
Michelle, from Sweet Something Design had posted about the leaf plates she got at Wal-mart. So I went and picked some up the other day. A fun and inexpensive way to add some fall to the place setting. $2.98 each if you want to get some for your table. I moved my pinterest inspiration vanilla/coffee candles to the table as well. Who knows what my table will actually end up looking like come Thanksgiving day, but the little stamping project is my favorite so far.
What I made from my Pinterest inspirations
Pinterest emails me my weekly activity. This is the one I got today
✭ You added 101 pins
✭ You received 7 likes
✭ You were repinned 47 times
✭ 1 person started following your boards.
As you can see, I pinned 101 times in one week…LOL Yeah I am addicted.
But! I do sometimes take the ideas I get from Pinning and actually do something with them Here are some that I have done recently
My Pin is from Inspiration for Decoration
You use coffee beans as a filler with a vanilla scented candle…smells so yummy!
I got the cake plates and wreaths from Ikea in their Christmas section. I know, can you believe they already have their Christmas stuff out? It isn’t even Halloween yet!
I used the coffee beans sparingly since coffee is so expensive now a days. I used a glass enclosed candle inside a glass vase. It made it hard to get those beans to fit in between the two glasses, lesson learned.
This pin is from My Heart’s Desire
You use different colored beans as a vase filler. I opted to use my beans as a filler for a dried floral arrangement for my Thanksgiving table decorating.
