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.

My kitchen Island got a little fancy with the candelabras.  They are normally on my formal dining room table, but as you will see that table is now full

I made this little wreath out of yarn I got from the thrift the thrift shop.  I was seeing them all over Pinterest and had to make one for myself. Does it look like a candy corn to you?  That is what I was trying to achieve.  My daughter Tiffany said it looked like a life saver… well at least it is a fall lifesaver then

I made these name cards this weekend with my silhouette machine for my pumpkin card holders.  First time actually using it and I had it for months.  I am excited to use it again!

I used a gold leaf paint pen to write the names.  My new love.  I will be finding a way to use that puppy come Christmas decorating that is for sure!

My pumpkins have been on the table for about 3 weeks now.  Had to throw away two this week, and the rest are barely gonna make it til Thursday.  The guy told me they would last up to 3 months!

The backside of the place card I did in polka dots

What I love about what I have on this table {the couch and table are in my dining room} is the ship.  When I saw it in one of our cabinets in the family room the idea hit me. I thought I should pay homage to the Mayflower, and what better way to do it than with a ship that kinda looks like it.

Another trayscape…my new word

I don’t wear jewelry much, but I love using it on vases, candles and statues.

The table setting

This is the buffet area where I put out all the food

My family wouldn’t care if we ate off of paper plates, it is all about the food, being together and being thankful for what we have and each other.  But I like to make it even more special with the decorations, even if it is just for one day.  Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Linking up to Kate’s Holiday Table Scape Link Party & Home Goods Contest {you know how much I LOVE Home Goods, I would love gift card from there!!}

And Judy’s Fall into Fall link party

Thanksgiving table all set is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

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.

Pumpkin stamping is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.

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.

When I showed my husband the arrangement he said “oh wow, that is a neat idea.  And you can even re-use the beans after you are done.”  I just nodded in agreement, like “yeah, I know, right?”   But seriously, a bag of beans cost about $1.29 each, one bag filled up two vases, so at that price I don’t think I really need to re-use them.  But I guess you could if you really needed or wanted to.

I used red beans, split pea beans and corn kernels for my layers.  

I also started a new thing that I do with Pinterest.  I get LOTS of unsolicited catalogs, I mean a ridiculous amount daily.  So now, I ear mark the stuff I “might” want or could DIY and then go on to their web site and pin them.  Helps me remember what I saw and eliminates the stack of catalogs laying around.  I pinned this cute rustic metal turkey from At West End and actually ordered two of them.

They look so cute at my front door

I know it isn’t Thanksgiving yet, but since I don’t decorate for Halloween, I couldn’t resist using them as soon as I got them

Another item I pinned and bought was this cool tool you use to cut out holes in fruit or vegetables to make them into candles.  It is from Kitchen Kapers

It is called a Candle Carver.  I did try it on two apples, and it worked pretty well.  The only thing is, the apples looked sad after a day after being cut into.  So I will only be using it the day I want to use the fruit for candles.

I have so many more things I want to make and do that I have pinned..but as you can see from my pinning numbers, I need to stop pinning a little less and start doing a little more.

If you want to see or follow my Pinterest boards, you can click here

Oh and I am linking up to Amanda’s party since she is as addicted to Pinterest as I am

What I made from my Pinterest inspirations is a post from: Cre8tive Designs Inc.