THANKSGIVING TABLESCAPE { WITH PHOTOS}

Hi everyone! I'm grateful to be back and thankful to say that our little granddaughter is home from the hospital and doing well. We have so much to be thankful for this thanksgiving.  I've been busy rushing around the house today making preparations for thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving day I'm always busy preparing food, so I like to have my table decor ready a few days before the holiday.


I'm very excited to share with you what I did for this year's table.  Of course, it was done on a limited budget .  I used things purchased at garage sales, thrift stores and end of year clearance items for all my decorations.

Thanksgiving day is a time to reflect on all the things we're thankful for. To create the table-scape, I used scrabble tiles ~ free from the thrift store to spell give thanks.  The hurricane lamp, pillar candle, table cloth and table runner were all from the thrift store as well.  I added jute string and a small leaf to embellish the candle.  I then placed a mirror (leftover from our daughters wedding) under the candle to reflect the candle light.  The leaves were free from a garage sale; and both small orange votive candles were bought for 1/2 price at an after holiday sale.

I wanted to do something unique for place cards this year. Here is what I did...

Using leftover votive candles from our daughters wedding, I printed out a photo of each guest on translucent scrapbook paper.  I cut the paper into strips and wrapped it around the  votive.  To give it a little extra touch, I tied a piece of jute string around the bottom.  Now all the guests have to do is look for their photo, and they'll know where to sit!

I got a great deal on the charger plates .....33 cents ~ after Christmas clearance while the napkins were brand new in the package purchased at a garage sale 8 for $2!  Don't they look like the Pottery Barn napkins that sell for $54!

Here's how it looks at night with all the candles lit.

May you all have a blessed 

Thanksgiving !

I'm linking this post to...

Holiday Tablescape party at Centsational Girl
Beneath My Heart Best DIY Projects of November

EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR ...

Signs of Spring...

 

and they are showing up everywhere.

Spring is when everything comes to life again; and you think of eggs and chicks hatching.

It has me reminiscing of the days my children were small 
and so excited

when we got baby chicks.  

I decided to create a spring vignette for my dinning room
table using a bag of eggs I bought at TJ Maxx that came in a

cute burlap bag. 

When I got it home and opened it, the eggs all had little raffia hangers on them.

Since I didn't want to hang the eggs, I removed the raffia,
laid the bag in my $1.00 garage sale basket,
added the eggs 
and used the raffia as filler to look like straw.

My thrift store chicken was placed beside the basket to 
watch over the eggs.

The entire arrangement was placed on a place mat purchased
from a thrift store.

Easter Table Setting

I had a very blessed Easter attending church and celebrating Jesus' resurrection. Following the church service, our children all came for dinner. Here's a little peek of the table setting I used for our Easter dinner.

I made these cute little bird nest cookies for our appetizers...


...didn't they turn out cute? (recipe for these is at the bottom of my post).

For the centerpiece I filled an apothecary jar with dried moss and eggs(have you seen them over at Pottery Barn?).
My version was much cheaper using a jar from our daughters' weddings adding eggs I bought @ TJ Max. The centerpiece was finished off with some cut little birdies and candles from around the house. I love spring when all the birds come out, their nests are filled with eggs and everything is coming to life again...this setting reminded me of that.

Bird Nest Cookies

12 ounces chocolate chips

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 large can (5 - 6 ounces) choy mein noodles

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in the microwave add choy mein noodles. Place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Drop one large spoon of cookie mix on waxed paper. Make an indentation in the middle and add 3 candy eggs. Place in refrigerator to chill.

Joy

I'm linking this with Show and Share Day and Table Scape Thursday