~Thanksgiving table decorations~

Remember I was saying I wanted to decorate

my table for Thanksgiving dinner?

But I wanted to keep it simple?

Is it coming back to you now?

Well-this is what I came up with:

Nothing too fancy and extravagant but still nice.

I wanted to use things I had on hand and because

I waited until 2 hours before, I didn't really have a choice.

(my daughter's birthday party was the night before!)

First off, I took some tulle I had on hand and tied

it around the backs of the chairs. I then took some

ribbon I had and tied a bow at the center.
I didn't have enough tulle for them to match,
they were all different colors. I did have enough
ribbon so I figured since the tulle was all the same
color palette, the ribbon would bring it together.

The tablecloth was my Grandma's. 

I put it over a plain white sheet.

For the center of the table I put a 

Thanksgiving table runner I've had for years

and never really used. I know it looks better with

some type of arrangement in the center but 

it's just not realistic if you want to fit lots of

food on the table. Plus-it blocks the view when

you're trying to talk to a person on the other

side of the table. So-for these reasons,

I didn't put an arrangement in the center.

For the place settings I got out one 

of my dish sets and placed them on some 

green place mats I have.  The napkins go

with the set of place mats. I've had them for years.

I only had two napkin rings like this so for the

other two I tied raffia around the napkin as if

it were a ring.

This was my favorite part....

the name cards.

I got some pine cones out of my Christmas

decorations, stuck a fall leaf in it and placed

the name card in it. I got these name cards
at Michael's last year after Thanksgiving
for 50 cents a package. There are 12 per pkg.

It was just us and my husband's Grandma for dinner

so we were all able to fit at the kitchen table.

Grandma kept commenting about how pretty the 

table looked....she loved everything about it.

The funniest thing she said about it,

"Oh my...you even have matching dishes!"

She loved the napkin rings and wondered what 

the heck they were....she'd never seen them before.

She couldn't get over the tulle around the chairs,

"What is this material? I've never seen it before.

WOW...it's beautiful."

We had a great dinner and even had enough room

on the table for the food:

Considering I had to throw it together at the last

minute I was pleased with the outcome.

I love setting a nice table. I wish I had the 

opportunity to do this more often.

I hope your Thanksgiving was filled 

with all things beautiful that you love.