If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’m already getting all my Christmas decor set up to share with all of you.  Until it’s finished, I have one last fall tablescape to share with you today and this one is my Elegant Thanksgiving Table in White & Gold.  Joining me are some of my friends that are also sharing their Thanksgiving inspiration.  I love when we get together and share!  I always find so much inspiration so make sure you hover over each picture in the posts and then click on the “pin it” button and save it to Pinterest!

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Every year, for the last few years, I’ve been bringing out these gorgeous beaded pumpkins and gourds, leaves and grape clusters from ZGallerie.

My mom and I both fell in love with them and brought them all home and it’s fun to know that, even though she is back home in California, her Thanksgiving table looks similar with her pretty pumpkins.

I even mixed some other sparkly pumpkins from my fall collection, as well as this lovely large Hotskwash velvet pumpkin.  You can see my 2 other velvet pumpkin tablescapes from earlier this fall HERE and HERE.

I forgot that I also had these matching beaded pinecone napkin rings from ZGallerie but instead of using them as napkin rings this year, I just added them to this table runner I’ve created.  I grabbed some gold metallic leaf stems and inserted them in between pumpkins as well.

My new favorite piece on this table are these precious little bread and butter dishes from Perigold.  I always find the prettiest things on their site!  I love that extra touch of glam and elegance that these bring to my table.  They would also be lovely as dessert plates or for appetizers when friends come over.

Now be sure to visit all my friends that are joining me this month in sharing their Thanksgiving decorating ideas!

Happy Happy Nester | Creating an Inexpensive Thanksgiving Table

Modern Glam | Golden Thanksgiving Table with Foraged Centerpiece

2 Ladies & A Chair | Creating A Simple Elegant Thanksgiving Tablescape

Life Is Better At Home | Elegant Thanksgiving Table Using Mixed Metals

Meme Hill Studio | How-to set a Unique Festive Farmhouse Inspired Thanksgiving Day Table

Styled With Lace | A Welcoming Fall Foyer for Thanksgiving

Finding Lovely | A Thankful Thanksgiving with Boat Placecards

Summer Adams | Elegant Thanksgiving Table In White & Gold

The Posh Home | Thanksgiving Decorating

Love Your Abode | How to Decorate for Thanksgiving Using Free Botanical Printables

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Can you believe it’s November 1st?  Halloween has come and gone and I know we are all thinking about Christmas, our favorite time of year.  But hold on just a minute!  Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we still need to decide what we’re eating, who’s bringing what, and most importantly…..how we are going to decorate our table this year!  I’ve joined with 4 other lovely bloggers to bring you five ways to set a perfect Thanksgiving table.  So whether you’re hosting indoors or outdoors, for 8 people or 38, we have some lovely ideas for you.

In one of my autumn home tours here, I shared this very elegant fall table with white roses, some sparkle, and hints of blush.

Today I decided to share with you a very simple and easy holiday table setting.  I wanted to go with some natural elements.  I was in Michaels Craft Store one day and saw these light, shimmery leaf stems.  They were my inspiration for this more natural tablescape.  I normally love lots of flowers and something sparkly but wanted to “challenge” myself to do something a little different.  Maybe a little more relaxed or casual, yet still lovely and showing I made an effort.

I grabbed some other green stems as well.

These were some of the same ones I used to create this lovely fall pumpkin centerpiece here in the champagne bucket.

I used the same greenery and pumpkin from that and put it in the center of this tablescape, in the middle of the runner that I created from the new green and leaf stems.

To continue with these natural elements, I just grabbed a couple of mini pumpkins I already had in my home and a handful of glittery pinecones and set them in the runner also.

When I was at Home Goods one day, I found four of these adorable faux suede leaf placemats.  Just four.  Story of my life (sigh).  Ha!  So, naturally, I went to every Home Goods in Dallas and TJ Maxx and Marshalls.  No luck.

However, I found these plastic leaf female viagra colombia placemats in a 4-pack so I grabbed them. Um, I should mention….they were metallic orange.  So I spray-painted them hammered pewter and then a layer of gold glitter spray paint over it lol!  You know I love my spray paint and a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!

They turned out beautifully and I was able to alternate the placemats all the way around the table.

I found several darling leaf napkin ring sets BUT last minute I decided to take 8 leaves off the stems from my runner and create my own.  All I had to do was pull off the leaf, hot glue 5 inches https://www.acheterviagrafr24.com/ou-acheter-du-viagra-a-paris/ of floral wire onto the back of the leaf (only 1 inch of wire goes on the back of the leaf) and then wrap the wire quickly with some light floral tape.  All 8 took me less than a half hour.  Then I just wrapped the wire around the napkin.  Isn’t that fun?!

Leaves are so pretty, aren’t they?!  Even if they’re faux…..I love them!

Adding my silverware and goblets that my mother gave to me when I got married, my table is complete.

I love my new gold-rimmed bowl and platter in the background.  I know just the salad and rolls that I’ll be making to go in those.

I’m hosting Thanksgiving here this year and I’d like to say that this will be my tablescape BUT….I still have 25 days and, if you know me, I will probably change my mind several times before then.  In fact, I have another tablescape (or two haha) I want to share with you shortly so stay tuned.  I love this table though.  I love these natural elements and the comfortable feel of fall that it brings.

I’ve rounded up the items I’ve used, or similar items, below for your shopping convenience.

Please visit these 4 other talented friends of mine to see their gorgeous Thanksgiving Tables!  Don’t forget to pin what you love so that you have it when putting your table together!  I’d love for you to follow me on Instagram and even subscribe to my newsletter (top of the page) for weekly posts and sale alerts to my online shoppe!  See you soon!

My other friends sharing their Thanksgiving Tables today include:

Too Chic For Words

Styled With Lace

Lindsay-Hill Interiors

2 Ladies & A Chair

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This was probably the easiest treat I’ve ever done for my kids’ class parties.  All I did was mix (get a giant mixing bowl for this) a bunch of snacks together and then scoop into waffle cones.  We called this “Harvest Mix Cornucopias” but the idea of mixing snacks was also used in my daughter’s preschool and called a “Friendship Mix”, since each child (or friend) brought something to add to the mix.  So cute, right?  I used:  Cheddar Goldfish Crackers, marshmallows, chocolate chips, candy corn, Chex Muddy Buddies, fall-colored M&M’s (yep…ya gotta sit and pick out the blue and green ones but you can use them later) and pretzel sticks.  It was a hit with all the kids in the class!

And yes….those are Christmas decorations starting to be put up before Thanksgiving…ha! It’s also possible that I’ve been listening to Christmas music since Halloween

*Note: This may not work at all schools or in all classes due to allergies and/or rules.  Check with your teacher first to get approval.  I even double-checked with the Assistant Principal and she said it was just fine as long as there were no classroom allergies.  

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Just finished our treats for tonight’s Family Home Evening.  We’re talking about having an “attitude of gratitude” every day and not just during this time of year. After a thought and a quick scavenger hunt, I’m bringing these out.  I think they’re going to loooove them!  And then we’re dropping off a bunch of extras that I made for friends that have been so sweet to us when we were hit with the flu recently.

Here’s “Great Uncle Walt’s Soft Caramel” recipe that is great over popcorn, sundaes, apple nachos etc.:

Recipe:
1 C. Brown Sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 C. light Karo syrup
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Bring all ingredients to a rolling boil for no more than 2 minutes and then remove from heat. Let it cool off for a few minutes and then pour over popcorn. I like to pull out my popcorn popper and make my own plain popcorn or you could use the light microwave popcorn bags.

Shove all that gooey yummy caramel popcorn into snack size bags and seal tight.  Cut green tissue paper into strips that are wide enough to gather along the sides of the upside-down bag of popcorn and a few inches longer than the top and bottom.  Twist and tie each end with some twine and you are done!  This would be cute with a thank you note during this time and would also be appropriate for class parties or office parties or neighbor treats as well.

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