It is that time again. You are probably in a pinning storm for new and delicious recipes. It makes me hungry to just look at the pictures.
Concentrate your time on the food and family gatherings. Here are some super easy (and inexpensive) table and counter decorations collected for you from many talented bloggers. Most of these can be done with items you already have on hand. Put your kids to work gathering the leaves and pine cones for these arrangements.
Look at how pretty these ideas are. Several of these would work on a formal and dressy dinner table. All you need to add is candles.
Do you have trouble with family confirming they are coming for Thanksgiving? I do. I have found over the years different ways to get a head count for beds and food and number of days staying. I try to bake ahead and freeze things, expecially desserts and breads, in order to minimize my time standing in the kitchen cooking (which I love), but I love more visiting with family and guests in the Family Room. Some years I have sent out written invitations. Some years I send out my menu, both ideas seem to help with getting a head count. I love the invitations above, from Head to Toe Designs thru Etsy store.
How easy is this decoration, maybe takes 15 minutes, and is basically free.
Ok, maybe the thought of feeding 15 to 25 guests for the Thanksgiving holidays leaves you frazzled. At least you can have a break from thinking about some decorations for your counter or table.
Even if you are not crafty or a DIYer, you can cut some branches for your vases. Mix it up and give it your personal touch, buy including several types of branches in different vases. One vase could hold pine branches, one could hold some fading hydrangea branches, red dogwood branches are beautiful.
Live span on these is good too, at least 2 weeks looking fresh.
Another super easy decoration. Buy a bag of small fresh mixed pumpkins or gourds, when you are already shopping, and available at most grocery stores beginning the end of September. Throw them in a vase with any bare tree branch. Live span of the pumpkins is 1 month minimum.
More ideas available from The Budget Decorator, check out ideas for other projects on her site.
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Instructions. Glass vases. Pumpkins or
guords gourds. Put them in the glass. Ok, this one is harder, you have to be able to spell gourds.
This one is even harder, you have to know what a pumpino is, and you have to click the link to buy them from Pottery Barn. They are $15.50 for bag of 15. If you do not know what a pumpino is, just type in vase filler. Or click the link above.
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You will need three cans of paint to do these pumpkins. You can use inside or outside.
Pillow covers only $15 each, need the insert. This is a good mix of pillows offered. This is also why it is nice to have a white, cream, tan or light grey sofa.
These are a good investment, since they are permanent and can be used from year to year.
Priced at $23 to $40 each, they are on sale now October 2014.
Remember it is the season to be very thankful. If you are the homemaker in your family, do not let the holiday season stress you out. Just take time to provide nice memories for your family and include them in what you are doing. Someday they will be providing memories for their own family. You want them to say "I remember at Thanksgiving, my Mom just put all these things from nature into these glass vases, and they were so beautiful and festive looking".
