Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts

Monday, November 24, 2014

[in five]: Thanksgiving Inspiration

I'm not going to say that I can't believe it's already Thanksgiving, but, well, it is...aaaand, I guess I lied, because I did say it. I love Thanksgiving. I love the reminder to acknowledge all of our blessings; I love the place settings, the ridiculous amount of complex carbohydrates, and the fact that I get out of hosting every. Single. Year. It's no secret that I don't like to cook, which is EXACTLY why I am GRATEFUL for my family and friends that graciously host us every year.  See what I did there? 

Check out some of my favorite Thanksgiving inspiration. I am dying over these to-go boxes.  You can check out the deets here (it's a free printable).
image from Savor Home Blog
image from Canvas Inc.
image from Marabou Designs via Coco+Kelly
image from Bloom Designs
image from Lexington Company

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

[in five]: Thanksgiving Place Settings

Are you hosting Thanksgiving on Thursday? I'm not, but I'll sure be stuffing my face with complex carbohydrates at my in-laws' house. The rolls are my favorite part about Thanksgiving…the turkey and pies? Meh. Anyway, nothing adds a great finishing touch like a personalized place setting. Here are some that are simple and chic.  Which one is your fave?
image from Classic Casual Home
image from Country Living
image from Julie Song Ink
image from Life is a Dance
image from Martha Stewart

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm ducking out early this week to spend the holiday with my family and just wanted to post a few thoughts. I want to echo my husband's thoughts when he said that lately he has been feeling like, why me? But in a good way. In a why am I so lucky way? Indeed, we are so very blessed, and every single day I wonder why. Why me? Why am I so lucky to have all that I have: my husband, my daughter, my family and friends, my health, my home, and on and on and on. I don't know the answer, but for everything, I am so truly grateful. Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday, November 19, 2012

Pottery Barn Tablescapes

I love these Thanksgiving tablescapes by Pottery Barn. Don't you just wish you lived in these rooms? They are so beautiful. The people who live in these spaces obviously don't eat Thanksgiving dinner, but I'm sure they have some good conversations sitting at the festively decorated tables discussing their lovely view of the mountains. A little unconventional, but, really, who wants to do dishes, anyway? 



Images from Pottery Barn

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Moving On...

Well, Halloween is officially over. After five times of dressing Stella up, lots of candy, and at least five times of telling myself I would get back to my healthy eating "tomorrow", we can now move on. (Blast those fun size candy bars that we pretend to buy for trick or treaters and then eat ourselves.) Good bye, Halloween. Now we can move on to Christmas--oh, and of course Thanksgiving. And, speaking of, see that beautiful collection of printables down there? You can get it for free at Tomkat Studios. Yes. Free. And let me warn you, you will want everything on their site. I already ordered mine, so get to it, and don't say I didn't warn you. You WILL want everything!
image from The Tomkat Studio

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Just Call Me Nature Girl

Since I forgot to post pictures of our Thanksgiving tablescape, here they are. I  gathered the leaves from our front yard and strategically placed them on the table. When we sat down to eat, Jeremy said, "Ok, can we get rid of the leaves, now?" I gave him "the look," and he carefully placed every single one of them back where they belonged.  The woman look comes in handy sometimes.

On Monday, Jeremy, Stella, and I went and gathered sticks for the Christmas tablescape.  My cute husband had no idea what I had in mind and brought some type of power saw.  Don't get me wrong, I might need that sometime, but I opted for the smaller, lighter branches this time.  Poor Jeremy, he never knows what decorating shenanigans I will throw at him next. I'm so lucky that he plays along with me...even if he is rolling his eyes along the way!



Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Oh Yeah...Thanksgiving

I think someone forgot to tell me that Thanksgiving is next week. NEXT WEEK! Wow. How did that happen? Man, I was really hoping to savor the month of November--reflect, reminisce, you know, all that good stuff. Life just gets away from me sometimes. Good thing it's not too late, but I should really start thinking about a grocery list for Thanksgiving.

Now for a bit of reflection. November is such a wonderful month to remind us to give thanks for all of our blessings that we have been given. I, for one, am one of the luckiest people I know. I have SO many things to be grateful for. About two years ago, one of our greatest blessings came into our life. Read about our our adoption story here. And lucky for me, my list of blessings just goes on and on...



image from Brown Paper Packages
image from Martha Stewart
image from Midwest Living
image from Jenny Steffens Hobick