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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 25, 2009 whitneyenglish 4 Comments

While I firmly believe in maintaining an attitude of gratitude year round, it is certainly fun to celebrate our appreciation for blessings this time of year. That being said, we kicked off the holidays last weekend by having great friends over for dinner. I had so much fun compiling the table, and had to take some pictures to remember what I’d done. I love table settings!

Last weekend we used our fall china, in Spode’s Woodland pattern. It’s perfect for fall, and casual enough for a relaxing dinner with friends. I love the brown flowers on the edges, and we have some great serving pieces to go with it, so it’s perfect for using for big Thanksgiving-ish meals.

The picture on the left, below, is view of the dining room, table set. It’s always fun to pull out the crystal. I use mine as often as possible. It sets such a sparkly table. The picture on the right is my mom’s dining room.

My mom always does fabulous tabletop decor for the holidays. This is such a simple idea, with such outstanding effect. She took pheasant feathers and arranged them in simple decanter-style glass jars, then tied the jars with a gold satin ribbon. She arranged the jars around hurricanes filled with hazelnuts, and candlesticks. Won’t this look gorgeous in candlelight?

This last photo is a quick snapshot of the compote that normally sits in the middle of my mom’s dining room table. (It’s on the kids table right now!) She changes out the filler depending on the seasons. This summer, the compote boasted her fabulous collection of shells. Now it’s holding these gorgeous pine cones. These are from the Redwood Forest, and are at least fifty years old, so they’re hard to come by. But you could create the same effect yourself using smaller pine cones and a smaller compote.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! What are you thankful for this time of year?

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  1. Lindsay says

    November 26, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    I just LOVE your spode china! I have seen the Christmas collection but never this one! Just Gorgeous! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  2. Bethany says

    December 4, 2009 at 1:03 pm

    The jars with hazelnuts are such a great idea! Looks great with the candles.

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  3. Danielle says

    December 22, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    gorgeous table setting. jealous.

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  4. plaisirs simples says

    March 2, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    love decorating with feathers and pinecones!

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