Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Thanksgiving Wrap-Up
Good morning...
Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
We actually celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday this year since it was easier for a few family members who were working or already had one or more Thanksgiving dinners to attend on Thursday. And honestly, I really liked doing it on Friday. It gave us an extra day to prepare and since we're not Black Friday shoppers, we didn't have anything else to do that day. :)
Between my side of the family, my husband's family, and some friends, there were more than 15 peoplesquashed gathered in our house. An additional table and seating were very necessary since the dining room table only comfortably handles 6! And this is what I came up with in the living room...
The picnic table and bench were Craigslist finds from earlier in the fall that I painted Navajo White with my paint sprayer. (A second bench came with the set, but I didn't use it here.) They're meant to be used on the screened-in porch in warmer weather but they sure came in handy for this gathering.
The tabletop decorations were kept ultra-simple with a linen table runner sprinkled with fake leaves, then topped with a small fall centerpiece.
The three bistro chairs are from IKEA. And the two blue chairs at the ends of the table were $5 yard sale finds painted in ASCP Duck Egg, lightly distressed, then waxed.
I really {heart} these blue chairs.
Now that Thanksgiving has passed, I can really begin to think about Christmas. Yay! I'm one of the few that doesn't put up the Christmas tree until December is actually here. Does anyone else still do that? :)
And speaking of Christmas, many of you have already begun your Christmas shopping. If you're considering giving the gift of handmade candles, check back here later tonight...I'll be posting a Cyber Monday coupon code for my Etsy shop!
Enjoy your Sunday,
Erin
Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!
We actually celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday this year since it was easier for a few family members who were working or already had one or more Thanksgiving dinners to attend on Thursday. And honestly, I really liked doing it on Friday. It gave us an extra day to prepare and since we're not Black Friday shoppers, we didn't have anything else to do that day. :)
Between my side of the family, my husband's family, and some friends, there were more than 15 people
The picnic table and bench were Craigslist finds from earlier in the fall that I painted Navajo White with my paint sprayer. (A second bench came with the set, but I didn't use it here.) They're meant to be used on the screened-in porch in warmer weather but they sure came in handy for this gathering.
The tabletop decorations were kept ultra-simple with a linen table runner sprinkled with fake leaves, then topped with a small fall centerpiece.
The three bistro chairs are from IKEA. And the two blue chairs at the ends of the table were $5 yard sale finds painted in ASCP Duck Egg, lightly distressed, then waxed.
I really {heart} these blue chairs.
Now that Thanksgiving has passed, I can really begin to think about Christmas. Yay! I'm one of the few that doesn't put up the Christmas tree until December is actually here. Does anyone else still do that? :)
And speaking of Christmas, many of you have already begun your Christmas shopping. If you're considering giving the gift of handmade candles, check back here later tonight...I'll be posting a Cyber Monday coupon code for my Etsy shop!
Enjoy your Sunday,
Erin
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
“Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.”
-W.T. Purkiser
-W.T. Purkiser
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