Hello my friends!I hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving had a lovely holiday.We certainly did here!My husband and daughter love doing all the cookingwhich means my time goes into creating the tablescape!
Last Christmas I started doing holiday recaps as notes to myself and a way to share what worked for the holidayandnotes on what I wanted to do different next year.
So in continuing that traditionI'm sharing my Thanksgiving table recap!
I was so happy with not only the outcome of my tablebut the process to get there as well!
I first reviewed my last few Thanksgiving tablesto remind myself of what worked and what I have done before.
Then I visited some wonderful blogsfor inspirationas well as a quick jaunt through Pinterest.
When I had decided on the feeling I wanted this yearI then just started pulling pieces from my collections that conveyed the vibe I was after.
I decided with our unseasonably warm weather(even for SoCal)I wanted to celebrate the sunny weatherwith a big nod to our SoCal area.
The best way to do that …
using tiny citrus from my garden!
I also knew I wanted to keep the table feeling fresh anduncluttered.
Candles are always a must on my tablescapes.So I chose to put together a couple of rustic holdersin which I used small canning jars as votes.
To add a little quirk to the arrangement
I simply swapped out one candle for a lovely sculptural succulent.My center was clean, simple and dramaticjust exactly the feeling I was after!
I worked in kumquats to each place settingby juxtaposing this natural element and twinewith washed 'silk' feel napkinsthat I made out of remnant material from the fabric store.
I made the table cloth the same way.I wanted to work in some fresh natural stripeto pull in the color of the citrus leavesand dress up our farm table for the occasion.
I just love the playing off of rustic and the glam of the napkin's sheenmixed with a big punch of citrus!
Using my slate tiles as placematswas something I just loved from my last year's table!
I love the texture and the grounding effect of the stone tile.
Especially seeing the composition repeated for each pacesetting.
I loved the whimsy the different salt and pepper sets brought to the table.
I also once again used my repurposed milk bottlesat every other place setting to have extra water on the table.I hate breaking up good conversations to get up for waters.
My easel collectionwith tiny chalk board place cardsalso made a lovely reappearance this year.
My favorite new addition this year
Take home boxes for leftovers!I searched high and low for craft colored boxeson Tuesday.I never found any.But I did find some white bakery boxes at Surfasandsimply folded them inside out for the perfect boxes I was looking for!I finished them off with Thanksgiving stickers from Cost Plus.I will definitely be repeating this idea next year!It's one of those ideas that I can't believe we never did before!The boxes were a huge hitandthere was no more mad scramble to package upleftovers.Next year I think I will finish off the boxesby tying them with twine and slipping in the citrus from the places settingsThat way I will be sending home the people I lovewith a beautifully wrapped giftfilled with the gift of a meal shared!
As always my friends
I wish you love and joyas you style your life
