Thanksgiving Table Styling

 For those of you who follow me on instagram

you know I have been busy decorating here.

I'm chopping at the bit to start the Christmas season ...  officially

While at the same time I want
to honor Thanksgiving

 as we always have.

This year I can appreciate all the more

 a day

dedicated to

 gratitude.

So while upstairs

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

downstairs

Thanksgiving prep is full force

and

 I couldn't be happier about it!

Our family has some lovely traditions

and 

my favorite to be sure is 

I excitedly style the tablescape

and 

my husband and daughter

equally excitedly make the meal!

So in my Thanksgiving styling excitement

I want to share with you some

items that will be making it my tablescape this year!

Besides the soup tureens above

( yes, we will be beginning with soup like always

so these pretties will get their yearly outing).

This year I will be opting for a quilted cream tablecloth

to highlight my

slate tile placemats

I am loving the texture and punch of neutral color they will add to the table

as much as

 the novelty of the unexpected

because they are actually roofing tiles.

Every year as the food makes it to the table

I remember the salt and pepper hasn't been filled

even  after all the styling prep.

This year I am making the salt and pepper

a focus of whimsy on the table

because I will have 

collections of individual salt and peppers

for everybody

and 

I will be filling them this week 

just to make sure they are done :))

These sweet woodland creatures are part of

Target's Threshold collection 

and

 are sure to be pulled out every year now.

The dishes will all be white

 to make sure the Thanksgiving meal 

remains the focus

I have mentioned before that I have been collecting 

white dishes

all year

by the twos

just so each place setting is always a little unique.

Anthropologie has been a great source this year

and right now Crate and Barrel has a lovely collection

by an Italian designer.

I filled in some missing pieces

with a quick trip to HomeGoods this weekend.

 A new addition to the table this year 

will be 

a  collection of 

milk bottles for water

I will fill these up with bottled water and have one

for every two people

to make keeping the water filled it simple.

I first implemented this idea

when Heather from Style Mind Chic 

came to dinner

and it was so successful

I have used it each time since.

Although recently when

Trina from Tea Time With Trina 

came to dinner with her husband

I STILL forgot to fill them before hand 

Note to self

please fill these lovely items

before 

the flurry of hostessing :))

 Milk bottles for water

call out for their counterpart

canning jars for water

Again, wanting a mix of similar items

I am using real canning jars

mixed with inspirations with handles

I will probably even mix in some recently

collected (reusing) jam jars.

 These will mix in beautiful with my

Wine glasses of Mexican bubble glass

Places will once again be marked with

easel placeholders

I will be using the hand written cards

from long ago

just because they still touch my heart with their innocence.

 In the fall and winter

 here at our house

candles

are always an entertaining mainstay
and Lots of them
in a more the merrier use

for not only the table but all around the rooms

My rooms are always lit

to show candles to their best advantage.

 Lastly

I will be finishing everything of with some

natural greenery

Integrating some natural elements is always

one of my favorite ways to finish off

any tablescape

Sometimes for Thanksgiving it's

 succulents

or 

squashes

or 

leaves

or

 herbs

 from the garden or even the grocery store.

So

 now for me

comes the fun part.

Putting all of these pieces together

in a way

that

 Celebrates 

this 

important day

of 

gratitude

and 

Thanksgiving

as always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life

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