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31 October 2011

Thanksgiving Dishes

I don't have the room for holiday specific dishes but some of the platters and cuteness sure make me want to find a set to match ALL of them!
We have multi colored polka dot plates that match nothing fall like or Halloween.


But I am pretty attached to them! I even have a spare box in case some break!

If we ever decide to get a plain, match everything set,
I love these
 Country Living brand at Kmart


There are soo many colors and different things for Thanksgiving I can imagine it would get overwhelming if you were just starting to get stuff together! I personally love the orange and plum colors together!
If we were hosting this year and the crazy polka dot dishes weren't an issue, this would be the first thing on my wish list if it weren't so expensive!  Maybe I can find a platter at Goodwill and do my own!

West Elm


And these are kinda charming, I like the bright orange without it coming from a pumpkin!
Cost Plus
And although I don't usually like purple at all, I don't wear purple, I don't usually buy it for Carsyn and we don't have anything else purple, I LOVE purple in the fall!

Target

These aren't very practical but they would look fantastic on Thanksgiving!
I've slowly been collecting solid white serving pieces, a random butter dish here, a little sugar bowl. I don't want everything to be too matchy matchy but it still has to work together.
One of my favorite/most used serving things is from Costco, it's a 4 tier plate stand and all 4 tiers rotate out a little so it doesn't take up too much room

Still collecting plain pieces so I can add the fun pieces as I find ones I love!
Other things I still need to decide on this week are
~what goodies we are bringing
~grocery list
~And since October was such a rough month,
 I probably will try and deep clean the living room and kitchen again!

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28 October 2011

Thanksgiving Plan


woman's day
When I am planning for a get together I have a basic list of things I do,
and from 4 weeks to 3 weeks to go I try to

~ clean the fridge and pantry out and use up as much as I can so there is room once I make my grocery list.
~Decide on what recipes I will be making
~Make grocery list. Perishables and non perishables
~Start watching for the stuff to be on sale
~Make sure we have enough dishes, and none are broken or chipped
~Deep clean the main rooms we would be using (Kitchen, Family Room, Guest Bath and the Front Porch)

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27 October 2011

Thanksgiving invites

It's only 4 weeks away! If you haven't already made a guest list you are running out of time!
There are some way cute invites if that's your thing too!

These are so simple and plain, sometimes simple is better.
redstamp.com


I love how rustic and simple these are!
found via VintageYankee.blogspot.com

If you do thing more casual and football is part of your day, these are cute!


Zazzle.com


I would have a hard time deciding from all the cute ones!
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24 October 2011

Starting my Thanksgiving Lists!

Since I am kinda giving up on October and any new Halloween stuff this year, I am ready to start checking out some cute treats I can make for Thanksgiving!

Of course the first place I checked was Pinterest!
I posted some last year too, might have to try some of those too!

Here are a few I am trying to decide between!

Makeandtakes.com 

Or something similar!



I think all the acorns are so cute! A few different options out there.

I really should be finishing Halloween costumes!
More Thanksgiving stuff SOON!




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