Well, Thanksgiving is almost upon us. The mother of all cooking holidays. Guess starting that diet and workout plan a week ago may not have been the best timing....but I digress.
I am hosting for the first time this year and I am absolutely nothing short of obsessed at this point. From decorations to recipe cards to the menu.....it's all on my mind 24/7! I will be blogging and sharing recipes and my decorating ideas here and there as the days pass.
The first thing I will share is my plate/charger decorations. This was an obsession for at least a week before I found a solution. I had it in my mind that I wanted seasonal paper doilies between my chargers and glass plates. Now, we have a Ben Franklin Crafts, Hobby Lobby & JoAnn's, so finding some seasonal doilies should be a snap, right? Not so much. Apparently the only style doily that makes it's way to Quincy, IL is round white wedding style.
With pretty much no luck online either, I had to come up with something. I mean, can I really expect people to just eat off a glass plate with no seasonal decoration staring back at them!?! Let's not be absurd.....
After combing through Hobby Lobby, I did finally find some very inexpensive scrapbooking paper that was festive and seasonal. I decided to grab a few sheets and cut some leaves out myself to go under my plates. I very quickly found some templates online, printed them off, traced and cut them out. I have cut several extras to lay around on my coffee table and end tables for a little added decoration around the finger foods and snacks that will be sitting around.
Love these and will be doing this over and over for the holidays!
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