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Friday, November 28, 2014

Harvest Round Up

Always a lover of Autumn, we celebrated the season in very natural stages, and we are well into our holiday preparations, so I thought I'd include this post on a tiny bit of our Harvest Home Decor, and finish up with our Thanksgiving Table for the sake of the record. I'm in an inward thinking season right now, so blogging hasn't been high on my radar as I know I'm needing to work through my thoughts and life, eventually they'll make it onto print somewhere, somehow...

In September, after the summer clean up and getting our home school and student rooms ready, then getting the schedule happening, and finally the baby girls party finished (with post), in Canada, we were READY to embrace all things fall. I've been embracing my functional country chalet home, and letting the decor and seasonal decor reflect that, it's working for me.

 This was my portable table centerpiece. Very eclectic but festive and cheap as I used all things I already had.

Again, re-locating older items, I created this "mantel" with items from around the house.
 putting out "harvesty" plates and bowls on the open shelves made for some "functional decor".
 A thrift store basket filled with canning rings.

The vignette at the top of the stairs to the family room...


A cosy space to enjoy the final weeks of warmth and sunshine outdoors.

 Front entrance...

Formal Livingroom. There were other touches of fall throughout the house, these were my favs this year.

Thanksgiving 2014
In honour of the American Thanksgiving yesterday, here are the pics from our Canadian thanksgiving almost 6 weeks ago - lol!

 Table set for 12.

 Centerpiece from my flowerbeds this year.


Each place setting had a reading to share at the dinner.


Thrifty Turkey always finds a place on the table :)


 Conversation Starters from pinterest worked really well.


 When you're feeding 20, there is no shame in plastics - loved my place cards though.


 I love guests who bring good wine :)



 The kids table...


My kinda sad attempt at a garland.

 Goodie Bags.


 Bountiful Dinner...

 My attempt at decorating the hideous light fixture.

 


 Setting up the tripod for the group pic.




Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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