15 Stylish Thanksgiving Table Settings - Day 3

By Shannon Petrie

Hi Friends,

Today we are featuring Less Is More. A Thanksgiving table doesn't have to be over the top to be beautiful. Rate My Space user luvmynugz paired a few subtle fall elements with neutral-colored dinnerware for a look that's understated yet elegant.

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15 Stylish Thanksgiving Table Settings - Day 2

By Shannon Petrie

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Today we are featuring Candleholder Conversion. Whether your taste in tablescapes is subdued or sumptuous, get ready to give thanks in style. Try using items you already own in a creative and unexpected way when designing your Thanksgiving tablescape. Rate My Space user Baubles found that candleholders also make great pedestals for mini pumpkins.

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15 Stylish Thanksgiving Table Settings - Day 1

Hi Friends,

The holidays are perfect for dinners with family and good friends. Over the next fifteen days we will bring stylish Thanksgiving table settings with the help of Shannon Petrie. Today we are starting with natural elements.

Look to nature for easy, elegant ways to embellish your Thanksgiving table. Rate My Space user chasingpaige brought the beautiful colors of fall to her table by incorporating gourds and pumpkins into her centerpiece and topping each place setting with a pear.

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Making a Leafy Thanksgiving Invite

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Gather friends and family to feast with a stylish but simple-to-create invitation compliments of our friends at HGTV

Materials and Tools:
5-1/2" squares dark brown card stock
4 orange silk leaves per invite
green mulberry paper
flat paintbrush
cup of water
invitation information printed on tan cardstock, cut to about 3-1/2" square
glue stick

Steps:

1. Remove plastic stem and vein from back of leaves by gently pulling them off. Use glue stick to apply leaves in the corners of the brown stock card so that the tips of the leaves are just beyond the edges of the brown stock card.

2. Fold mulberry paper to create squares that are about 4-1/2". Crease gently and then unfold.

3. Dip paintbrush in water and paint the water along a fold line until the fold line is saturated. Gently pull along either side of the moistened line, pulling the paper apart and exposing the natural fibers in the paper. Repeat for all fold lines so that all four edges of the square have exposed fibers.

4. Use a glue stick to apply the mulberry paper to the center of the card, over the leaves.

5. Attach the invitation information to the center of the mulberry paper. If necessary, place the card under a heavy book to hold until the glue is secure.

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Sophisticated Thanksgiving Invitation

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Set a formal tone for your celebration with this elegant example of stationery. We would like to extend a special thanks to Anna Griffin for sharing her design with us.

Have fun...


Materials and Tools:

Anna Griffin AG048 leaves decorative paper
2 coordinating colors of card stock
vellum
1-1/2" x 12" rust wire-edge ribbon
sewing needle
rust thread
1/4" hole punch
computer with printer
scissors

Steps:

1. To make the pocket: Cut a 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangle from the leaves paper.

2. Place a 3-inch square piece of vellum on the back of the sheet where you want the pocket to be located.

3. Starting at the top right, use the needle to pierce the paper and the vellum repeatedly. This is the sewing guide for the pocket.

4. Flip the vellum over and place on the front of the decorative paper (lining up the holes you just made) and stitch by hand with rust thread.

5. Pull the ends of the threads to the back of the paper. Tie off the threads and trim.

6. To make the announcement card: On the computer, make a rectangle (text box) 2-5/8" x 3-3/4". Print the announcement on ivory card stock. Cut out.

7. Cut a 5-1/4" x 7-1/4" rectangle from card stock. Cut a 5" x 7" paper rectangle from another color of card stock.

8. On the rectangle with the pocket, measure down 1/4 inch from the top. Find the horizontal center and mark it. Measure 3/16 inch to the left and right of the center and mark with dots. These dots are the guides for the punched holes.

9. Layer the three rectangles; using a hole punch, punch two holes over the marked dots.

10. Working from front to back, thread both ends of the wired ribbon through the holes. Cross the ribbon in the back and thread both ends of the ribbon through the opposite holes. Pull the ribbon tightly so that there is no slack left on the back. Trim the ends of the ribbon.

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Printable Thanksgiving Invitation

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Today we have a popular return from last year for our new friends. Save money by making your own invitations compliments of our friends at HGTV.

Click on the PDF below to download our Thanksgiving invitation; print it out then fill in the details to invite family and friends to your feast.

Thanksgiving Dinner Invitation PDF

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Printable Thanksgiving Place Cards

Hi Friends,

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. This month we are sharing a lot of great ideas for invitations, place cards, table settings, recipes and much, much more. You will notice some of the most popular from last year back again for our new friends but not to worry, we will have new ideas and recipes for our old friends too.

Let's start the month with place cards. Click on the PDF below to download the designs, fill in your guests' names and place a card at each place setting. For a festive touch, surround each card with colorful wrapped chocolates, nuts or fall leaves.

Thanksgiving Place Cards PDF

Compliments of our friends at HGTV

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