{Entertaining} Thanksgiving Place Settings

I was a busy little bee last night. After my sweet Dean went to bed and my husband and I finished up a relaxing dinner {aka Chinese takeout...ha!}, I got to work. I set my table and worked on my dessert buffet. After unsuccessfully searching high and low for cloth dinner napkins that fit my color scheme, I decided to go with these pretty eggplant cocktail napkins found at Target. Paper napkins were not exactly what I had in mind, BUT there are much more important things to worry about in this world!

Aside from all the cooking, I'm basically ready for Turkey Day on Thursday, my 15 year high school reunion the night after, and Christmas decorating on Saturday and Sunday! Does life ever slow down?!?!?!

{Sneak Peek} Dinner & Dessert Menus

I finished up my dinner and dessert menus tonight. The dinner menu is hanging from a bookcase in my dining room, which is where we will be eating our Thanksgiving feast. Last year, I made a menu that sat on the actual dinner table, and it kind of got in the way. So this year I opted for a hanging menu that my guests could see but would be free and clear of the table!


The dessert menu is going to be displayed on the sideboard in my dining room, which is where my dessert buffet will be set up. Lots of cooking left to do!

FULL ENTERTAINING POST WITH ALL OF MY TURKEY DAY DETAILS SOON!

{Sneek Peak} Thanksgiving

Turkey Day is just around the corner, which means I've got to get a move-on with my tablescape ideas! They're all up there...somewhere ;-}

Tonight I decided to experiment with the place settings. I created a little name card for each guest, and I'm liking the way they look propped in a pinecone. I bought my pinecones last year at Target {I also have some in a glass hurricane with some acorns}, but you could just as easily collect some from your backyard. The kids might enjoy collecting pinecones and acorns, too.


I tend to stick to a pretty traditional menu foodwise, BUT I'm working on a unique way to visually display the items on my menu for my guests....STAY TUNED!

FULL TABLESCAPE POST AND ALL THE OTHER TURKEY DAY DETAILS COMING SOON!