Thanksgiving is only two weeks away and so is one of my favorite things to do as I get ready for my guests…setting the table. Last year, I wanted my Thanksgiving table to feel like a fall harvest. Using white linens for simplicity, I added a leafy garland down the center of the table, mixed crystal bowls of different shapes and sizes filled with whole walnuts in some and fresh pears in others. I used my traditional holiday touch of silver candlesticks and lots of candles in pretty little mercury glass votives with crystal jewels that shimmered. I used fresh pears as my place cards and set them in the center of the plate of each place setting. I cut a small slit into the top of each pear and inserted a name tag made out of cardstock. I love the idea so much that I’m going to use a fresh fruit again this year as a place card holder and I might even use the pears again, but with a fresh twist.


Organize.commer and lead Content Editor Crystal, found a great idea from our friends at Divine Twine and since I have a new passion with baker’s twine , I’m on it. I’m planning on trying on the twine this year with using a pretty cardstock paper for the name tag, hand writing my guests name on each one and then using a coordinating color of baker’s twine (available in eight yummy colors) that works with the colors of my table. It’s simple, gives a personal touch and I can prepare everything ahead of time.

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Happy Organizing!
Mrs. O