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Easy pedestal pumpkin for Thanksgiving.

November 20, 2012 2 Comments

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A glittery, pedestal pumpkin made from odds and ends and thrift shop items.

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, craft time, Crafts, Fall, Holidays, project du jour, Pumpkins, Thanksgiving

Making a hanging centerpiece for an outdoor Thanksgiving.

November 19, 2012 28 Comments

How to make an easy DIY hanging centerpiece. A few boards, some rope and a bit of creativity make up an elegant, but rustic focal point for Thanksgiving dinner.

Filed Under: Autumn, candles, Centerpiece, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Entertaining, Fall, floral design, giveaway, Holidays, project du jour, Pumpkins, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving, traditions, UseWhatchaGot

Baked Smashed Potatoes. A twist on a classic Thanksgiving side dish.

November 9, 2012 26 Comments

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Loaded baked potatoes are delicious. Mashed potatoes are the ultimate in comfort food. How about an easy recipe that combines both? Baked Smashed Potatoes.

Filed Under: food, recipes, Side Dish, Thanksgiving

Quick changes for the Thanksgiving mantel. (Decor that does double duty)

November 5, 2012 4 Comments

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I love to change up my mantel for the seasons. A way to do this quickly is to decorate using items that are easily interchangeable or are reversible. Double sided artwork and a little spray paint can make it happen in just a few minutes.

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, mantel, spray paint, Thanksgiving

Using clearance Halloween make-up for your autumn decor…

November 2, 2012 3 Comments

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When hitting the Halloween clearance section, don’t just look for items to use next year, be on the look out for things that you can use right now when decorating for Thanksgiving. In this case, glittery Halloween hairspray.

Filed Under: Autumn, Bargain, cheap and easy, Crafts, Let me help you, project du jour, Pumpkins, Sticks, Thanksgiving, Tip of the Day

Decorating with {free} sticks.

September 20, 2012 6 Comments

I love decorating with sticks and twigs. There are so many options! The best part? They’re usually just laying around, waiting to be picked up.

Filed Under: Autumn, Centerpiece, decor, Fall, Free, Sticks, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving

Fifty shades of pumpkin. No-carve pumpkin ideas.

August 21, 2012 15 Comments

OK, maybe not 50, but it sure seems like I did a whole heck of a lot of pumpkins last fall. As autumn approaches and we gear up to go into another fall season, I thought I’d do a quick recap of last year’s pumpkins.

Filed Under: Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, epsom salt, Fall, faux finish, glitter, Halloween, Pumpkins, Round-Ups, spray paint, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving tablescape. A rained out Thanksgiving: going to Plan B (with minimal freaking out.)

November 29, 2011 15 Comments

My dining room is too small to fit the 15 to 20 people that come over for Thanksgiving dinner, so I always host it outside on our patio.  Living in Southern California, it’s usually safe to do this.  However, this year there were cold temperatures (62 degrees. brrr!) and a threat of rain.  (Yes, yes, […]

Filed Under: Autumn, decor, Entertaining, Fall, Holidays, Sticks, Tables & Decor, Thanksgiving

Pairing rustic and glam elements together: Everything looks better if you put it in a champagne bucket.

November 23, 2011 7 Comments

I love to play rustic items against the sparkle of silver and glass.  Makes me happy and the two really play off of each other that way.  I put together this little grouping of sparkly glass and silver on the buffet in our dining room. I especially love, love, love the rusticity of the sticks […]

Filed Under: Autumn, Crafts, Fall, silver, Sticks, Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Artwork – Craft Fans & Grant Fans… unite!

November 19, 2011 8 Comments

I’ve got something for both groups of readers today! I just finished another piece of artwork for Thanksgiving.  (I actually used the flip-side of the Raven artwork, so it’s 2 holiday art pieces in 1! I is smaaaaht!) I’m happy with how it turned out. While I was cutting out the contact paper letters**, Mitch […]

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, Crafts, Exchange of the Day, Fall, Funny, Grant, just funny, Mitch, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Grant, Mitch

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