Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Fall Pinterest Challenge: Thanksgiving Pumpkin Place cards

I am linking up with Young House Love and Bower Power today for Fall edition of the Pinterest Challenge.


My lovely in-law's are hosting our family's Thanksgiving dinner this year.  The food is sure to be delicious and we'll be in the company of family we love and enjoy spending time with.  I wanted to lend a hand in decorating our Thanksgiving table this year by making place cards.  I came across several options while browsing Pinterest and added them to my Let's Talk Turkey board.  For the Fall Pinterest Challenge, I decided on this pin:



The original came from Holly Mathis Interiors.

I made a stop at my local craft store to look for faux mini pumpkins.  But I was out of luck and they were sold out for the season.  I didn't want to buy real pumpkins in fear that they would be rotten by the time Thanksgiving rolls around.  I did find some mini pumpkins made out of dried corn husks and decided to improvise.  After all this is about crafting and making it my own.  I wrote out our guests' names using a gold calligraphy ink pen onto tags and attached them using sisal twine I already had laying around the house.  For the two pumpkins that will sit at the head of the table, I used glittery pumpkins I found in the clearance bin.




This was a quick and simple project.  I hope to add several more projects to our Thanksgiving decor this year.  


2 comments:

  1. Monica, these turned out great and what a fun idea! Your calligraphy rocks! Wondering if you could sneak some candies inside the corn husks or something?

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  2. You have great handwriting, so pretty! These will definitely make the table look festive. :-)

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