{"id":12534,"date":"2010-11-23T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12534"},"modified":"2010-11-23T09:28:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T13:28:55","slug":"thanksgiving-table-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/11\/thanksgiving-table-decorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Table Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OHC-11-26-09_table.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9577\" title=\"Thanksgiving table \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OHC-11-26-09_table-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OHC-11-26-09_table-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/OHC-11-26-09_table.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I like to decorate my table for Thanksgiving dinner.\u00a0 I think it makes the dinner more festive and helps set the right mood.\u00a0 My trick to getting a lovely table that doesn&#8217;t stress me out is by <strong><em>keeping things simple.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s just Scott and I eating dinner, I decorate the back of the table.\u00a0 If I were hosting and doing a buffet style, I would put the decorations down the middle with the food intermingled on each side.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to stick with things I already have on hand at home for decorating, which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fall decorations<\/li>\n<li>Fake flowers and leaves<\/li>\n<li>Candles<\/li>\n<li>White twinkle (or Christmas) lights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everything I buy, I buy on the cheap.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t have to spend a crazy amount of money to make your table look fancy.<\/p>\n<p>Dollar stores can have some really great knick-knacks, like little pumpkins and fall scented small candles.<\/p>\n<p>Garden Ridge is my go-to store for all decoration needs.\u00a0 They are cheap and they have a ton of stuff that looks amazing.\u00a0 I can get glass and ceramic pumpkins there for a dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Fake flowers and leaves can be purchased anywhere and you don&#8217;t need a large batch of them.\u00a0 Just a few stems work because you can break them apart and sprinkle them around your table.\u00a0 They are easy to put back together or keep them separate and store in a bag when not in use.\u00a0 They have some really amazing ones out now that look frosted or have some glass beads in among the flower petals.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to get seasonal decorations is after the holiday is over.\u00a0 I know that seems counterproductive but this way you&#8217;ll be prepared for the following year.\u00a0 Once the holiday is over, seasonal items get marked way down.\u00a0 Spring into action and take advantage of the sales!<\/p>\n<p>Use a simple tablecloth and one that you don&#8217;t mind getting food or wine spilled on.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s be honest, it&#8217;s Thanksgiving and people want to EAT.\u00a0 Stuff is going to spill, husbands are going to slop, and Auntie Millie may have just had one too many <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/11\/stretching-the-drinks-at-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\">White Wine Spritzers<\/a>.\u00a0 Stuff happens and that&#8217;s OK! By using a simple tablecloth that can be thrown in the wash you won&#8217;t stress about the spills, slops, and sloshes.<\/p>\n<p>Same goes for placemats!\u00a0 Easy ones that can be wiped down or tossed in the wash at the end of the day (Or the next morning).<\/p>\n<p>Some fake flowers, simple tablecloth and candles will make your table look amazing and complement the dinner.\u00a0 Keeping things simple won&#8217;t stress you out nor will it break the bank!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to decorate my table for Thanksgiving dinner.\u00a0 I think it makes the dinner more festive and helps set the right mood.\u00a0 My trick to getting a lovely table that doesn&#8217;t stress me out is by keeping things simple. Because it&#8217;s just Scott and I eating dinner, I decorate the back of the table.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[48,87],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3ga","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}