Hello and Happy Friday, my friends! I hope you all had a nice week and for those who celebrate, a wonderful Thanksgiving, too. We had a really nice time with our family yesterday, and as usual, I took a whole lot of pictures that I'd like to share here at the blog!
We worked on a thankful garland all month, Earlybird and I (and the rest of the family at times, too), but we carried this neat tradition with us into our family celebration. Every place setting had a leaf and a crayon. I was very happy to have the boys' help with cutting out all those leaves!
And early Thanksgiving morning, EB assisted me in preparing an apple crisp ...
Had to get it in the oven ahead of the turkey!
My mother's birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year, so I made up some spice cupcakes too!
Each year we have a "signature cocktail" at the holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter). This year it was an Apple Cider Margarita - with cinnamon-sugar rims and a tweak of orange inside ... absolutely delicious!
Here's the table we set up in the living room, to seat six. I went with blue, gold and red to complement the colors of the room.
A pretty turkey platter that's been in the family for generations ...
As I arranged the flowers, I kept a few itty bitties in cordial glasses - something nice for my kitchen windowsill!
I found these tiny turkey tealights in a bag of silk leaves - completely forgot we had them!
A coffee station was set up in the living room ... my folks brought up their Keurig for the day. :)
You all know how I feel about punch! There must be punch at all parties. This one was a simple mix of cranberry juice concentrate, Sprite and sparkling apple-cranberry cider. Apple slices floating on top made a nice touch!
The bar was set up on the kitchen jetty, on the kitchen nook side so as to keep traffic out of the kitchen proper (where my Mum and I were busy getting stuff done!) ...
But not so busy we couldn't pause for a picture - and a cocktail!
Speaking of cocktails - aren't these the prettiest cocktail napkins you ever did see?
Dinner was served!
The dining table, in browns, golds and magenta ...
I LOVE November mums! Especially mine ... :)
Desserts were served in the living room as window candles came on all over the house ... we had an assortment of pies, the aforementioned cupcakes and apple crisp, sticky toffee pudding and even pumpkin ice cream!
From my family to yours ... Happy Thanksgiving! Looking forward to celebrating Advent with you all starting next week!
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Thanks so much for joining me here today and letting me share our holiday with you. I hope you all had a nice day, too, and that your weekend ahead will bring some peace and refreshment. I will have a follow-up "simplicity tea" post to share tomorrow and then on Monday ... our first Advent Tea! We'll be talking about "gifts from the heart" and I would love to hear from you on that subject ... and any other tea notes you'd like to share.
See you all here again very soon ...
