When it comes to a holiday or simple entertaining, I feel that the simple things make all the difference in the world. For this year's Thanksgiving table I collected leaves, nuts, and long grasses from the local park in Downtown Denver. I bought glittered pinecones from Pottery Barn, and small pumpkins from the local supermarket.
In layering the punch bowl, I filled the bottom with the glittered pinecones wrapping the long grasses around the inside of the bowl, and placed the pumpkins, leaves, and nuts on top of the pinecones.
For the table I bought a table cloth at a Homes Goods Store. I wanted the table cloth to be simple. I found a orange table cloth with a fall pattern around the edges of the fabric. I found one of my Great Grandmas handmade table squares that was a hand sewn scene of a old country house in the forest. I put the table square in the center of the table, and the glass bowl filled with pinecones, nuts, pumpkins, leaves, and grasses in the center of the table. I topped the table off with a few leaves and pinecones laying around my "centerpiece." After the table was decorated, I looked up the proper way to set a table, and did so accordingly.
To top off the table I made butter turkeys. To make them I had to buy a turkey mold from an online store. To get the butter to fit the mold I had to let it set to room temperature. Then I pressed the butter into the mold using a spatula. I then put the butter mold in the freezer for an hour. After a hour my turkey was ready, and popped out of the mold. I let the turkey continue to set in the refrigerator until it was time to have our meal.
I really enjoy entertaining. I have to say that our Thanksgiving table was a festive collection of everything that makes fall a wonderful time of the year. I could not have asked for a better dinner table look! And let me tell you my family and friends were impressed. Little did they know that it was so simple.
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