Turkey Lights

Turkey Bubble Lights! Donna and Bob(SIL & BIL) gave us these fun turkey lights years ago. I always wanted to do something with them but never could think what to do with them? I think they are for a tree but really.....Turkey lights at Christmas? Finally I decided to make them work on my mantel. Doug helped me ......it was my idea to secure them onto a wood platform. Doug did the work in designing the wood to make it work. Now every year I can just put the delicate turkey lights onto the wood frame.

It's fun lighting up the Mantel ....and fun to watch the turkey lights Bubble. Aaron really gets a kick out of that part. He waits til all the turkey's are bubbling. I added some fall leafs to make it more festive. I kept the Martha Gothic candlesticks up...i am really digging those alot. I might have to keep them all year round. Ha! Just switch out the candles for each holiday. I bought candy cane candles for Christmas for the candlesticks ....BUT....not sure I am going to keep the holders on the mantel/since I usually put up my light up garland. If not in that spot where else should I put my candlesticks??? Any suggestions?

Here a closeup of the bubbling and how we put them on the wood piece. Doug stapled the light string onto the wood and can just screw the turkey lights on or off. They get super hot to make the liquid bubble/another reason I didn't know what to do with the lights for years. I am glad we found a home for them.

Gobble Gobble!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanksgiving & Pizza Party Photos

Thanksgiving 2008

Our family Thanksgiving was a blast. We had alot of Fun with Family and it was busy time. I am finally ready to post about it. I have to admit that I've been bad about posting cuz I am now posting to two sites. I started up a account on Facebook. So if any of my readers are on facebook let me know. I already have two gals I added to my friends list from blogger. My sisters started up on facebook, so it was a way to connect with family members alot easier. Ok now back to Thanksgiving. I had my entire family over for Thanksgiving this year. It was alot of FUN. I had 2 Thanksgiving Dining Tables to set. I had my main table....and we set up Doug's Grandma's (Inherited) Table in my Front room(across from the Main dining room). So the tables weren't together but right across the hall from one another. I set my sisters and Brothers and Spouses at the main table....and the young adults and kids at the second table. Worked out GREAT! I found these Turkey plates at the Homegoods Store. I wanted to jazz up my table so instead of costing a fortune and buying new plates or dishes.....I bought dessert plates(16) and used them on top of my big plates. I even bought two colors: Brown and Pinkish/red. So I was able to alternate the dishes. That really made it nice for a contrast effect. LOVE IT! Here's some views of the festivities: Main Table





I bought a new tablecloth for my main table(the damask green) and used a square cloth I already had and angled it in the middle. It helped add some colors into the table. I made the centerpiece for the table out of some discounted fake gourds I found. I also bought some fake leafs and used them throughout the table. I even layered the leaves under my candle to give the table that FALL FEEL. Super easy and fun!

2nd Table:

View of the tables across the hall from one another.

I already had the tablecloth for this table. It was Doug's grandma's table. So I had Doug's Grandma Tablecloth too. Vintage Tablecloth...LOVE IT! So I used the cloth and I added a simple Runner down the middle. Jazzed the center up with a Hurricane Mosaic Candle I already had in my porch. Along with the Mosaic candles to match. I also layered the leaves under the candles on this table. I found cute Turkey Party boxes at Party City. I thought it would be fun to leave a party favor for everyone. So I used the boxes and put some homemade trail mix inside. Below is just a pix of the food. I didn't get a very good photo/my camera is on the fritz. Time for a new camera I am afraid. Of course my fav. photo of the night/birds eye view of the party goers. It was nice for our family to be together. Such a hard Spring/Summer when Mom passed away and at that very time.....we decided as a family to get together for the holidays for some FUN. Since alot of family live out of state....and my brother leaves for Arizona every year before Christmas. We decided on Thanksgiving. It was nice for all of us to get together for a cheery celebration.

I will post some more candid photos and some more photos from Thanksgiving next post. Thanks for Stoppin by!

Preparing for Thanksgiving

I've been busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. Here is the table. It's been a tradition for our family to set the table the night before any dinner parties or Holidays. Here is the table set for Thanksgiving. I hope to enjoy the dinner today. The table set pretty basic for Thanksgiving....as the FOOD is the main attraction to this Holiday Meal.

I bought some candles at Target for the centerpiece display. These candles were in a set of three and had cute berries wreaths for each candle.

I hate this tablecloth I have on my table. I decided to use it anyways. I bought this cloth and it was pricey but it's so dang HEAVY and wrinkles easily. I think it's meant for a square table too and my table is oval. Oh well, it is pretty as far as fall colors go.
Here's some more pixs of the table getting set. I have a swatch of that fabric above. I want to Thank My SIL and BIL (Donna and Bob)for giving us that very CUTE cornucopia. I have it displayed on my small table next to the big dining table. I use this little table for putting extra plates and the food once we pass it around. Not too much room to load my main table with food platters. So we pass he food around and store them on this table for easy reach.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and start to the Christmas Holiday Season. I'll be back posting tonight on all the yummy Turkey dinner photos.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!