Past Thanksgiving Tables

In 2016, we went for a more sophisticated look using mercury glass vases full of deep purple and red flowers along with some silver dollar eucalyptus and hazel nut picks. Our table runners were covered with small silver leaves and we used two of them across the table, instead of lengthwise. We had lots of candles in mercury glass holders to create a cozy ambiance. We topped it all off with silver chargers, white plates and white napkins.

In 2017, we borrowed a really large dough bowl and filled it with seeded eucalyptus, small Cinderella pumpkins, green gourds, and tiny white pumpkins. We coupled this with a beautiful pumpkin colored hemstitched linen table runner and copper colored chargers and sage green napkins.

In 2018, my husband and I built a large pine tray–it was huge–like 14″ x 50″. We filled it with white, green and tan Cinderella pumpkins, butternut squash, acorn squash, tiny white pumpkins, green gourds, and some antlers. Each person was greeted by a small jar of Cranberry-Raspberry-Orange sauce at their places. We reused the copper colored chargers and sage green napkins.

The arrangement for 2019 was really similar to what we did in 2018, except that we added some nandina greenery and berries out of my sister in law’s garden. We did fun “placecards” that were a cellophane bags of seasonal shaped chocolates with kraft nametags on them. We brought out the wood look turkeys that we had used several Thanksgivings ago. This was the last year for the huge wooden tray. It took so much produce that we decided we needed to do something else–we didn’t know that the something else would involve a COVID friendly celebration in 2020.

The giant pine tray that we used in 2018 and 2019 was converted into a console table with the addition of some tall hairpin legs. It was donated to a charity auction in August and sold to raise money for arts education in the local schools.