Burlap and Vintage Inspired Thanksgiving Tablescape
I have always wanted to decorate and have a beautiful tablescape for Thanksgiving and now I have and you can too with these Thanksgiving decorating ideas. This burlap and vintage inspired Thanksgiving tablescape has to be my favorite thus far. I don’t have Thanksgiving dishes and always thought I couldn’t because of that. Well I was wrong and I am so glad that I figured that out now before too many more years pass with me missing out on such a fun tradition. While recently at the Country Living Fair, I gained so much inspiration for all sorts of decoration for my home.
One idea that I used for inspiration but made it my own was for a general tablescape. I am so glad that I was able to make it my own for Thanksgiving. As I mentioned before, I do not have a complete set of Thanksgiving dishes with the matching tablecloth, napkins, napkin rings, and so forth. Neither did I want to invest at this time in such especially with Christmas being just around the corner. I do have some Christmas fine china that I will pull out but I really wanted something different and unique for this holiday.
Sitting on top of the books, is a miniature grapevine wreath I purchased at Joann craft stores for only $0.99 each. Plus I had a coupon making them even cheaper. I placed a small pumpkin that I already had from past years of collecting Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations in the middle of the wreath. I had some artificial moss from the dollar store and wrapped it around the pumpkin to appear as a bird’s nest. Beside each pumpkin in the bird’s nest, I placed an artificial leaf that also came in a large pack from the dollar store.
On each end of the table, it just felt blank to not have something extra. I was in Michaels shopping recently and couldn’t resist the most beautiful artificial fall flowers. They were having their lowest prices of the season sale with discount craft supplies and each grouping was only $0.99 each. Plus you can always use a coupon at Michaels saving you even more money. I places the flowers in mason jars that I had kept from different grocery items including spaghetti sauce and salsa. This is a great way to repurpose your glass jars. Mason jars can be expensive if buying them brand new in the store. I wrapped a piece of burlap ribbon around the taller jars. The burlap ribbon was a supply that I already had in my craft supplies. For the smaller jars, I placed different colored artificial acorns which I already had as well but found a new use for them this year. To add something to the smaller jars, you could put some burlap ribbons and bows as well.
For the centerpiece, I found this brown wire basket at Ross recently actually while I was at the Country Living Fair, for $4.99. I didn’t know exactly how I wanted to use it, but I am so glad now that I got it and didn’t pass it up. The burlap covered pumpkin sitting inside it is one that I already had that my Mom found one year on clearance. The assortment of leaves and pine cones were also pieces that I already had as well. The basket is also sitting on a wooden bowl to sit it up higher that my uncle made for me and my husband when we got married. You will be surprised what pieces of décor you already have that you can use and save so much money.
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