Giving Thanks

There have been some gorgeous Thanksgiving tablescapes out in blogland lately.  I'm keeping mine fairly simple since we'll be traveling up to Rochester where my MIL will be hosting Thanksgiving this year.  I put an assortment of dried foliage in a large glass vase that I love for it's autumn colors, a floral pick under a cloche, and this large wooden pear that I found clearanced for $2.97 at JoAnns.

I love the size of the pear.  The back(or the front if it was used properly) has a little hole in it, because the pear was meant to be a birdhouse.

I thought that this year it'd be nice to have the family write what they're thankful for and stuff those little notes into the pear.  We can bring the pear up to Rochester and read what we're all thankful for on Thanksgiving day.

I printed up a sheet using my favorite font, Bradley Hand,

and cut the sheet into strips.  I'm sure the strips will have the usual suspects like family and home, as well as things like the XBox, but this year one of the things I'm thankful for is all of you who share in my projects both the successes and failures.

This week I'm also thankful for having my Mullet Wingback Chair featured at both Primitive & Proper and the T-Shirt Diaries.  Cassie at Primitive & Proper writes an incredible decor blog with tons of inspiring pictures and projects.  Robin at the T-Shirt Diaries writes a blog with a mix of topics like my own with a firm bent towards re-use and upcycling.

I'm also thankful for having won a Cutting Edge Stencil from Lisa at Vintage Vine.  She has another amazing decor blog that I've been following for a long time.  I can't wait to put my stencil to good use.  Cutting Edge Stencils have the most gorgeous geometric and floral allover stencils as well as murals and other products.  This is the one I've picked out.

Thanks for popping in and giving thanks with me.  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for my monthly Before Blogging party.  Learn more about it here.

HomeGoods - Love that Place

I came back from my camping trip to find a package waiting for me, and opened it to find this:

Woohoo!  I had recently won a HomeGoods giveaway from Petie at Inspired Nesting.  I was super excited because you all know how much I love shopping at HomeGoods, but to find it packaged up with the hand made soap was a special treat!  It smells so good!  Petie is a relatively new blogger and was celebrating reaching 200 followers with this giveaway.  Her blog is full of beautiful, inspirational photos as well as some household projects and thrifty finds.

I couldn't wait to run out to HomeGoods, and on my latest trip this is what I came back with.

I love this tiered dessert stand.  You all know that I have a penchant for the sweet treats, and it's always nice to be able to display them well.  The tart pan was only $2!  It had to come home with me, and I've been looking for a grill wok ever since Deva showed off hers in this post.  Everything is so well priced that I still have about half the amount left on my giftcard.

Thanks for popping in and checking out my good fortune.

Giveaway Winner!

Thanks everyone for entering the giveaway!  I wanted to make this a truly random choice so I went to Random.org and used their Integer Generator, and it spit out a winner.

Who says the first comment never wins?

Congratulations Carrie!  Let me know what word or name you'd like me to create out of Picture Letters.

Thanks for poppin in and don't forget to come back Thursday for my monthly Before Blogging Party.  Learn more about that here.  I'll be back later today with a yummy cocktail recipe(it would be unseemly to pour it before noon.)