It might not be a huge event, well depending on the size of your family, but when planning Thanksgiving you still have a lot of decisions to make that are similar to event planning decisions. This is the first Thanksgiving we are having in our own home so I figured I would share with you what we are planning to see if that inspires you at all.
With Thanksgiving the most important aspect of course is the menu! I tend to look through pinterest, allrecipes.com or food network to get inspiration for any meal that I am planning. So as I was doing that I found a recipe for a holiday brie that looked undeniably delicious so of course I am going to attempt it as an appetizer. This is the picture that made me hungry...I figured I would share hopefully to inspire you as well.
Doesn't it look delicious. Anyways, lets move on. The other appetizer we are going to have is a cream cheese crescent roll that my husband requested. Since the whole point of Thanksgiving is dinner we don't want to spoil appetites with appetizers. Now for the main dish we are having honey baked ham. Don't get me wrong, I love turkey and would have happily made it but my husband prefers ham and we got a really good deal from a really good friend so we couldn't turn it down. To go with it we are having hawaiin rolls (the just make really good ham sandwiches), stuffing (my favorite thanksgiving side), potatoes au gratin, corn au gratin and green beans. We will probably have tons of leftovers but hey I always go for more rather than not enough food. For dessert we are having pumpkin pie and snickerdoodles. What are you making for thanksgiving dinner? What is your favorite dish?
Now that I have the menu, it's time to figure out the tablescape. I am thinking of a look similar to what I saw Entwined Design do at the Hilton Waterfront Resort. I love the use of food in clear vases to add color pops and the use of family style table is definitely a fad that I am currently in love with.
Since we have been making menus and placecards (which we will be adding to our etsy site soon) a tablescape wouldn't be complete without these. I love the use of leaves as placecards especially for the fall holiday of thanksgiving such as these.
I also like the leaf with fall colors such as this for the menu and it will match the leaves that were used as placecards.
Since I love candles and the ambiance it creates, I think I will put some of these around the house too :)
So what are you going to do for Thanksgiving? I would love to hear your menus, tablescapes and especially see photos. I hope all of you have a delicious and fun holiday filled with lots of love, laughter and memories made.
