Eddie Ross and Thanksgiving Decor

I've been getting a lot of hits on my blog from searches for Thanksgiving decorations and table decor, so I figure, why not give the people what they want?

That brings me to Eddie Ross. If you haven't been over to his blog, go now! It's a must read when it comes to flea market/antiques, crafting, and design "how to". He constantly gives his readers the inside scoop on where to shop and how to create, along with behind the scenes details on various projects. Check out his photoshoots for Women's daily below, then head over to his blog to see how to craft these little beauties yourself. The coolest part of the post for me was all of the insider info he shares on the making of the photoshoot. Super interesting.



Also check out Eddie's beautiful Thanksgiving tablescape for Lonny magazine, complete with detailed "how to" info (in true Eddie fashion).




I'm still not sure what to do for this year's Thanksgiving table design, but I'm running out of time so I better figure it out. Click here if you want to check out our last minute table scape from last year's feast.

Also, if you're in the Los Angeles or Orange County area and would like help with any Thanksgiving or Christmas decorations, give me a call!

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Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I had a great time with my family and had one of the best ever Thanksgiving feasts thanks to my mother's amazing cooking.

My family use to do huge get together Thanksgivings. You know the ones, with our entire extended family, complete with a buffet/potluck style meal served on plastic plates with extra folding tables set up throughout the house. Real classy. But for the past few years it has just been my immediate family (7 total plus 2 brother-in-laws) plus a couple of friends/boyfriends/aunt, etc. As much as we like our extended family and all of our friends, we all decided that we sort of like saving the large parties for Christmas Eve, and keeping our Thanksgiving more formal and intimate. It is now a sit down dinner with Grandma's real silverware and my mom's beautiful china. I love it!

I wasn't originally planning on doing anything to the table because I don't live near my parent's house (6 hour drive) so I would have had to pack up everything and haul it with me, not to mention I was crazy busy before I left, but after I got inspired by all of those beautiful Thanksgiving tablescapes I posted about yesterday, I decided I better whip something together.

Below (and above) are some photos of what I came up with. I wasn't in love with the flower selection, but I worked with what I had at 6:00 the night before (every store was completely picked over, of course). A lot of the other items are things my mom had laying around or away in storage. I actually sewed together the table runner this morning with some of my mom's left over fabric and my brother helped me print and put together the place cards. Before before I knew it, we had a pretty decent Thanksgiving table! Take a look...

Thanksgiving Table Decor

Can you believe Thanksgiving is already upon us? This year has gone by so fast, but I'm kind of ok with that because I happen to love Thanksgiving. While trying to get inspired for our Thanksgiving table decor I came across some really beautiful and creative table settings.

For fabulously festive Thanksgiving tables, I found that there were three main cateogories or themes: Pumpkins & Fall Fruit, Beautiful Fall Florals, and Rustic Chic.

{Pumpkins & Fall Fruit}



{Beautiful Fall Florals}



{Rustic Chic}

My inspiration photos were gathered from Martha Stewart (of course!), Seasons For All at Home, Country Living Magazine, Design Public Blog, Traditional Home, and New York Social Diary.

Hope you all have a beautiful holiday!

Fall Weddings

There are so many fabulous wedding blogs out there and today I got caught up looking at several amazing fall weddings. Here were some of my favorites found on Green Wedding Shoes, Style Me Pretty, and Hostess Blog. Enjoy!

A Bridal Shower

Yesterday I threw a breakfast bridal shower for my sister Melissa. I've never done a bridal shower before, but I quite enjoyed myself. My mom is an awesome cook so she took care of the food, and I was in charge of decor (of course) and activities. It was so much fun planning and putting everything together. I even thought that perhaps I would trade in interior design for event planning, or at least add it to my list of services offered.

My dad, handyman extroidenaire, helped me hang the lanterns (purchased from Asian Ideas - best price on paper lanterns I found) and he also decorated the chocolate cookies on the tables. Each cookie is uniquely designed, I guess I know where my creative side comes from. My mom's food was amazing and even though she is always second guessing herself, everyone is always impressed with her cooking.

For the table decorations I purchased the paper and favor boxes from Paper Source and bought the flowers from Orange County Wholesale Flowers to create the arrangments. And for a special occassion such as this, I had to break out grandma's real silverware...perfect for my english garden theme.

Special thanks to Ali, Wendy, and Marci for letting me use their adorable backyard, my parents for all their hard work, and Paul for helping me with the favor boxes.