I've started

pulling things together for my 

Thanksgiving Table.

 It's in the conceptual stage right now.

I've been throwing things together to help inspire my table top vignette.

It's sort of a "beautiful mess" as my friends Eddie & Jaithan like to call it.

 We haven't hosted Thanksgiving for several years and I'm really excited!

It's extra special too because it's the first Thanksgiving that our son comes home from college!

My Mom told me that the Holidays take on extra meaning when your kids come home.

I think she's right as I've never felt more in the holiday spirit even though it's hotter than a summer day in the Bay Area today.

 I'm even inspired by these turtle shells!

I picked up these gorgeous Ikat napkins on sale several years ago at Anthropologie

which are the inspiration for my color scheme.

I bought these yellow Tiffany & Co. cachepots last month at an estate sale and am thinking of filling them with succulents.

I can't wait to use the new silver dome that my sweet husband got for my birthday this year.

I'm going to use this set of Ralph Lauren dishes I found at Marshalls.  The pattern is called Reed Natural.

And of course I'll squeeze in the family of brass quail I came across on a recent treasure hunting trip.

I don't want to leave out my whimsical family of snails created by one of my favorite artists, Wendy Addison.

 

And no Thanksgiving Table would be complete without feathers!

I hope I'm not the only one who makes a mess before they set the table!!