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My Thanksgiving Table

Last year for Thanksgiving my husband and I stayed local in NYC and hosted a few family members for the big dinner. It was my first time being responsible for the ennnntire meal—and if I'm honest, if was the first time I've ever been responsible for more than one simple side dish. But....despite our small New York City apartment with its obvious spatial challenges and despite our oven breaking mid-way through the meal being prepared (yes, that actually happened...), I still considered it a success!

As much as I loved all the cooking and prepping and whisking and baking, my favorite part was preparing the table decor (no surprise there!) and getting all my dishes, little trinkets, and miniature turkeys in perfect position. I may have even done a few trial runs of setting up the table before Thanksgiving day...but, it was worth every minute of agonizing preparation.

And all that background info leads me here: Since Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and since I'm always looking for an excuse to put together a holiday table scheme (and since there is soooo much adorable holiday decor out there) I decided to put together a fresh table scheme for your table!

We'll be traveling for Thanksgiving this year, so I hope someone can enjoy this for me...all links below. Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanksgiving_Table

minimalism (or not)

Maybe one day I will let my husband help me decorate our apartment. But today is not that day.

He's a minimalist. And I'm... well, I'm not a minimalist. So things like gallery walls and collections of memories aren't his thing.... but they are SOO my thing. 

Enter: gallery wall. And the oohs and the ahhs. (Believe me, Brendan, you'll learn to love it!) I'm sure of it.

*heart eyes*

I've been moving. A LOT. And honestly, the only redeeming factor involved in a move is the after-move decorating. So I've been in perpetual search for the perfect gallery wall items for quite some time now. 

Knowing me, are you the least bit surprised that this one caught my eye when I was in West Elm over the holidays? (I'm not.)

The best thing is, it looks even brighter and rainbow-ier in person. And because of it, Hartland Brooklyn has become one of my favorite paper goods retailers. They're so simple and elegant with the most beautiful, vibrant colors.

Yeah, so, this one... is a must for the gallery wall since it instantly makes me go all googly-eyed. Don't you think?