Easy Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope you all had a great Halloween!

Between now and Christmas, life seems to get a little chaotic — decorating your home, family get togethers, and holiday parties can make your head spin.

Last year, I bit off a bit more than I could chew, and I didn’t feel that I had any time to really enjoy the holidays because I was so busy. I vowed this year I wouldn’t sign-on for so much and do whatever I could to make things easier.

This year we are hosting Thanksgiving here, and I decided to get as much finished ahead of time as possible. Instead of some elaborate centerpiece that I spend a week working on, I decided to keep it simple.

Where I live, when you are looking for pumpkins you usually find one color:  Orange.

If you try really hard, you might get lucky and find a white one.

This year, I was super excited when I went to Wal-Mart and found all kinds of colors!

I picked-up this great blue/grey colored one and two little peach colored ones. I put all three in my dough bowl, and they looked good … but it was a little bare.

I then found some cream colored, faux hydrangeas at Michael’s, and I cut one up and stuck them in where it was a little naked.

That was it!

The whole centerpiece took me less than 5 minutes!

My goal this holiday season is to keep with the “simple is better” theme.

I’m determined to focus on the important things:  friends and family, while still having a pretty home without sweating the small stuff.

Make sure you check out all of the other talented ladies’ centerpieces in the tour using the links below!

Domestically Speaking – My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia – Cupcakes and Crinoline –

Stone Gable – Inspiration for Moms – Yesterday on Tuesday –

An Extraordinary Day – Town and Country Living – Major Hoff Takes A Wife –

My Creative Days – Kaleidoscope of Colors – Dukes and Duchesses –

H2O Bungalow – Our Southern Home – Sweet Pea –

Morena’s Corner – Hymns & Verses –

Fresh Idea Studio – Uncommon Designs