Unfortunately we won’t be celebrating Thursday night with a big meal. That might sound surprising for the author of a blog with food in the title. I enjoy all the food at Thanksgiving but since I spend the 7 days prior to the holiday making sure you all can get the groceries you need, I don’t mind relaxing on the day of Thanksgiving. I thought it would be nice to have a nice centerpiece to make it feel a little more like Thanksgiving in the house. I also needed a cute project for the Dare to DIY challenge that starts this week. Truthfully, I needed a project and that lead me to getting creative with flowers.
I don’t own lots of fancy vases and since this is a Thanksgiving centerpiece what could be a better container than one of my favorite pots. That conveniently comes in a nice fall orange color. I have seen tricks to making your own centerpieces so I bought some flowers and decided to give it a shot. I have to say I am pretty happy how it turned out and think it looks mighty fine on the coffee table. I will have no trouble getting into a thankful mood as I sit in front of the fireplace and look at my first flower arrangement.
I started with my favorite LeCreuset pot, a mixing bowl and some painters tape.
Then simply taped of a grid to give the flowers a little support.
Added some water and some flowers and that was all there was to a quick Thanksgiving centerpiece.
What do you have in your house that would make a great base for your next flower arrangement?
Thanks to the hosts of Dare to DIY, NewlyWoodwards, Maybe Matilda, Decor and the Dog and Two Twenty One for putting this challenge together. Be sure to check out what some of the other ladies did with this weeks theme of be thankful and check back next Monday for the entertain theme.
