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Holiday Hosting at Home #4: Creative Ideas and Recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas

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Holiday Hosting at Home #4: Creative Ideas and Recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas

It’s time for another post on my Holiday Hosting at home series!  I’ve teamed up with two of my talented friends who enjoy hosting and entertaining as much as I do. This week are sharing some creative ideas and recipes for the holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas.  With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner we have come up with some fun ideas for hosting and entertaining. I hope you’ll find some inspiration here for hosting and entertaining in your own homes!

Here is what my friends have been sharing this week for their Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes and creative ideas.  If you would like to pin any of these images, please go to the original post linked below each image.  Check out their entire posts  – there is so much beauty and inspiration in each of these, you’ll be

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Rustic Thanksgiving Tablescape

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Sharing a Rustic Table For Thanksgiving including greenery, green garland, and velvet pumpkins for warmly welcoming your guests.

When I saw these white ceramic turkeys at Pottery Barn (linked at the bottom of the post) a few months back, I knew I wanted to create a tablescape around them.  I envisioned a rustic table for Thanksgiving with a green garland and some velvet pumpkins throughout.

I started with a tan linen table runner and layered faux green leafed stems, eucalyptus, and some smaller faux sage bunches.  I added in a few small white flower stems and some tan colored pinecone picks.

I used some rustic candlestick holders with white candles and some turkey shaped salt shakers. I also found some matching turkey place card holders that I’ll put place cards in when I have finalized the guest list for Thanksgiving.

For the places setting, I used light, neutral colors to create a rustic feel to the table. I used a pretty

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Fall Home Tour – Highland House 2018

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Fall Home Tour – Highland House 2018
Welcome to my Fall Home Tour of the Highland House!!

I’ve been excited to share this fall home tour of the Highland house! I hope you’ll find inspiration here on how you can decorate your own home! I haven’t always had a nice home and I’m a big believer in creating beauty no matter what your home looks like. Whether it was the apartments I managed and lived in (with 3 kids) while my husband was in dental school or the Army housing we were assigned, I always tried to create a beautiful home with what limited money and resources I had at the time.

 

It just takes some creativity and some DIY to add some beauty to your home. One of the reasons I started sharing photos of my home was to create inspiration on how to make a house feel like a home. Creating warmth in my home has always been something I’ve enjoyed doing. I hope you’ll feel the warmth too! I tend to

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Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

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This is a simple recipe for making your own Pumpkin Pie Spice.  I use this pumpkin pie spice recipe in my pumpkin pie, pumpkin cream cheese muffins, pumpkin roll, and any recipe that calls for pumpkin spice or pumpkin pie spice.

At times, I’ve had a difficult time finding it in the grocery store and it is quite expensive for a small amount. You can make a batch of your own and store it in a spice container or small mason jar.

Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

Make your own pumpkin pie spice mix.

3 tbsp ground cinnamon2 tbsp ground ginger1 1/2 tbsp ground allspice1 1/2 tsp ground cloves2 tsp ground nutmeg

Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container or spice jar.

 

 

 
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Holiday Hosting at Home #3: Holiday Decor, Tablescapes and Entertaining Ideas

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It’s time for another post on my Holiday Hosting at home series!  I’ve teamed up with two of my talented friends who enjoy hosting and entertaining as much as I do. This week are sharing some recipes, tablescapes, and fall decor. With Halloween and Thanksgiving right around the corner we have come up with some fun ideas for hosting and entertaining. I hope you’ll find some inspiration here for hosting and entertaining in your own homes!

 

 

Here is what my friends have been sharing this week for their fall home decor and tablescapes.  If you would like to pin any of these images, please go to the original post linked below each image.  Check out their entire posts  – there is so much beauty and inspiration in each of these, you’ll be amazed.

 
To Have + To Host
 

A few years ago, Lory was drawn to a beautiful fall tablescape from a high-end table-top rental company.  When she added up the cost of it for 6 people she realized it would be about

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins

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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins

Every fall I get the urge to start baking and the first thing that comes to mind is a recipe with pumpkin in it. One of my favorites are these yummy pumpkin cream cheese swirl muffins. I have played with different recipes over the years and like always, I find a few good ones and then I tweak them to make it my own! These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins are so yummy and the only downside of this recipe is that you can’t eat just one!

The first time I made these, this was all I ate for two days! I couldn’t stop myself! These muffins remind me of a pumpkin roll with cream cheese frosting. I hope you enjoy these as much as my family and I do!

These muffins are so moist and not overly sweet. The cream cheese bakes right into the muffin!  This is a simple recipe

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Holliday Hosting at Home #2: Fall Tablescapes and Home Decor

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Here is the second installment for Holiday Hosting at Home blog hop! I’ve teamed up with two talented friends, Home with Holliday and To Have + To Host, who are both masters of tablescaping and entertaining at home. From Fall decor to fantastic table settings to hosting tips, we hope you come along for some inspiration on how to entertain at home this holiday season.

 

Please go to the original post linked below each image if you would like to pin any of the images or to get sources. I encourage you to check out their blogs – there’s so much to see and I know you feel inspired after visiting their sites!

Home With Holliday
Here, my friend Holliday shows you how you can use things from nature to decorate your table.  She uses green apples, Pine springs and pinecones to make a centerpiece.  The birch log candles mixed in with the pumpkin and pine springs creates a warm and cozy centerpiece. Click here for the full blog post.

Fall Centerpiece with

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Thanksgiving Silver and White Tablescape

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Sharing an Elegant Thanksgiving Tablescape featuring silver and white table settings, a garland table runner, and pumpkins with greenery.

The idea for this tablescape came when I was decorating for Christmas last year.  I had to get my Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving! We had a lot of company coming over the holidays and I needed to have the decorating out of the way before the crowds arrived. I was trying to figure out how I could use the same garland for both Thanksgiving and Christmas and I found it was actually quite easy! It saved me so much time and money and I was able to use this all through winter.

For the center garland I used faux frosted tip pine branches, frosted eucalyptus, pine cone picks that were painted the same color as the table, and faux cedar branches. I used a grey table runner underneath it. I layered the cedar branches and then layered in the frosted tip pine branches, eucalyptus, and the pine cones.

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Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape

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Sharing my pumpkin themed fall tablescape for autumn decor inspiration and a gorgeous way to host family and guests

Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape

When I saw these cute pumpkin dishes at HomeGoods, I knew I had to do a Pumpkin Themed Fall Tablescape. I often search for unique dishes for my tablescapes and when I found these cute pumpkin plates and bowls, I envisioned this festive table with different types of pumpkins.

The one downside with HomeGoods is that there is not always a full set of any place setting.  After searching six different stores in two different states, I finally had enough for 10 place settings!  Whew!  It was a lot of work tracking these dishes down but it has been so worth it. My sweet husband actually found half of them for me! He’s a keeper!

I did two different tablescapes with these dishes, mainly because I

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Holiday Hosting at Home: Fall Decor, Tablescapes and Entertaining Ideas #1

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Here is the first installment for Holiday Hosting at Home blog hop! There are a handful of ladies that I’ve met that love to do the same things I do when it comes to hosting and entertaining.  When we all spoke on the phone for the first time about teaming up to share our ideas, we all felt like we were speaking the same language!  I think I may have found my soulmates!  With that being said, I am so excited to introduce our new blog hop, Holiday Hosting at Home – Fall Home Decor and Tablescapes.

 

I’ve admired and gained inspiration from many different blog and instagram accounts over the years so when you actually get to connect with the real life people behind the blogs, it’s really great!

These ladies love to create beautiful tablescapes and gather their friends and family as much as I do.  We all love creating warm and beautiful spaces to gather those we love.  It’s was so fun coming up with ideas as to how we could share it all with you.  I hope you’ll enjoy the

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