Yay…! It’s Thanksgiving Day…! It’s a special and festive day when we give thanks for all the blessings. This celebrated day is a time to have beloved family and friends, good food and drinks, big hugs and smiles, to celebrate life with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn bread, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes and family favorites. A day when the President of the United States “pardons” a turkey. We can watch The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, and a day we can stay up all night so we can storm into the shopping center first thing in the morning for Black Friday.
As for me, I prefer a Thanksgiving celebration at home, where I can serve my family and friends these delish and adorable looking Cupcakes from Sprinkles Beverly Hills, with specially designed fondant, topped with edible pieces in a turkey, autumn leaf, and button shape, accented with bright colored bows. Simply irresistible. Just to think of it already makes me feel like smiling and saying, “Hmm…Yummy…!” 🙂
I also enjoy decorating the dining table, by bringing the autumn ambiance outdoor into the room. And as the gorgeous and romantic fall foliage has various shades of red, yellow, orange, green, and brown. So this year it’s red as the primary color, orange as the secondary color, and red-orange as the tertiary colors.
I now live in Southern California, so I cannot just pick out autumn leaves in my backyard. So, I purchased a bag of real autumn leaves from etsy.com, picked out table place cards and added a little sweet touch up by glue gunning a piece of cute plastic maple leaf I purchased from Michael’s on each name tag.
I also placed a couple of orange-colored pumpkins as parts of the centerpieces, and tied a beautiful long curly yellow ribbon on the stems to give a feminine but playful accent. And for the extra fun, I planted super cute and eye catching cupcake toppers as friendly reminders that this is Thanksgiving Day. A day to celebrate life with good people, great food, and all. A day that only happens once a year. A day that says it’s “Okay” for us to put our year long diet on hold, just for a moment. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone. I hope you all have a good one.
Photography by Dela Dewi.
Dress from Nicole Miller, similar here.