Thanksgiving-y tables

In the midst of unpacking various dining room dishes, placemats, candlesticks, et cetera, I started thinking about how to use my newly-painted golden leaves, twigs and PUMPKIN. I found a hollow plastic (or something) pumpkin on clearance at Target and painted it gold when I was on my painting rampage the other day. It was larger than I was looking for-- and I was actually planning to get real, small,  pumpkin-looking gourds to paint, but I decided to try this big one. So I took a break from unpacking, brought my golden darlings in from the garage, and came up with a few ways to decorate a table... for Thanksgiving or Fall entertaining in general. One of the fun parts of using twigs, leaves, and things from nature  is that you don't have to get all fussy about arranging them. You can kind of toss them out there, move them around a little, and you're done. They'll look like they just fell from a tree. A gold one.

I am playing with the individual leaves too-- they can be used in so many fun ways. (Take a peek here tomorrow.) Have a golden evening.