Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving and a small finish

The table is set and I am ready to greet my 21 guests for Thanksgiving.  I have spent the last week preparing, cleaning, shopping, baking, creating the perfect atmosphere to celebrate this wonderful day of Thanks.  I am thankful for so many things but I am super thankful for the health of my family.  Everyone is doing well and that is more than I can ask for. 

Here is a picture of the welcome that will greet everyone.

This is a picture of my favorite Thanksgiving dish.  It is a cranberry sauce dish.  Isn't he the cutest.

These are the table settings.  I am fortunate to have a large enough kitchen to seat everyone at the same time.  I love it!!

My latest finish is "Snow in Love" by LHN.  It is a model for ABC Stitch therapy.  I hope to do some finishing after Thanksgiving.  I avoid Black Friday like it is the plague.  I don't understand the craze and this year they have been talking about it for far too long.  I can't even get over the fact that they have been playing Christmas music before Thanksgiving.  I love Christmas music during the holiday season but let Thanksgiving be it's own holiday.  So, instead of crazy shopping I have decided to cozy up in my stitching chair and stitch the weekend away.  I hope you all enjoy your families and have a wonderful holiday!  Happy Stitching!

24 comments:

Michele said...

Happy Thanksgiving! Everything looks wonderful :) I know you and your company will have wonderful time. Love your sweet finish too :)

My best friend and I do Black Friday ... but not like crazy people lol ... we've been doing it for 20 years. It's very much a tradition these days. We start with breakfast (at a reasonable hour) and then head to our favorite stores for some shopping and then a movie. No kids, no husbands, it's heaven! lol

MoonBeam said...

Everything looks beautiful. Have a wonderful day. I totally agree that Thanksgiving is a very meaningful American holiday, or should be, and it is more and more overlooked every year by the greed and shopping feeding frenzy.

Love Autumn in NY...cute.

Bobbi

Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving. Your place looks great!

Midge said...

Enjoy the day with your loved ones. Your table looks fantastic and I love your turkey sauce jar - such fun.
Happy Thanksgiving!
H xx

Lesleyanne said...

Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you have a lovely time - your table looks great. Love your turkey jar. A gorgeous finish.

Cross Stitch Crazy Mum said...

I hope you have a wonderful day :) (We Aussies will just watch on :P ) I loooove your sauce dish!

cucki said...

everything is looking so beautiful.
your finish is so cute..i love snowman..
happy thanksgiving to you too dear..have a lovely day.
big hugs
cucki xx

Mouse said...

oooo looks lovely :) hope you have a fab day and I'm with you with the shopping .. much prefer stitching ..lol cute ornament too :) love mouse xxxx

diamondc said...

Nataly: Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family.
Catherine
diamondc

Teresa said...

Happy Thanksgiving. Your table looks so inviting.
Love the snow in love.
Will also be stitching this black friday.
Teresa's Heartfelt Stitches

Stitchabilities said...

Lovely finish.
Have a great day, just another day over here in the UK for me!!

Tricia said...

That is definitely one of my favorite LHN ornaments! I need to put that on my wish list for Christmas. Have a fantastic Thanksgiving day!

blue star stitcher said...

Wow, your table looks beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving.

pam said...

I hope you have had a wonderful holiday. I am having a stitchy black Friday as well.So sick of the target commercial with the blond lady. They had the trees up before Halloween her. It is just too commercial for me these days.

Colleen said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Your table is beautiful Nataly. I'm not a black friday type of girl either...I'll be home stitching, crafting & enjoying my family.
Happy Stitching!

valerie said...

Happy Thanksgiving! Everything looks wonderful. I just love that Autumn in New York piece and your ornie. Wonderful turkey dish!

Robin said...

Happy thanksgiving to you. Everything looks so inviting. Enjoy your stitching time too. Just wanted to let you know iget to the post office Wednesday morning and the traveling pattern is on its way to you. Have fun with it!

Sara said...

Hope you and your guests had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner!

Lynn said...

I hope you and your family had a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Your little turkey dish is very cute!
Lovely stitching on the LHN. This is one of my favourites of the new ornaments.
We don't have Black Friday in Canada but they are starting to now in order to compete with the number of Canadians going stateside. There is no way I'm going though. I hate crowds.

Catherine said...

Your table looks lovely! I hope you had a wonderful day!

DonnaTN said...

Your new SAL looks great as does the new shop model. Wow, 21 guests! You really put a lot of work in for that dinner. Hope it was wonderful.

Joysze said...

Your table looks awesome. I hope you had a great one. Cute finish. :D

Carol said...

I'm sure your Thanksgiving feast was splendid, Nataly!! Love your table setting and your newest ornament finish is adorable!!

Leslie said...

gorgeous finish! I hope that you had a fantastic thanksgiving.