~ homemade: abundant autumn ~

Yay for Thursday, and another homemade post!  For this week's post I decided to do something a little different.  Surprised?  Probably not anymore. 

Anyway, I wanted to create an autumn tablescape that was brighter than the typical browns and oranges you see so often.  Not that I don't love them...I do (and I will probably create something using these colors), but I wanted to give you another color palette option.  My inspiration for this post was a gourd.  This one to be exact...

I fell hard for the vibrant green and bright yellow colors, and thought that I would push myself creatively to create a tablescape around it.  A tablescape that can be used at a wedding or autumn event...and one that was cost effective!  You can easily cut costs by using what's in season, and what is more in season in autumn than leaves?  Which were free in my case.  So with all that being said, here is my tablescape...

I have really been on a dessert kick lately for the centerpieces!  Not only do I love the ease of it, but desserts can be so pretty.  For the desserts I used mini pecan tarts, pumpkin mousse tarts and mini pumpkin pies.





The one thing I love most about this tablescape is the favors.  After racking my brain to come up with a unique idea, I kept coming back to what autumn is all about for me...food.  Fresh baked pies, stuffed turkeys, sweet potatoes...all things that come out of an oven.  And what do you use to get things out of the oven?  Potholders and oven mitts!  I used both on this table...

Potholders for the girls...

And oven mitts for the boys...

I especially love the one for the girls as it is the perfect spot to slide a menu into.  But I do like to mix things up too!  Finally, I just finished the table off with a couple of candles...

And a couple more gourds...

And there you have it...

...an abundant autumn tablescape.  Hope you enjoyed this Thursday's homemade post!  If I have some time later I will try and post a couple more pictures for you.  Hope you have a lovely autumn day!

~ Ciao

...concept, design, styling & photography all by me

~ flowers of the week: 10.25.10 ~

Good Monday morning my dears!  Did everyone have a lovely weekend? 

Mine was pretty good.  Things definitely didn't go as planned this weekend that's for sure...sitting in the car for three hours waiting for the rain to stop so I could do my photoshoot was by no means the way I like to spend my time, and to top it off we were in the woods with little to no cell reception so I couldn't even work or tweet!  But Mr. Big and I hung out, listened to music and the rain and chatted.  It actually was a blessing in disguise as it gave me a chance to sit and relax as I have been running on empty all week!  Finally, the rain gave us a break and we got the shoot done just as it started again.  And the rain continued all weekend.  I do have to admit that I love a rainy day on occasion...especially when the wind is blowing the leaves all around.  So when I ran across this bouquet, I knew I had to post it for this week's flowers...

 

All those pretty leaves gathered up into a bouquet - so perfect for Fall, no?  Well it's definitely something different...and I think by now most of you know I like different.  Hope you have a great week!

~ Ciao

...photography jill thomas