Add Some Fall Decor with these Free Thanksgiving Printables!

Free Thanksgiving Printables you can frame for your home! The creative bug got me this week. How to fix it? Create something, of course! I love giving things away, so I created four Thanksgiving printables. You can pick your favorite or download all four by clicking the links! I love the first one, We Gather With Grateful Hearts. So simple and elegant with the gold antlers! Get your coordinating printable placecards, menu, food labels and dessert toppers here! The black and {Read More}

Three Reasons I’m Thankful This Thanksgiving

We have so many reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. Here are my top three. 1. Family is arriving!  Kids, siblings, parents, cousins, nieces, aunts and uncles! Not all of any of those categories, but a wonderful mix of many we love. One major perk that came with relocating to California is the plethora of family members just a couple hours away. Many in our family came through my dad’s second marriage. Can I just say we are blessed? So many families struggle with {Read More}

Checklist for Hosting a Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner

The only Thanksgiving Day checklist you’ll ever need! Ever since the first Thanksgiving after my marriage 27 years ago, I have LOVED hosting Thanksgiving dinner. In fact, throughout all those years, there have been only a handful of Thanksgiving Days when we did NOT host friends and family. Even though I’ve always loved my home being the gathering place for this holiday, I was always stressed out and harried during the early years. In recent years, I have developed a {Read More}

3 Ideas to Add More Thankful to Thanksgiving

Add More Thankful to Thanksgiving this year! I am all about holidays. Especially Thanksgiving. Decorating the table. The smell of roasting turkey. Football on in the background. Eating my very favorite comfort foods with my favorite people. The scent of pumpkin pie. The list goes on. Long ago I decided to make a thoughtful effort to add more thankful to Thanksgiving each year. After all, we have so much for which to be grateful… why not share it on Thanksgiving? {Read More}