Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas

So this was my tablescape for Thanksgiving last year.  I made the feather charger accessory, along with my menus.  I had such a blast putting it all together.

INSTRUCTIONS: 
Simply hot glue the feathers around the top edge of the cake round.  Be sure to arrange the feathers using their various colors to get the look that you want.  Don’t worry about how the center of the plate mat looks do to know one will see that portion.  You can also purchase charger plates for approximately $1.99 at your local craft stores or party stores and hot clue the charger plate to the feather mat.  I chose not to do this because I will be re-using my chargers with different looks.

So while in the dollar tree I noticed that they actually had some nice black plates that were very simple and every day, but got my mind to spinning with a tables setting idea.  They also had some cute yellow flowers so I got two bunches of them.  The plates were only $1 along with the bunches of flowers.  Amazing deals!  You could also use fall color leaves for your Thanksgiving table, instead of the yellow flowers.

So today I was thinking on how I could use these plates.  I love monogramed items (especially plates).  So I did this neat idea of printing out my monogrammed on regular paper and cutting it out the size of the bottom of a clear plate (which the dollar store had both white and clear plates but I already had some so did not purchase those).  I thought this would be so neat when entertaining due to you could put each guest monogrammed name on their plate so everyone knew where to sit.

It is such a easy project and has such a great look.  Here is how you can create your own monogrammed look: