Thankful Banner

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday...I think I've mentioned that before. I love spending time with family around a big meal and not having to worry about gifts, costumes, or anything else; just family and lots of food. The other day when I went shopping I quickly saw that Thanksgiving isn't a top priority in the retail industry. Every store I went to was all decked out and ready for Christmas. My house isn't ready for Christmas, not even close. We are ready for Thanksgiving though (I bought two turkeys today). Because there isn't much you can buy as far as Thanksgiving decor I made my own.
I gathered a few things from around the house and a few things from the Pebbles Home+Made collection by Jen Hadfield of Tater-tots and Jello. I grabbed a few sheets of the Home+made Burlap Cardstock. This burlap is SO much fun to work with. If you haven't played with it yet, you really need to! I cut the burlap into a pendant shape using the die set from the Home+Made collection. I cut the sheet of 12x12 burlap in half so that it would fit in by Cuttlebug machine.

 After I had all the pendant shapes cut out I grabbed an old paperback book that I rescued from the discard pile at the library. I tore a few pages out of the book and then cut them to the length that I needed.

 I wanted the burlap to hang just a little bit lower than the book page

Then I cut the teal portion using the die set too.

I stitched 3 of the layers together with my sewing machine. (the teal layer, the burlap layer, and the book page.

The rest of the pieces I cut using my silhouette. Once I had all my pieces cut I started layering. This banner simply consists of lots of layers.

Because I don't have a mantle right now I decorate my piano as a mantle. Without further ado, here is my Thanksgiving piano (mantle):

 Other than the banner my favorite part of my Thanksgiving decorations is the elk antler. My oldest boy found this when he was deer hunting this fall. He was so excited and so was I. I knew I could find a place for it in my living room ;)

 I framed a printable I found HERE at Daisy Cottage Designs. It was so easy to print and then I just stuck it in a frame I found at the thrift store the other day. The large frame in the back is also a frame I found at the thrift store and painted it with Krylon Champagne Spray Paint it's the most amazing color! There will be a lot more things painted with this around my house.

Is your home decorated for Thanksgiving or do you skip over Thanksgiving decor and go straight to Christmas? I should say that while I don't have Christmas decorations up right now I probably will before Thanksgiving...just a day or two though!
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