Are you ready for Thanksgiving? {Except for you Canadian friends who had yours already!} To help us get in a festive mood, I’ve teamed up with a fabulous group of bloggy friends and we’re bringing you a very special Virtual Thanksgiving Dinner today! Each of us has our own little piece of the pie {yes, I went there…go ahead and roll your eyes!} to share about, so at the bottom of the post you’ll find links to various recipes for each part of a Thanksgiving dinner! There’s turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, veggies, rolls, and of course dessert!
So what’s my part in all of this? Well, if you’ve been around here for any significant amount of time, you know I’m an artsy mama. Not a chef-mama. Most of what I cook comes out of a box. So, I volunteered for something a little different. You make it in the kitchen and it goes on the table, but it’s not to eat! That’s right. My little sous chef and I made some very special DIY Holiday Place Cards, and we sure hope you enjoy them!
STEP 3: Make sure your leaves are really hard before you pull them out of the oven. Let them cool, then they’re ready to decorate!
These are really tough and durable; you should be able to push on them with a decent amount of force without them breaking.
STEP 4: Paint!
LC used a sponge brush and acrylic paint to do a solid coat of color on each leaf. We used some of the Folk Art acrylic paints we got from Plaid last month, along with some others from our stash.
STEP 5: Add names using paint pen.
I used a white fine-tip paint pen and it showed up really well on all but the light yellow. For that one, I just used a black permanent marker.
STEP 6: Coat each one with Sparkle Mod Podge!
Why? Well, because glitter makes everything better, of course! It also seals the paint; double duty. If you prefer, you can use gloss or another formula of Mod Podge, but why would you when you could have glitter?
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Cheeseball Appetizer at Create.Craft.Love (left) and Hot Cheese Dip and Cracker Tray at Jessie Street Designs (right) |
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Tips For Cooking a Perfect Turkey at Ladybird Ln. (right) and Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes at Artsy Fartsy Mama (left) |
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Save oven space with Repeat Crafter Me’s Crock Pot Green Bean Casserole (left) Cranberry Marshmallow Salad at Happy Hour Projects (center) Cheddar Tea Biscuits at Becoming Martha (right) |
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Classic Warm Apple Crisp at Chase the Star (left) Seven Alive’s Favorite Pumpkin Pie (right) |
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Turkey Cookies at Bear Rabbit Bear Crafts (left) Pilgrim Hat Cookies at Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (right) |
I hope you enjoyed this recipe round up, and you check out my friends’ favorites today too! What’s your favorite Thanksgiving recipe?
Eva {Tales of the Scotts} says
These are UBER cute! I keep seeing such cute things and wish I hosted holiday meals! These would be great for gift tags too. Really cute!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says
Too cute, Amy! I love that LC helped with all of the decorating – makes it even more special! I am also a box cookin’ kind of lady. Thankfully, the cheese ball doesn’t require anything other than a bit of chopping and smushing! Love how these turned out, friend!
Adrianne at Happy Hour Projects says
So cute!!
4 You With Love says
Amy, I love these place cards. What a fun project for you and LC. The two of you are definitely a super crafting team!
Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says
Very cute and fun!!
Repeat Crafter Me says
These place cards are adorable!! They really turned out beautiful and I love that you can personalize each one. Thanks for the wonderful idea and tutorial Amy!
Terry says
These turned out so cute. I love what the sparkle mod podge does to them at the end. Happy Thanksgiving.
Meredith @ Wait Til Your Father Gets Home says
I LOVE how these turned out, Amy! LC is such a big helper too!! :o) Pinning now!!
Barbara Hiatt says
Amy, you and LC did such a great job with these! Love that they were free and took little time! Loved being a part of this with you friend! Pinning!
Ellen says
Great Thanksgiving ideas and recipes, and my daughter will love the sparkle modge podge! My favorite recipes for Thanksgiving are my my mother’s dressing and my grandmothers pumpkin pie!