Natural Thanksgiving Centerpiece

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7NxxAQirh2u34PEPMmdGtsA_4Zt_36YCqCGoiSNPFi4-wj5zR15kiM6Lx0GS9ANa8LvSfC4mIPNu_crYu1pQnqsSijTE52a0_DsTkxeh0IP7eeexLtA0hirRC3SCBT0ZQLlOlBBflcE/s1600/IMG_6205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7NxxAQirh2u34PEPMmdGtsA_4Zt_36YCqCGoiSNPFi4-wj5zR15kiM6Lx0GS9ANa8LvSfC4mIPNu_crYu1pQnqsSijTE52a0_DsTkxeh0IP7eeexLtA0hirRC3SCBT0ZQLlOlBBflcE/s640/IMG_6205.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I wanted to try a more rustic look this year </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so I created this easy </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanksgiving Centerpiece </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">using branches and leaves from my yard.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All of the items used (except the candles) </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">are Estate Sale finds that I have been gathering </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">together these past few months. </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1QlM-_NqDA7lzc7tDZtj8LKWHRy1o0a3Js1MubqODf6CjsMPrAL8uabobVbKeownZJdiU43PTuWxgAbtgxzRJpGVxMTY28_sPtfkVc3xl4hxNtajFqxVvnp4_AHUfNBakjyioerRZ1Q/s1600/IMG_6192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1QlM-_NqDA7lzc7tDZtj8LKWHRy1o0a3Js1MubqODf6CjsMPrAL8uabobVbKeownZJdiU43PTuWxgAbtgxzRJpGVxMTY28_sPtfkVc3xl4hxNtajFqxVvnp4_AHUfNBakjyioerRZ1Q/s640/IMG_6192.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I found this great rustic candle holder for under $20.00 </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">at a recent sale.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is something that I have always wanted but never wanted to pay full price.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I bet you could make one easily out of barnwood.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I layered my burlap runner on top of a warm plaid </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pend<span style="font-size: large;">le</span>ton Throw in caramel, rusts and browns.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I cut a few branches from my evergreen trees and laid them along the sides of the candleholder.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love the way the pine looks against the burlap </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and the rustic wood.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnlAC4_sovMOaq5N0F3wA8ns3XqQ4psu8HyGLxaz7k5i701uoaQcz_6ZC9_JeWqK7LF5KebW4lmeRHUyb_R8iO6J5jFSnluOtu2xB9A-CDwqfwZXpSqCebgDFPD7vgTm107InFRVPdDs/s1600/IMG_6195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnlAC4_sovMOaq5N0F3wA8ns3XqQ4psu8HyGLxaz7k5i701uoaQcz_6ZC9_JeWqK7LF5KebW4lmeRHUyb_R8iO6J5jFSnluOtu2xB9A-CDwqfwZXpSqCebgDFPD7vgTm107InFRVPdDs/s640/IMG_6195.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I added some other greens from my blue spruce and some juniper too.  I know you can see my mixed matched candles in these pictures.  I scrounged around to try to come up with 12 but I finally gave up and headed out to Michaels.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't you hate that when you are all cozy in your sweats with </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">your hair up and no makeup </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and you find out you have to go out?  UGH!!!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, today they got me as I was, no makeup and everything!</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-v5ocltQPqGNVuXUvk-tFbK4_YwYXVVRKMc8QhwSFB-uWer2puLu0ntInkKJExqOFS7_JjBzRKIiEoeTMe2_y68aFRDPka8g3valV4g287YYrfNytkWz9aP5jJprrHpOOcgZ4QinqcU/s1600/IMG_6206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-v5ocltQPqGNVuXUvk-tFbK4_YwYXVVRKMc8QhwSFB-uWer2puLu0ntInkKJExqOFS7_JjBzRKIiEoeTMe2_y68aFRDPka8g3valV4g287YYrfNytkWz9aP5jJprrHpOOcgZ4QinqcU/s640/IMG_6206.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For more of a Fall look I tucked in some oak leaves and other leaves from the yard but without them this would work for Christmas or Wintertime.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed some apples and cranberries around because I really want Apple Pie and my mom makes </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">THE BEST cranberry sauce!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But I'll wait a few weeks I guess.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgOvDOIr2q1FICs2ePgDnpCgyV9l_JCcI2UEOaOB-e5OshUaYV0W7mf89uNiM6UkvC0RFGuigTpcdQh8mADeEAZWgAlhv22d2aTUCbHl02GXKIejrKFyAp8N5Nk6SYPsjpQenQWeXQQQ/s1600/IMG_6207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgOvDOIr2q1FICs2ePgDnpCgyV9l_JCcI2UEOaOB-e5OshUaYV0W7mf89uNiM6UkvC0RFGuigTpcdQh8mADeEAZWgAlhv22d2aTUCbHl02GXKIejrKFyAp8N5Nk6SYPsjpQenQWeXQQQ/s640/IMG_6207.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I love seeing all of the candles lit.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So pretty and so simple.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_IzbTfanObTivJY56HDWD31yg9m02XNMoPryEyi7Q_xa6sO4yXc9NPWI0MIEauaFMSbWHUC58pApNAXy2xtQjeDvi5B4oQPr_G-jQAIE9PrMs8_TsG7qcStNMCLjLPql_nMCkap6Jk/s1600/IMG_6208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1_IzbTfanObTivJY56HDWD31yg9m02XNMoPryEyi7Q_xa6sO4yXc9NPWI0MIEauaFMSbWHUC58pApNAXy2xtQjeDvi5B4oQPr_G-jQAIE9PrMs8_TsG7qcStNMCLjLPql_nMCkap6Jk/s640/IMG_6208.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am working on the whole Thanksgiving tablescape that I will share with you next week.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm having fun with this rustic look.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0tWEYbofaq5DSIRx77PQN7RraLiPiZUYhIItxymNFL8oL1zoGSs5bf6h_9A2Knei39AlHwLrVIC1E3oAz7LNepH04NHgwQ-GEEtr-SKrRZJrcdjKWSENAyONcNDT-zoH5B3oJzpwNPA/s1600/IMG_6213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0tWEYbofaq5DSIRx77PQN7RraLiPiZUYhIItxymNFL8oL1zoGSs5bf6h_9A2Knei39AlHwLrVIC1E3oAz7LNepH04NHgwQ-GEEtr-SKrRZJrcdjKWSENAyONcNDT-zoH5B3oJzpwNPA/s640/IMG_6213.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I even tried using green apples instead of candles.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD_OP1uo8MbmZsIHuzBHjUIKOLWpK9cfhtLhWA3AsPLDH8tUw7MecfGUR4A6Hgis_Uyaks_zM9SWqYLNh73pdMkhQlqoP4pIYsQWfe0klhoJY0gNPcYSLddXcHHDJvKdOkVZxCsI_t-k/s1600/IMG_6214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD_OP1uo8MbmZsIHuzBHjUIKOLWpK9cfhtLhWA3AsPLDH8tUw7MecfGUR4A6Hgis_Uyaks_zM9SWqYLNh73pdMkhQlqoP4pIYsQWfe0klhoJY0gNPcYSLddXcHHDJvKdOkVZxCsI_t-k/s640/IMG_6214.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You could even core out the apples and put candles in them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_ZLdqRVPYudZGeSrSQbvq7s_uppBSpjnjmaYwwn_Aahyaic-_zE7R6ZKFO5kqNctAvy0IGvVT3p4CDH6jm5084Gfb2kql2naee24Bttb-pEn7KfMXhliZPwq_LWltcOx3HRr-6MnlkY/s1600/IMG_6215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_ZLdqRVPYudZGeSrSQbvq7s_uppBSpjnjmaYwwn_Aahyaic-_zE7R6ZKFO5kqNctAvy0IGvVT3p4CDH6jm5084Gfb2kql2naee24Bttb-pEn7KfMXhliZPwq_LWltcOx3HRr-6MnlkY/s640/IMG_6215.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's beginning to feel winter-like almost around here.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I actually had to put a coat on the other day.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanksgiving will be here before you know it!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So many things to do between now and then.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you find yourself running short of time why not try my simple rustic centerpiece.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sharing at: </span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Natural Thanksgiving Centerpiece

I wanted to try a more rustic look this year  so I created this easy  Thanksgiving Centerpiece  using branches and leaves from my yard.   Al...

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