Thanksgiving Table Settings - Happy November!

Ahh Thanksgiving - the holiday that enables us to embrace overeating without judgment, excessive sports watching without complaints and Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) shopping without any regrets - all with the people whom we love most. Family and friends mean the world to us so we want to give them the world's best of food, fellowship and fun over the holidays! First, we must create the perfect Thanksgiving ambience by fashioning our tables with the decorations that are "just right" for our families. Below I've given you a few ideas of how to create a warm, classic, vintage, or bright colored table scape for your Thanksgiving gathering. Scroll to the very bottom of this post to find a rather helpful layout of informal versus formal place settings. Happy November everyone! xx

I love these hanging lanterns. They add such warmth & coziness.
Take a closer look at the center piece...it's a pumpkin made of mums! Genius.

Keep it simple. Classic winter white, fresh greenery & precious bird cages can go a long way.

Thanksgiving centers around food so why not incorporate food into your table's decorations?

Wood is a great texture and tone to echo the celebration of Thanksgiving's wilderness roots. Take a moment to remember all that the first pilgrims and Native Americans did to first establish our country. We have a lot to be thankful for.

Let your china and glasswear enhance the ambience of your family's Thanksgiving.
I retrieved many of these photos from HGTV ...they have some great holiday ideas!

Mustard yellow and bronze owls beautifully anchor the bright tones of this table. 

Color, color and more color. I love the cheeriness of this table. It represents harvest time so wonderfully.

Rich, dark tones against winter white pop so elegantly with layers of candles as seen here.

A girly girl at heart, I love how girly and vintage this is. It's definitely my style. 

This look embodies classic, sophisticated simplicity. Remember K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid!
After all, Thanksgiving is all about enjoying your time with family and friends. ;)

This table setting (my fave) plus the photo below are both from Republic Events...check them out!

Does your family go for the more formal look or the down-home informal?
My family leans towards a more informal atmosphere with laughter & spontaneity.