Canadian Thanksgiving Table

I finally found the time to set a table in our new dining room!

Of course I HAD to set a table too as we are hosting the 

Canadian Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday in our new home.

I cannot wait to host Mr. B's mom & dad!

In previous years I have chosen to go with a traditional table 

setting as you can see here and here.

This year, I decided to set a less traditional Canadian Thanksgiving Day table.

I haven't unpacked and hung up my tablecloths yet so, 

keeping the table bare was a very easy decision!

And I also kept it simple with no chargers or place mats.

I chose to use my pale blue dinner and salad plates at each setting. 

Not your usual color for Fall but I felt they were perfect 

against the mahogany dining table.

Plain white napkins and our wedding flatware don't distract from the dishes.

The Godinger Shannon goblets always work, whether it be a 
traditional or non traditional tablescape.

I kept the rest of the table decor in shades of white.

A thrift store pumpkin tureen and a Dollar Tree 

pumpkin sit at one end of the table.

While another small pumpkin and leaf salt and pepper 

anchor the other end of the table.

For the centerpiece I filled my favorite urn from World Market with clippings from the Purple Sand Cherry bushes that are planted by the front porch. 

The color could not be more perfect for Fall and Thanksgiving, don't you think?

There is nothing new on this table.  All have been used before and 

I am so okay with that.  It is so fun to set a table with them in a new and different way in a new and different room. 

Now that could all very easily change as, unlike the U.S. Thanksgiving, 

all of the stores will be open and there is nothing Mr. B's mother and I like more then hitting Home Goods, TJ Maxx, Ross, and World Market when they come to visit LOL!

We'd like to wish all of our Canadian family & friends 

a very Happy Thanksgiving!

See you soon!

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Kathleen at Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch Tablescape Thursday

and

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life Table Top Tuesday

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A Saskatchewan Thanksgiving

Even though Mr. B became a naturalized US citizen 

several years ago he is, and

always will be, 

a Canadian.

As you know, he was born and raised

in Saskatchewan.

He grew up on a farm in a 

small community.

 I like to do what I can to honor his

Canadian roots.

He is very proud to be Canadian. 

Celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving

is not like celebrating an American Thanksgiving,

although, the food is pretty much the same.

There are no Pilgrims involved.

It is to rejoice in a successful harvest.

Since we have been married I make

sure we commemorate

his Thanksgiving too.

Yes, we have two Thanksgivings!

This year I went a step further

and we are celebrating

a Saskatchewan Thanksgiving.

 Farm style.

My color choices are green, amber and burgundy.

All reflected in the thrift store napkins

I found a few months back.

The placemats are actually a pale yellow 

in real life but, didn't

photograph that way for their closeup.

The dark green dinner plates

are from the Dollar Tree.

The bowl and salad plate are also

thrift store finds for only .25 each.

They have such a warm and

vintage feel and look to them.

The scalloped design plays nicely

with the ruffled edges of the dinner plates.

 The silver plated flatware

is vintage Rogers and could have

belonged to someone's grandmother.

The wheat motif on the napkin was

another inspiration for this table.

Wheat was the main crop

on Mr. B's family farm.

And so, wheat is the natural centerpiece for the table.

I filled a vase with mini pumpkins

and acorns and then placed wheat

stalks in the center.

 

I layered some maple leaf placemats

for a runner down the table.

My favorite green goblet candle holders and

a pair of covered pumpkin bowls

complete the centerpiece

Green wine glasses from the Dollar Tree

and our everyday water goblets

finish off this holiday table.

I hope I have captured

the past for Mr. B.

He has so many fond memories 

of life on the farm (minus the long days and hard work),

Saskatchewan and Canada.

 To our Canadian family, friends and followers

we wish you a very 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I always share my tables with 

Kathleen at Let's Dish at Cuisine Kathleen 

Susan at Between Naps On The Porch Tablescape Thursday

and 

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life Table Top Tuesday

Click here to see where else I may be partying this week.
AND
Don't forget to come by on Tuesday's

for my link party.