Thanksgiving Crafts

This year like most years, I have to work over Thanksgiving weekend. Thankfully, I have reconnected with several friends and met some great new friends here in Denver. I am also thankful some of them are from Georgia and understand how to cook a southern Turkey day meal. We all went over to Geoff's new place and had quite the spread. Two turkeys, every casserole you can think of, lots of wine, and lots of desserts. The only thing I contributed food wise was banana pudding. Unfortunately, it came out a little runny but it still tasted pretty good.

I wanted to do a little more so I decided to make a few crafts for the day. First, I made a "what are you thankful for " board. I took a antique looking from from Hobby Lobby. Then I strung hemp like string back and forth and bought tiny clothes pins to attach the thank you notes. It was a big hit. I attached painted wood letters that said "Thanks" to give it that Thanksgiving feel but the board could be used for anything like photos or keepsakes (ie concert tickets)

I also made a mantle display. I saw both of these crafts on pinterest.com so I can't claim the credit but it was super fun making them the night before with Courtney and Courtney.

For the mantle display, I took 5 mason gars (to give it that southern feel), tied twine around them and stuffed them with scrunched paper. Courtney and Courtney cute out scrapbook paper in circles and layered it. Then they painted on the letters "GIVE thanks." The paper was then glued to wood sticks and 2 sticks were placed in the mason gars. It came out pretty cute.

I am thankful for great friends here in Denver. This transition has been really easy with the help of great people. This Thanksgiving was the best I have had in a while. Great food, great people, lots of laughs, and 5 hours in the hot tub = best turkey day!