A Coastal Thanksgiving

I am honored to be participating in the Thanksgiving Tablescapes Blog Tour, Day Five, hosted by Kristie of French Creek Farmhouse.

Kristie gathered an awesome group of bloggers to share inspiring Thanksgiving tables all week with a different group of bloggers each day - visit French Creek Farmhouse for links to today's posts as well as posts for all 5 days.

I am a "shop the house" kind of decorator 

and if there is one thing we have a lot of, it is shells.

 I had a couple of large white pumpkins so the only things I bought were a few Baby Boos and fresh eucalyptus to add to the shells.

I prefer fresh flowers, but this centerpiece had lots of little gaps which I filled with faux white flowers and a few tufts of cotton.

Beachy plates called for something other than a pumpkin so I filled cups with succulents, sea glass and a star fish to keep with the coastal theme.

I finished off the place settings with grapevine wreaths as chargers, a fun salad plate and flatware envelopes I have had for years.

The napkins are a gift from my sweet friend Donna of @lilyfieldsvintage - several years ago I posted on Instagram that I wasn't going to finish embroidering napkins for my Thanksgiving table and despite never having met, she told me to come down to the shop to pick what I wanted.

I love the texture of the quilt I use as a tablecloth combined with the hand embroidered napkins.

The colors in the place settings match perfectly with the centerpiece

and everything works well in our blue and white dining room.

This view from the entry makes me smile

as does this view from the living room.

I'm thankful to the sea for providing inspiration and lots of shells

for this Coastal Thanksgiving.

Don't forget to head over to French Creek Farmhouse for links to all the posts.