My family got together last Saturday for a pre-Thanksgiving brunch to draw names for Christmas. I was at the local supermarket Friday afternoon, getting fruit and nuts for a cornucopia, when I came across a display of free gourds. I picked out six and worked them into the arrangement below. Very simple. I used a saw-tooth knife to cut a slit in the rind of each gourd to hold the place card. The card itself is a snippet from an illustration I found on the Web. The leaves with the gourds are left overs from an old fall arrangement. So it cost me nothing except the paper and ink for the cards. (I shared this in the Garden Art Forum as well.)

I love the Pfaltzgraff, Larry, though I never thought of using mine of the same pattern with fall colors. It looks really good. I'll have to remember that for one of the upcoming holidays.

Your table looks very festive, great idea for the place cards.

Thanks, Sharon. We don't have tableware that coordinates with the colors on the tablecloth, but we thought the "leafiness" of the Pfaltzgraff design might work. Glad you liked it!

Allright Larry! NICE! VERY NICE!

I agree- very nice!!

Thanks, Ann and Trish!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Cute video!