Thankful Tree

Hey everyone!  I am back, but for only a brief moment.  Just thought I would let you see what I have been working on.  I finished my Fall decor but it’s not much.  I have been so busy working on the Ladies Banquet that all the cute Autumn decorations I had in mind didn’t get made. I did manage a few and today I am going to show you our “Thankful Tree.” Our Thanksgiving dinner is this weekend with my husband’s side of the family.  It’s at our house this year.  So I have been busy getting the menu ready and shopping.  Then comes the cooking and my favorite, the baking.  So I needed something simple yet adorable. This fit the bill.

The tree was cut out at 10″ high four times, folded and glued together.  The Oak leaves are 1.5″ high and cut with various sheets of colored paper from Harvest Gathering solid stack by DCWV.  I know it doesn’t look finished.  I mean the leaves are not on the tree!  Well, the family hasn’t told me what they are thankful for yet.  Right before dinner we are going to fill out the leaves with what we are thankful for and glue them back on the branches.  How cute it that?!?  I hope that goes well.  You don’t know the sorts of trouble simple things like that bring with my boys.  o_O

I am putting this up half-done in case anyone else wants to complete the tree before Thanksgiving.  Maybe after the boys fill out their leaves, I will snap a few pictures so you can see how humble my boys are *snicker*.  Couldn’t type that with a straight face…….

Here is the entire centerpiece, not gorgeous but I just threw out what I had last year.  I did add the Thankful tree and little signs from the Recollections Simply Autumn stack.  Awesome stack, so fun.  I forgot to tell you guys I cannot decorate to save my life.  ^__^   Oh well.