You know what I like about Thanksgiving? It's a holiday about gathering together and enjoying one another over a meal. It's not about gift giving. It's not about big decorations. It's not about parties or dressing up or cookie baking. Don't get me wrong, I like at lot of those things but not with Thanksgiving. That's probably why there's less commercialization of the holiday which is why we generally jump from Halloween to Christmas commercials!
By the way, have you seen how few turkeys there are available to purchase. Two reasons, turkey production has been at it's lowest level ever (I wonder why?) and the avian flu. I was able to purchase a turkey at the grocery store...and a small one at that...but instead of large quantities of turkeys, there were only a few in an eight foot section of the freezer compartment!
So do you have any special plans for the weekend? If it's not raining, why not some fall activities like raking leaves (And, of course, you have to jump into the leaf pile at least once!), or apple picking. And pick up some apple cider donuts which are all over the northeast. Enjoy an outdoor fire in a fire pit and roast some marsh mellows and hot dogs! Or take a walk in the woods and enjoy the color. And my favorite...watching football. We have actually set up a tv outside so we can watch while enjoying a fire in the fire pit and roasting marsh mellows...
Well, I decided how to finish this decoration...
It's nice the way it is but I wanted to add something so I cut out small pieces of scrap fabric in fall colors about an inch square. I frayed the edges keeping the discarded string. I places a drop of tacky glue in the center of the wrong side of the frayed fabric square and pinched it to gather...
Then, using a glue gun (You could also use tacky glue but make sure it dries well.) I added the fabric pieces to the twigs. I used the discarded string at the bottom of the twigs...
The picture is a bit darker than the actual piece. I like the way it turned out. I'm going to place it on a picture/plate stand rather than hang it up on the wall.
There are other ways to add to the tree including buttons, leaf shapes cut out of paper, using paper instead of fabric or leaving it plain. But I have to say that it really is an inexpensive decoration that looks really nice.
Enjoy your weekend...do something special...get some rest...
Talk with you on Monday...