I am American (living in Australia) and sometimes still find it hard giving up my American holidays.
Like halloween.Obviuosly.(see here if you dont belive me)
And Thanksgiving.
Every year i have these great ideas of how we can celebrate our version of Thanksgiving here, but they just never come to fruision. Probably becausae i have a tendency to overdo everything, and being in between Halloween and Xmas, 2 very busy holidays for us, i usually am sparce on time. So when i saw this great idea here, i was thrilled! What a cute, thoughtful and SIMPLE idea!
The best bit was that i already had everything on hand i needed, and it literally took me all of 10 minutes to out together :) Thankyou Ashlee Ann!
So heres our version of a 'Thankful' tree which will be a new November tradition for us from now on. For a tutorial of sorts (and some really cute pics), visit Ashlees blog.
Bear was keen to be the first to put a leaf on our tree...
We made the tree the first week of November. This is our tree now. As you can see, it's growing every day.
I love reading the things my kids choose to be thankful for everyday. They are so sweet. And speaking of things to be thankful for, My step-mum snuck into my house while i was out the other day a cleaned my kitchen, mopped my floors and left these gorgeous flowers for me. And these are actually only part of the bunch she left me...there were so many i split them into 3 seperate containers!
Better go put that one on the tree!
oh I love this idea. So simple but so effective. Your table looks beautiful.
Posted by: Kelly B | November 20, 2011 at 08:57 PM