yummy thanksgiving place-cards.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

I know I am too late to inspire my Canadian friends this year, but you Americans still have a month to think about pretty-ing up your thanksgiving table.  I don't usually go overboard.  Last year I gathered twigs and hot-glued them together as a stand for very simple place-cards. This year, I was in the mood for something yummier:

Pumpkin cookies, matching stamps and some washi tape.   It's a simple design, but I didn't want to make anything fussy or very time-consuming this year.



For the stamped pumpkins, I computer-generated the names and used lawn fawn stamps and dies (click here!)



My cookies are so simple.  But I'm thrilled at how much cleaner my piping looks!  I tried out some texture on a few of them, but made this simple version for most of them.  My friend Marlyn (Montreal Confections) taught me everything I know so far - here's the tutorial for how to make the royal icing:



We have so much to be thankful for this year!  Cheers to counting our blessings, and stuffing our faces full of turkey, sweet potatoes and apple pie.

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counting blessings.

With Canadian Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought I'd graciously give you a small break from Christmas cards *wink*

Lawn Fawn is teaming up with Epiphany Crafts this week to show off their shape studio tools.  You can create custom embellishments for your cards or scrap pages.  Check them out!

I used the square craft tool to number my cute fall images.  I used these lawn fawn sets: happy feast, so thankful, into the woods.

Of course I'm thankful for mostly food, haha. You know how some people stop eating when they're stressed? I wish.  My husband and I have packed on a few extra pounds in the last 6 weeks, caring for Sofia with her double casts.  sigh. We're crawling to the finish line, folks.  I'm thrilled to say that her legs will see the light of day this Thursday. Thank you for all of your encouragements and cards - I am so thankful for you!

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