Natural & Fancy Place Cards

Here's a more sophisticated use of nature's bounty to decorate the Thanksgiving table. 

If you remember, we started with these locust tree pods. 

The pods became the tails for these 'gobbler gourds' in a previous post. 




Today, we set the table for two. The only question is:

My place?

Or yours?

My, my... isn't he handsome with that twisty stem and colorful pod!

And quite the flirt, too.

They are quite lovely together, dontcha think?

For these natural pod place cards, draw along the pod's edge with an embossing ink pen. Dip the pod in dark green distressed embossing powder and set it with a heat gun; repeat for the lighter green line. Top it off with a fine bead of copper "Stickles." Write names on the pods with a "liquid gold" paint marker. 

I tied my pods to the other two gourds from my plant farm trip. 

So simple and pretty!

These pods are such a great canvas to play with that I also made a simple fall bunting for my computer work station.

What natural wonders are you concocting for Fall festivities?

Come join me for some tea with my Funky Little Teapot!

Check out my Snarky Pilgrim Apron. 
And you gotta see the Silverware Turkey - a real Gobbler!

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{I host a linky party every Wednesday. More info *HERE.*  I'm sharing Natural and Fancy Place Cards with these fine folks, whose links open on ~ Sunday:  Sew Darned Crafty, I Should Be Mopping The Floor, Making Monday Marvelous, Brassy Apple, Craftomaniac, Alderberry Hill, Under the Table & Dreaming, Making the World Cuter ; Monday: Skip to my Lou, Cherished Bliss, The Rustic Pig, Sugar Bee Crafts ; Tuesday: Not Just a Housewife, Carolyn's Homework, Elizabeth & Co., The DIY Dreamer, Tip Junkie's Tip Me Tuesday, Savvy Southern Style, What we Wore & Made, Uncommon, Gingersnap Crafts, The NY Melrose Family, Today's Creative Blog ; Wednesday: I Gotta Create! ,  All Star Block Party, The 36th Avenue, Live-Laugh-Rowe, Handy Man Crafty Woman, The Trendy Treehouse ; Thursday: Scissors & Spatulas, My Repurposed Life, Frugal Girls, Shabby Nest,  Romantic Home, French County Cottage, Stuff & Nonsense ; Friday: Funky Junk Interiors, Happy Hour, Anything Goes, Finding Fabulous, My Simple Home Life, Tatertots & Jello, Thirty Handmade Days, One Creative Mommy ; Saturday: Be Different Act Normal, A Bouquet of Talent, Tutus & Tea Parties, Six Sisters Stuff, Sew Country Chick, DIY Showoff, Positively Splendid , Nifty Thrifty Things}

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