Thanksgiving Day is nearly upon us! Have you got everything in place? If not, no need to panic, we’ve got several last-minute Thanksgiving ideas for you from holiday decor, meals, to wines and cocktails . Here is our round-up :
Home Decor
Harvest whatever fruits and vbegetables you grow from your backyard and make them a center-piece. Nature always preserves the best gifts for us at the right time.
We have blogged about Thanksgiving decor tips in the past several years from the front door, entry decor to tabletop and food. We thought it would be a good idea to put them together here in case you need a little bit extra inspiration to host your own Thanksgiving dinner party during this on-going corona-virus pandemic. Our mantra is always about creating memorial moments in life.
And yes we all know that means a good-looking table top and some interesting recipes besides traditional ThanksGiving dishes. So, we share 6 tips to set up table-tops in an elegant way and hope you will get inspired. After all, life is about celebrating every special moment, specially those with family.
Yes, pumpkins, pumpkins and pumpkins for your Thanksgiving dinner table–all different colors and sizes. They look particularly festive when paired with greenery and fresh jewel-tone flowers. Read more…
Fall decor is all about layers and colors. So I feel it is an exciting season to create something fresh, warm and inviting in the chilled weather. At the end of the day, we all love to come back a beautiful home and rest well. Plus, as we all know, the holiday season is approaching. So we can always start somewhere to make some changes. Since we are on the way to wrap our hill project in Orange county, I am going to talk about fall decor we incorporated for the entry. Read more…
In case, you cannot wait to update your front door decor for the fall season but rather stay away from traditional super saturated fall-color scheme, I have 5 ideas for you. Read more…
Christmas and New year are officially in count-down now. Hope you are in a mood for just being festive to celebrate the end of 2018.
One thing that fascinates me about holiday is the cheerful jewel-tone color palette. I feel that most people are just too scared to use the rich jewel-tone colors on the regular days. But those colors are not just for holidays and they do make you happier and enhances your appetite. And most importantly, they are from Nature. So this rich color jewel-tone palette can actually put you at ease and remind you it is time to celebrate. I finally find the time to put together our Thanksgiving table set and will sure update this post soon. Enjoy! Read more…
Hope everyone just had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We usually dined out or went to relatives houses for a big family Thanksgiving dinner. This year, we decided to do something different maybe because of LA’s traffic. I am just joking although it is kind of true. The major motivation is that we have some fine China at home and we want to eat healthy as much as we can. Plus I was in a good mood to make some fresh flower arrangements and a Thanksgiving tables cape. So here is what we did. Read more…
Hope you feel these tips are helpful. This year, together,let’s pray every family safe and well.
Can you believe that Thanksgiving is approaching? 2020’s Thanksgiving, for sure, is going to be so different under the current pandemic crisis. Well, we may all feel a little bit down. But, we really cannot let the virus rob of our life. And maybe this is the time that requires us to think out of box and plan a personal Thanksgiving with a moment of happiness. We know that we will continue our hiking adventures as one of our social distancing activities, try some new color palettes for our table setting and make mouth-watering Keto treats too. From today, we will start a series of Thanksgiving 2020 talking about everything from hiking hot spots in SoCal to festive table-setting, interiors and food. So first thing first, let’s cheer ourselves up by enjoying some beautiful Thanksgiving table escapes we just put together for you.
As ThanksGiving is coming next Thursday, it does require a little bit energy to put up a good festive dinner for family and friends. And yes we all know that means a good-looking table top and some interesting recipes besides traditional ThanksGiving dishes. So, we share 6 tips to set up table-tops in an elegant way and hope you will get inspired. After all, life is about celebrating every special moment, specially those with family.
Yes, pumpkins, pumpkins and pumpkins for your Thanksgiving dinner table–all different colors and sizes. They look particularly festive when paired with greenery and fresh jewel-tone flowers.
2. Besides pumpkins, go ahead to use pomegranates, red apples, permissions, and cranberries…
3. Have a touch of gold and have some glitters: silver, gold, mercury candle holders, glasses, vases…
4. A touch of Chinoiseries to add some sophistication and elegance to the table.
5. Light the table up by candles —they are moody and romantic.
6. Use the current trendy color palette to fresh up the table-top display
This chocolate brown paired with green striped table cloth is just on the trend.
Hope everyone just had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We usually dined out or went to relatives houses for a big family Thanksgiving dinner. This year, we decided to do something different maybe because of LA’s traffic. I am just joking although it is kind of true. The major motivation is that we have some fine China at home and we want to eat healthy as much as we can. Plus I was in a good mood to make some fresh flower arrangements and a Thanksgiving tables cape. So here is what we did.
Fresh flowers always put us in a festive mood. I know it is Fall and it is Thanksgiving. We are supposed to have some colorful foliages. But we are in LA and we have Spring through the year.What a lush indoor garden!The view from my kitchen to the dining room.Time to play around with these adorable pink roses with other purple and burgundy flowers and greenary.The best way to celebrate Thanksgiving—tons of hearty veggies with rainbow colors.A touch of Chinese style with this little cute bamboo steamer.The top view–crystals always make us feel festive.A set of red crystal china is a must for our holiday parties.Baked hearty honey-glazed purple sweet potato.The most popular dish from our Thanksgiving dinner party—beloved Belgian endive beef wraps with Sukiyaki sauce. It’s gone after 5 minutes on the table.Roasted veggies with chicken broth and organic butter.Here is our dinner table.Our floral center piece.Chinese sweet-and-sour soupTime to enjoy a cup of herbal tea.
Here are 7 simple take-aways for hosting a chic and stylish holiday dinner party.
Make sure you are going to have fun. If you are not a super chef or self-claimed one, you can just leave the truly heavy cooking to pros. We ordered a turkey from Honey Baked Ham. It’s so yummy. Therefore, I was able to enjoy myself while cooking cookies, cakes, veggies and setting the table through the day.
Have a lot of fresh flowers.Flowers can instantly put you in a cheerful mood.
Time to take out all of your fine china that you inherited from your grandma.
Have something exotic that people can start a conversation with. We had Belgian endive beef wraps with Sukiyaki sauce and some Chinese steamed food and soup.
Make your dishes as much colorful as you can. It’s festive.