Thanksgiving Centerpiece

While I was bumbling around on Pinterest for centerpieces I found this really elegant picture of a wheat bundle wrapped and slightly twisted and set up as a centerpiece in the middle of a table. Well, I thought....Thanksgiving!! That's perfect. I wish I could show you that picture....I didn't actually *pin* it, I just stored it in my mind. :-) 

I searched everywhere (if everywhere=the Dollar Store) for some wheat. I knew I could probably find some at a greenhouse or at Michaels....but I also knew I wouldn't like the price. At all. So, I brainstormed a bit and thought, HEY!! Actually, it was more like HAY!!. Hay would totally work. 

And, I was right!

Hay isn't just for horses any more my friends.

I collected all kinds of hay tops from a field that had gone by without being fully hayed and I trimmed them and gathered them in a bundle. I used some linen and some burlap material (with a little hot glue) to secure them in place and then I just twisted above and below the fabric in opposite directions. I love it as a center piece. 

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A Marvelous Mess #38 and Features!!!

We're trudging into November and the end of fall. I've been working on getting some Harvest/Thanksgiving projects out....did you get a chance to see my Ombre Pallet? 

Some really fun projects at the party this week. And, a lot of food....boy did that all look tasty!! This is totally the time of year for baking and having the nice warm smell of freshly made bread, a nice hot cocoa.....k, I'm hungry. :-)

On to my fave's:

Silver Leaf Wine Bottle from My Covered Bridge. Totally cool. I've never tried silver leaf before. 

 Frozen Peanut Butter Pie (of YUM) from Screaming Sardine.

Colonial Williamsburg Gingerbread Cookies from The Traveling Spoon.

And, the project I'm going to feature on my sidebar is.....

Christmas Trees from Creative Passage. I am just loving the colors and textures of those trees!!
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Now, on to the party!!

Shutterfly Giveaway!! Need some Holiday Cards??

In the past, I have made my Holiday cards by hand. I love to do it, but it can be a pin in the fa-tooch. You know what I mean? That's why I was really happy to try out Shutterfly for my Christmas cards last year. I got to customize my card with my own photo and choose from a myriad of different (and can I just say *adorable*) templates. Like this one:

Love this Christmas Card. It's kind of got a South American feel to it. That might just be me. 

And, by the by, that is definitely NOT my family in the photo. :-) We clean up nice, but not that *perfect*. And, I'm proud of it......or the name of my blog isn't Marvelously Messy.

They've got other great themes too for a variety of cards. Aren't these baby announcements the sweetest??

Another fun option you can do for the holidays is make a photo book. I've done this before with great success: I made a book of our yearly trip to Myrtle Beach for the Munchkins grandparents. I was really pleased with the way it turned out!!

So what are you going to do for your Christmas Cards this year??

You can find Shutterfly in these places:

WEBSITE

FACEBOOK

TWITTER

Personally, I think Shutterfly is fantastic!! Would you like a chance to win some Christmas cards??

I'm going to give away 25 Photo Cards to THREE lucky winners!!

When the giveaway is done, I'll be mailing three of you a coupon code for your 25 free cards (shipping not included). 

This Contest will end on Friday, November 11th, @ 11:59 EST

Here are the rules (leave a comment for each entry):

1. Comment on this post about what you usually do for Holiday Cards

2. Follow Marvelously Messy on GFC (left hand sidebar of my blog)

3. Follow Marvelously Messy on Facebook

4. Follow Marvelously Messy on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway (leave your twitter name in the comment).

CONTEST IS OVER!!
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