It's Me, ChristyB Lifestyle blog of a middle-aged mom of two

I typically decorate for Thanksgiving after Halloween and then Christmas the entire weekend after Thanksgiving. It seems more and more people are decorating for Christmas right after Halloween this year. I decided I’m going to do a hybrid Thanksgiving sprinkling in a bit of Christmas at the same time. That idea inspired my dining room tablescape. I started with an old Hobby Lobby fall colored table runner as the base. New this year to the Christmas rotation are two different types of faux garland that I wanted to try out. I intertwined two 5′ pine garland strands and one 6′ cedar garland on top of the table runner. Then I just pulled in things I already had on hand to create the vision. I nestled an old ceramic pumpkin in the middle of the garland. I pulled apart stems of faux pampas grass and preserved wheat stems and tucked...