Progressive Thanksgiving Dinner - Place cards

Place cards ~ do they have a place at your table?

If you don't have them chances are your Thanksgiving guests won't leave saying…

"Well, the turkey she raised and cooked to perfection & the cranberry sauce she made from her bog of berries & the vegetables she grew from her raised beds & the pie she made from her home grown heirloom apples & the center piece she whittled from a fallen tree in her yard…well, those things were all nice, but...did you notice there were no place cards?!"

No they won't -  because place cards do not make or break a holiday meal.  

That being said, they do elevate the occasion.  Don't you think?

Cinnamon Stick Place Cards

People like to have a "place".  They stand around wondering - not wanting to sit in anybody's spot.  

I bet your family has "spots". Mine does. So place cards at a holiday meal not only elevate, but take out the guess work.

These cinnamon stick place cards are easy to make, and dare I say, are lovely!

This is what you need:

• Cinnamon sticks
• stiff twine or thin cording
• ribbon
• flowers and/or greenery
• a small tag
• hole punch
• pinking shears (if u want to get snazzy!)

Slide the twine or cording through the cinnamon stick and tie the ends together at the mid point.

Insert the flowers and/or greenery in to the end with the bigger gap.  Trim ends if needed.

Add ribbon, twine or other embellishment & tie.  Add hole punched tag with name & tie again.

Wasn't that easy?  

If you don't use any glue, which you don't need & I didn't, you can reuse the cinnamon stick to make your house smell great.  Click here to learn how.

 These cinnamon stick place cards will have a place on my table this Thanksgiving along with our traditional Thankful Cards.

It really is the little things that make a regular day, a holiday and people ~ feel special. 

Pin my place cards to your holiday or projects boards and give them a try!

** Kelly **

 You may also like the scrubbing pads I made into pumpkins!  They are truly darling and can also be used as a place cards by adding a little tag.  Have a look here...

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