Giving Thanks.

I was Oooooh so happy to get those skeletons and rotting pumpkin out of my house, oh. yes.  

Isn't that the way it goes, - lots of fun in planning, in winding - up.... but the day after?  I am over. it. ... And I know I can't be the only one.

Well, - then what?  Yes, of course,... Thanksgiving... One very important season of gratitude.  

Frankly, though, I'm not a 'Pilgrims and Indians' kind of gal, - and since we head out of town to my dear Auntie's every year, poor Thanksgiving has been nothing but a little stop-over, with a few left-over pumpkins piled up by my front door.

So I had this idea, this season, for a gratitude banner.  My boys love the Birthday/ Celebration ones I've made.... they seem to indicate something special on the horizon, - a little reason for anticipation, celebration, and warmth.  And they are SOOO simple ... just fabric scraps, a little bias tape... and NO pattern-reading needed - (ooh thank goodness.)

 Just one short evening, and ... 

... "Wha-la", - my little Thanksgiving banner - possibly not entirely straightforward in holiday specifics, but 'autumnal-esque' just might be all we need.  It did, however, lead to a little confusion this morning, as the boys noticed it immediately and started dancing around and asking whose party it was, and "WHERE DID YOU PUT THE CAKE????!!!?"

Aah, OK, - let's have a party... and cake? - Well, I say:  WHY NOT~!

(now if I could only get rid of those ridiculous white switch plates on my green wall - ohh, anyway.)