Thanksgiving is just days away and it seems almost
everywhere you go right now, you are bombarded with images of elaborate
spreads of gorgeous stuffed turkeys lined with rosemary and oranges
surrounded by all the trimmings.
While these images might be
beautiful, more often than not they can make you feel that unless you
recreate such an extravagant affair for your Thanksgiving feast, it
just won't be good enough. The reality, though, is that most of us do
not have the time or the money to pull off a magazine-like Thanksgiving
spread.
So to aid you in creating a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration without breaking the bank, I've teamed up with four other excellent bloggers to bring you Thanksiving on a Budget.
Amy from Amy's Finer Things, Erin from Five Dollar Dinners, Jessica from LifeAsMOM, Monica from TheHomespunHeart, and I will be bringing you some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes, how-to's, decorating ideas, presentation tips, money-saving ideas, and much more. I think you're in for quite the treat and I hope that by the end of this week, you'll be inspired that you, too, can pull off a simple, but fabulous Thanksgiving–on a dime!
At the end of the week, we're going
to be enlisting your help as we'll open up the floor
here with a Mr. Linky and encourage you to post your favorite frugal
Thanksgiving ideas and recipes on your blog and then come back here to
share your link with everyone else. We look forward to hearing about your favorite recipes, tips and ideas for
making this Thanksgiving both frugal and festive!
It is our
desire that this series will help relieve some of the "pressure" that
is placed on you to create
the perfect meal on Thanksgiving Day. And we hope you are able to
instead focus more on what Thanksgiving is really all about–taking
time to give thanks for all of the blessings we have been given!