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Put The Pumpkin On The Table - Creative Pumpkin Centerpieces & Tablescapes

By Karin Lidbeck for Country Gardens

(Image credit: Andre Baronowks for Country Gardens)

Since we've got plenty of time while we wait for the Great Pumpkin to arrive, why not put together a fall pumpkin themed centerpiece for your table - or take it even further and create an autumn pumpkin tablescape?

Nowadays we have so many options - not just orange! White and green pumpkins are at the height of their popularity right now. Feeling super-inspired and creative? Then you might just want to paint your own pumpkins or gourds whatever color you choose, giving them the ultimate personalized look!

I've chosen a few of my favorite pumpkin centerpieces and tablescapes below to awe and inspire you, and maybe give you a few ideas. Use them as inspiration for your fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving tables. Click the photo or text below it to visit the original post! Let me know which you like the most by leaving a comment below!

Fresh & modern. Love! from Casadeperrin

Whip up a batch of homemade pumpkin-shaped rolls and use those as your centerpiece - from Amy @ The Idea Room

Beautiful and rustic harvest table from Jenny Steffens

I'm in love with this look of berries and white pumpkins from Ella Claire Inspired

Orange + Blue = Yes

Beautiful natural centerpiece

How pretty! Copper and neutrals from Liz Marie Blog

Pretty coastal style from H2OBungalow

Use a hallowed pumpkin as a vase and fill with seasonal flowers.

Fall table via Sucasasuafiesa

All white: hydrangeas, antlers, candles, & pumpkins

More orange and blue, yay! from StoneGable

Love this more traditional box design with candles, pumpkins, & gourds

Natural & neutral greens and whites

Blue Willow china & pumpkin from Celebratingeverydaylife.com

A variety of different sized candles

Succulents in white pumpkins

Which do you like best?

Orange & Blue For Autumn

I can't not talk about orange and blue. What a great color combination! And not only that, what a great way to display your blue and white china but with some orange pumpkins or gourds during autumn.

Whether you collect blue English transferware, Blue Willow china, or my favorite—amazing Flow Blue china— autumn is one of the best times of the year to show off your blue china by pairing it with the warm orange and yellow tones of the season.

Right now I have the plate shown here (flea market find, two for $4!) displayed on a table with a few mini pumpkins on top. And that's it—plain and simple, no froufrou, no glitter, no ribbons, no magic dust, just a mini celebration of color. As a matter of fact, if I were going to add anything else at all to this look, it would be a bed of two or three fall-colored autumn leaves below the pumpkins, and that's it.

I love looking at and being inspired by amazing and creative tablescapes (and I have a new blog post coming soon showing a few of my favorites!), but to tell you the truth, they're really not my personal style for my own home.

Unless I am dressing up my table for a one-time special event such as Thanksgiving, I keep my table pretty much straightforward and simple. Sometimes I just don't have the time to put into it, or the extra money to spend on it!

Plus, the more stuff I put on my table, the more nosy my cat gets - and he has to take a really close look at everything.

How do you decorate your table for fall?

Have a great week!
love,

Laura

All Hail The Pumpkin! Amazing Fall Pumpkin Displays

I see them. They're everywhere. In people's yards. On the side of the road. In fields. On display outside of every single grocery store I pass. It used to be just orange colored ones. Now there's white, yellow, blue, green - pumpkins everywhere. Big ones (I like those), small ones (I like those too!), tall ones, squat ones, you get the picture. Pumpkins are everywhere. Well, at least they are where I live - in Pennsylvania. Pumpkin territory.

For the past few years I wrote blog posts about the creative ways that different folks display and gussy-up their pumpkins. They paint them, decoupage them, glitter and sequin them, stack them, transform them into spiders and cats and giant eyeballs. All of those are cool. They're creative and unique. But sometimes I like my pumpkins just - pumpkins.

Below I've collected some of the most beautiful au naturale pumpkin displays put together by some creative, like-minded folks. Which style do you prefer?

Amazing porch step display from The Graceful Gardener

A short ladder makes a great outdoor display. From SuesGarden Journal via Pinterest

Beautiful fall pumpkin mantle display discovered here via Pinterest

Galvanized tub with a variety of pumpkins found here via Pinterest

Another amazing pumpkin display from The Graceful Gardener

Mushroom pumpkins made with gourds and pummpkins

Unusual colors and shapes look amazing without any props to go along with them!

Cute pumpkin display with gourds from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs

Which do you like best?

Apples, Sausage & Sweet Potatoes: A Savory Autumn Dish

This Savory Autumn Dish of sausage, apples, and sweet potatoes is a recipe that has been in my family for many years. As a matter of fact, my mother has been making it for as long as I can remember.

It's a delicious, hot savory supper that's perfect for a chilly fall day. It only has the three main ingredients, takes little time to prepare, is full of rich flavor, and is even better the next day - if there is any left!

I love it because it is a true reflection of the fall season - fresh picked apples and sweet potatoes are seasoned with cinnamon and mixed together with sausage and then baked in a hot oven...it creates the most amazing aroma...

Ingredients & Directions
3-4 medium apples
3 large sweet potatoes
2 pounds of sweet sausage

Peel and core the apples, cut into quarters and then cut in half again.
Boil the sweet potatoes just until they become fork tender. Remove from pot and carefully peel with a knife and cut into 1/2" slices. (You can use yams if sweet potatoes are not available in your area.)
Cook sausage in frypan with water or bake in oven until done. Remove sausage from pan and cut into coin-shaped slices. Save the sausage drippings.

Layer in a large oven-safe bowl:
Sausage and sweet potatoes on the bottom of the bowl, apples on top.

In a small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup mix:
1 Tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup cold water
4 Tablespoons sausage drippings

Mix together above ingredients and then pour over top of the apples, sausage and sweet potatoes.
Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
Cover with lid or foil and bake in 375° F oven for 45 minutes.

Putting it all together

Ready for the flour mixture & cinnamon

Ready to bake! I top with tons of cinnamon!

After baking, gently fold ingredients once or twice to mix. Sauce will thicken upon standing. Serve with additional cinnamon.

Sprinkle with lots of cinnamon! My sister gave me this cute little cinnamon bear. I love him!

Yum!

What's your favorite autumn dish?

Have a great week!
Love,

Laura

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The Bohemian Autumn Home: Rich Color & Warm Light

After the last whisper of summer disappears, Autumn arrives like a sigh...

Here are some of my favorite glimpses of autumn, expressed in crafts and home decor. The main theme that I feel is mainly composed of three things: rich, saturated colors combined with natural materials and a warm glow of light...but another important main element that's not possible to share via this simple blog post is the scents of fall. You'll have to use your imagination for that...