Planning a terrific Thanksgiving Day celebration? KDHamptons contributing Entertaining & Design editors Maureen Anders and Adria Ruff share their inspired ideas below in this fun new Anders Ruff Party Diary. The design duo shares, “Every family celebrates fall and the tradition of Thanksgiving in a different way. We have a host of tips to help our readers orchestrate a beautiful and memorable fall feast or Thanksgiving party. This Fall Harvest Thanksgiving Party hosts natural and handmade elements that were our inspiration around the new printable Fall Harvest Printable Collection.“  Here’s how to start planning your turkey day details, below….

Our color scheme revolved around the harvest that we would display on our tables. The colors were tones from artichokes, wheat, bosc pears, green apples, ivory pumpkins, acorns, and pine cones. A backdrop of rusty orange added a bright contrast to these natural tones.

Keep your eye out for some of Anders Ruff favorite fabulous details:

– Spread a message of gratitude this Thanksgiving by serving (or gifting) a favorite bottle of wine embellished with Anders Ruff Give Thanks Wine Labels designed exclusively for Lillian Vernon.
– Sugar cane place card holder with our printable folding place card design
– Fall themed desserts like dipped pumpkin biscotti, poached pears, caramel apples and pumpkin mousse.
– Apple Cider and Wine Bar with homemade cider and apple sauce favors to go
– Thanksgiving or Fall Printable Set with “thankful for” cards that were strung along the table after being filled out.

Styling Tips from Anders Ruff:

Pick a few elements to carry out throughout the entire event. Whether it be a particular harvest or a strict color scheme. In this setup, we carried through “harvest” tones throughout.

– Wrapping paper and patterned papers are an excellent and economical embellishment to use on table tops, buffets and box risers (for the dessert table). We wanted to use antique irish linens to keep with tradition, but created a rustic feel by making a table runner with a textured kraft wrapping paper . The beverage table, favor table and dessert buffet also carried through the craft wrapping paper as a liner.

– Think of new ways to display your place cards at the table. We utilized the sugarcane because it fit within our color and harvest scheme and made the perfect card holder out of the folding label from our collection.

– Dressing up your everyday dishes with a custom fabric charger gives a dramatic effect without breaking the bank. We used cardboard cake rounds to measure perfect circles and placed them on the table to add dimension.

– With our theme being harvest, we tied in traditional canning mason jars as drinking glasses. We used the drink wrap in our collection to add interest to the jars.

– Using your everyday dishes and simple mason jars with handles as beverage glasses are great ways to include children at the adult table without having to use separate table wear.

– Be sure to check out Anders Ruff super chic, affordable, and exclusive new collection for Lillian Vernon HERE. KDHamptons is ordering these personalized cutting boards for family & friends.