Autumn is all about the harvest, and pieces of fresh fruit make wonderful table decorations for Thanksgiving because they’re bright, beautiful, inexpensive, and… edible! You can do a lot of different things to decorate a Thanksgiving dinner table with fruit. You can add little name tags to the stems of pears or apples and use them as place setting cards (as pictured), or use a bowl of fresh, bright apples as a Thanksgiving table centerpiece. Dotting a bowl or plate of a single kind of fruit with a single kind of flower bloom in a contrasting color is a simple, elegant variation on this. For an unusual twist, surround a bouquet or flowers with cut fruit (cut side facing out) in a large, simple vase. Delivered flowers, incorporating autumnal fruit and vegetable themes, are always available for those who prefer to put their energy and focus into the Thanksgiving dinner. Whether delivered or self-arranged, the effect is one which shows off the fruit’s most intense colors and whets people’s appetites for something fresh and tasty. And don’t forget you can decorate your desserts with fruit–berries and fruit slices make the perfect accent for cupcakes, muffins and cakes, and of course add flavor, too.

Posted by Holly McWhorter at 24 November, 2009

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