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Thanksgiving is five days away and it's time to plan your tablescape. Whether you're having a formal dinner with the heirloom china or an informal gathering around the kitchen table, the setting in which your meal is presented makes an impact on the food's visual appeal.
Susan Moses, executive chef and co-owner of 212 Market, says her downtown restaurant uses small arrangements so that diners can see each other across the table.
"Large arrangements block the view. Without flowers, though, something would be missing. If you are going to go with a lot of flowers, keep them low or use grasses so people can see through them."
Gil Cartwright and Curt Hodge, co-owners of Flowers by Gil & Curt, prepared three arrangements to jumpstart your creativity. The beauty of these arrangements is that they can be made to fit a variety of containers you have around the house -- baskets, bowls, silver serving pieces -- and they can be made from loose flowers combined with pods and greenery that you might have growing in your yard.
The only expense, other than flowers of your choice, is floral foam ($1.99 for one 8-inch rectangle, Hobby Lobby) and 6-inch floral picks ($2.27 for 60, Hobby Lobby).
Susan Palmer Pierce is a reporter and columnist in the Life department. She began her journalism career as a summer employee 1972 for the News Free Press, typing bridal announcements and photo captions. She became a full-time employee in 1980, working her way up to feature writer, then special sections editor, then Lifestyle editor in 1995 until the merge of the NFP and Times in 1999. She was honored with the 2007 Chattanooga Woman of ...
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