They say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." I couldn't agree more. I am OBSESSED with photographs. I think this love of images was cultivated by growing up in a digital age where digital cameras have almost always been the norm, where sharing photos has been a part of my social experience since before high school, and where taking, printing, showing, and manipulating pictures has been getting easier and easier as technology continues to progress. I remember taking black and white photos with my father's camera, waiting a week for the images to get developed, and throwing away half the stack of images because they were blurry or too dark. Now, you instantly see what you take and you can take hundreds if not thousands of pictures in an attempt to get the "perfect" shot.
This is the first year my husband and I will be getting our families together for Thanksgiving. Last year he was deployed, and so this holiday seasons is that much more exciting for me. It's important to me that it feels very personal for everyone who is attending, and so I've decided to decorate the table with little votive candles, adorned with images of those who will be attending our special feast, which explain the relationships between one another.
These little decorations are so easy to make, and a wonderful way to remember those family members who have passed on, but are still such an important part of your family. At the end of the meal, everyone can take one home. OR make them place settings by using an image of the person who should be sitting at that place.
To Make:
Simply de-saturated the color of a number of digital photos. Since you'll be reducing the size of the image, you can grab them off of Facebook. Purchase some glass votive candles (You can get these at Michael's for relatively cheap). Measure the height of the votive and re-size the image to be that height. Cut out the photo and glue it to the glass. Last step is to frame the shot with a gold marker (or any color paint market that matches your table). We used gold so that it would match our gold painted pears and our dinner-plates.
