Month of Thanks and Mercury glass

I put away all the Halloween decorations yesterday, and today is my anniversary of my husband and I 's first date, so we are taking off a little early today to celebrate.  When the Halloween decorations came down, then I just shifted to Thanksgiving.  I love November, because of two reasons;  First of all, it is the month when we think about all that we are thankful for, (although I try to do this all the time)  and second it is the month we start preparing for Christmas.  Thank goodness, we don't have a presidential election every November, because I don't think we could handle that every year.  Can't wait until it is over!  My heart goes out to all those who were affected by the horrific storm on the east coast!

My Mikasa Thanksgiving platter is ready for that Turkey!

My centerpiece for the table might change a bit in the next couple of weeks.

 And everyone knows how much I love mercury glass, and polished silver with slightly tarnished look.  My friends are starting to take notice, and give it to me as gifts, and when I see an unusual piece, I just can't hardly resist it.

 A few weeks ago I was in this unusual shop, and found this candle holder.  I just had to bring it home.  These two pieces are authentic mercury glass.

I finally found the Looking glass paint by Krylon (it is hard to find,so my local hardware started carrying it just for me) so I could try this faux mercury glass effect.  I love the results on these glass pumpkins that I found at thrift stores.  Oh Happy day!

And then this is the other faux mercury glass treatment that I did on a plastic pumpkin.  I used bright silver paint with a touch of hammered iron.  I love spray paint!     I paid $1.00 for each one of my pumpkins treated.  So HAPPY NOVEMBER TO ALL!