How to Host a Friendsgiving Luncheon

It’s so fun to get together with your girl friends, especially durning the holidays! What better way than to have a luncheon!

For the past few years I’ve held a Harvest luncheon or a Friendsgiving luncheon with friends and family. Instead of exchanging gifts we give the amount we would have spent on a gift to an animal rescue shelter in the area.I work with a few rescues and they all are in such need of food, toys, bedding and funds for vet bills. We all are so excited to contribute! Any amount helps!!!

A Friends Giving Table Setting

This year I want to make my luncheon a little special! I’m using china, chargers, and glasses with a gold etching around the rim. They blend well with the my china as the dishes are also trimmed in gold. The china set was a gift from my brother years ago. It’s very special to me, it’s befitting with the meaning of this luncheon.

The color of the plates are a little untraditional for fall but i’ll add a little mixture of fall colors to give my table a fall vibe.

This set has a hint of soft pink, touch’s of brown, and a hint of gold around the edges of the dishes.

I’ve added a brown table cloth as my backdrop, pink napkins to accent the plates and little gold touches throughout the table.

The center piece I’m creating for the table is all real except for the eucalyptus spray. All the flowers are from my yard. I cut some this morning! The weather has been so beautiful and my flowers are still growing! I layered the flowers onto the spray and arrange the flowers around the leaves.

Adding some dried eucalyptus and a few twigs from the yard. Isn’t it the best when you can add nature to your decor!

A place setting

Adding touches of gold brought out the little gold etching in the plates. My gold silverware doesn’t really get much use during the year, but during the holiday’s it does double duty! I also added a charger, it gave my settings a little something extra!

My napkin rings are a pretty brushed gold.

The glasses are simple with a gold rim.

I added a few tall thin gold candlesticks, they are thin enough not to obstruct our view. I’ve added a few clear votives with solar candles on the table as well, they give a nice ambience to the table!

The table is set for some very special guest! I hope they will feel relaxed and a little pampered at our luncheon!

I also made a sweet treat a Gluten Free pumpkin Spice Cake i’ll serve for dessert. I’ve included the recipe at the bottom of the post.

Thank you for checking back in on my blog, I really appreciate you! I hope this inspires your holiday table scapes!

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Happy Holidays!