This time of year, you can get rosemary topiaries at nurseries and places like Target, Lowe's, and Home Depot (and the grocery stores, but they're more money there). I know it has to stay indoors in colder climates.

It's cheaper to buy an herb plant from the nursery than it is to buy herbs from the store most of the time!

I don't have lots of ramekins. I do have vintage cut glass and pressed glass dishes in different shapes that were given to me by my grandmother (some came in other ways). I will be pulling some of those out as well.

If you naturally have pinecones, acrons, or brightly colored leaves, you could use those. We don't have those here, but we do have some nuts in their shells that were given to us that I can use along with some herbs from the garden and some apples.

I don't usually get the opportunity to decorate a table for Thanksgiving (never, in fact) because we always get together with my husband's family at someone else's house (around 50-80 people). This year it's at my house, with a much smaller number and my side of the family.

I am also going to use some free printables from here http://paperandcake.blogspot.com/2009/11/paper-cake-giving-thanks.html

and am putting my 7-year-old in charge of them (she is thrilled!)

I did something similar to this for our wedding, but with white mardi gras beads to be the filler or water at the bottom of our dried flower arrangement.