A Thanksgiving Family Tradition

A Table Favor That Will Recall A Year of Memories

This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving family traditions.. the Thanksgiving Dinner table favor. I rotate my ideas but this is always a winner. I shop for an annual family Christmas CD. With the size of our family, I usually stick to the 1.99 specials that Target and Walmart run during the season. If your guest list is smaller, you could make your CD for each guest by downloading their favorite holiday songs. The music is not the memory maker, it's the CD cover. I make a collage using photos from the past year of special events, family vacations, trips or just candids.

You download the photos from your photo files, crop, re-size and insert into Publisher, Power Point or a photo graphics program.. create a 4.75" wide by 4.6" long rectangle on your screen..insert your photos..add some clip art, some text and print. Test one before you print them all to make sure it fits correctly. I print on cardstock or heavier bond computer paper. Trim it and then insert your masterpiece cover into the CD case over the original cover. You can make them all the same or customize for each guest. Need photos? Email your guests and ask them to send you some. It could not be easier and makes for an extra special table favor.

Here's how it looks inserted into the CD case!




So take some time.. shop for a good price on a generic holiday CD, get the pictures onto your computer and then create away. You will be creating a Thanksgiving family tradition that can serve as an annual album of wonderful family times during that year. You will realize as you are making these that you surely will much to be thankful for in your life.

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