Sometimes you just have to go to your backyard, but there's a limit to happy cutting in a small space. That's where I got the materials for my front porch planters, if you don't count the leftovers from my summer planter and feathers I've recycled several times.
Here's her efforts ...
Don't you love that hit of yellow with the red?
Now on to my family affair project..
My son sprayed the box for me with Krylon Colormaster in nickel. Then I taped it off and used gold to create two stripes around the box. I figured I may as well get with the mixed metal trend.
I had three LED candles (so safe and they actually flicker- daughter tip from Costco) I wanted to use and went to the dollar store and bought seven square glasses to put oasis in to keep the boughs fresh. The alder twigs looked a little boring so they got the spray treatment too in a mix of nickel and gold.
Then I began the arrangement.
Fresh flowers are a must anytime of year.
A favourite vase, fluted and textured makes a stunning centerpiece on my coffee table. Nothing else is needed.
And my favourite berry wreath that has been in every room in the house over the years surrounds a vase of baby's breath and white carnations. You can tell I like my flowers simple and usually white because they work anywhere with anything, especially with red.
I was very lazy with the dining room additions....
I'm not a theme driven decorator, but nature is always a staple in whatever I do. My new purchase for 2014 was two white carved reindeer. I always buy a green plant; this year it is a Norfolk pine in a faux burlap container. May it live for awhile.
For my dining table centrepiece I simply added some fresh cranberries to my Boblen vase, and used it as a candle holder, added a string of red wooden beads (at least 30 years old) and fake red berries to the well used vase of twigs. In honour of the season I changed my tray to my favourite white one with the silver leaf birds and leaves.
And wise silver bird looks on knowingly because he's seen it all before.
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