So, if you recall, I filled our wall troughs with autumn floral, greenery, and mini pumpkins in early September. I had stuck a bunch of floral picks into brown spray-painted chunks of styrofoam.
The other day I pulled those blocks of styrofoam out, leaving the floral arrangements intact, and stored them in a dry place until next September. I left the supporting white styrofoam in place in the planters to help support our Christmas arrangements.
Today I took a few minutes to go clip some cedar and fir branches in the yard and gathered some red plastic ornaments, pine cones, and ribbon from my decorating and craft stash.
I laid the evergreen branches on top of the white styrofoam, arranging a few smaller cedar pieces upright to add a little height, then topped the greens with pinecones and ornaments. Adding a plaid ribbon bow to each was the final touch. I spent less than 30 minutes, including finding everything and cleaning up. And here's how they turned out.
It may be simple, but it adds a little bit of color to the front porch and was my favorite price -- free.
Later this week, I'll do something similar on the mantel in the family room, using evergreen branches from our yard, pinecones, more plastic ornaments, and some fairy lights that I stretched out on the mantel as part of our fall decor.
Very pretty! You do such a nice job of making things pretty, frugally.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Cat.
DeleteAre you done for fall term yet? I hope you're enjoying the holiday season.
Finished this week except for finals, which are next week. I'm actually working online through the University of Western States in Portland.
DeleteThat looks so nice, Lili. You are always inspiring.
ReplyDeleteHi Live and Learn,
DeleteThank you. I can't take too much credit for this sort of thing. I see something I like somewhere and I try to do my version with what I have.
Looking at the beauty shows how easy it is to make something look beautiful! I love it! This year is a year of just the minimum. With a death and getting sick we decided to just do a medley of Christmas trees. Found all the small Christmas trees and the plants from the funeral we have
ReplyDeletequite the medley of trees/plants. It's the best we could do this year.
ReplyDeleteHi Alice,
DeleteI know this must be a difficult Christmas season for your family. You've been in my prayers. And really, the decor is not what makes a holiday special. The medley of trees does sound nice and festive.
I hope you can get some cuddles with your grand baby this Christmas!
I'm envious of your greenery in your yard. We used to have a spruce tree, and I was able to harvest some branches for our fireplace, but it died a few years ago. This is lovely.
ReplyDeleteHi Kris,
ReplyDeleteWe do have a lot of greenery all around us, here. When my kids were in elementary school, they each worked on reports about our state. In one book, where it described what each state was known for, for Washington state it said "trees grow well." That they do. I'm sorry you lost your spruce. Perhaps someday you and your husband will plant something new to harvest greenery from.