Needing that special something to accent your holiday decor? Here's my 5-minute "floral" arrangement.
I took a brief break from cooking on Wednesday. Just needing to do something else for a minute or two.
I used my silver champagne cooler that never gets used for champagne, but that I hang on to anyways, because it was a wedding gift in a previous century. And I didn't polish it for this use, as I like the look of a slightly tarnished silver container for florals.
I also used a 1-quart canning jar. The photo shows a wide-mouth jar. After taking the picture I switched it out for a narrow-mouth jar (a better fit for the branches of cedar).
I put the canning jar inside the champagne cooler. A 1-quart jar is just the right height for this kind of cooler.
I went outside with my clippers and gave one of the cedars a bit of a trim. In the warmth of my kitchen, (and on the kitchen floor before I planned on mopping for guests), I trimmed all of the branches to the same length. I added water to the jar, and plopped in the branches.
I have a holiday floral pick wanting a home, so I added that, and voila . . . a lovely holiday accent for my kitchen counter.
And you know what? Writing this out actually took me more time that creating this arrangement.
Now it's back to cooking. This is my Thanksgiving Day post. I will be a tad busy in the morning, so I am posting this now, instead. I've got my stretchy-waist pants all set out for tomorrow (don't you just love that they add Spandex to everything now?) Hope you have a wonderful day with your family. I'll be back sometime Friday.
I've been richly blessed in this life. Happy Thanksgiving!
