Christmas staples: Buds, twigs, branches and berries
There's nothing like the real thing for Christmas decorating. You get to go for a little adventure in the woods with your trusty snippers, and come away with a red nose and a trunk full of inspiration. 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. Hubby made me a trough box for my trunk/ottoman. I knew what I wanted to put in it, but I couldn't hack away anything else in my yard. My sister came to the rescue. Remember last year when I posted about her nature inspire Christmas ? She had already made her yearly trip for bough and twig cutting to complete her planters and agreed to take me to her spot. Bonanza. Here's her efforts ... Don't you love that hit of yellow with the red? Now on to my family affair project.. My son spra...