This year I wanted all
of my Christmas decorating
to be creams, burlap,
mercury glass and greens ~
The challenge was to
take things I had and
kind of recreate them
and also to use things
that I had around
my home already ~
We have an artificial tree
but I wanted fresh greens
for the awesome smell ~
I went to Lowes and they
gave me cuttings that
were just laying around
from their fresh
Christmas trees ~ It was
awesome!! I left
with an armload ~
Then I got some of my old
glass ornaments and
washed them in warm sudsy
water to make them
turn into a wonderful
mercury glass ~
Next I took a wreath that
was shoved in the attic
and took off all the old
decorations ~
Then I added
clippings from the greens
all over and used
some hydrangea
blossoms that were still
on bushes ~
Then added some of the
mercury balls that
I had washed ~
This is our mantel with
stocking for my precious
grand babies ~
I am still using the
hydrangeas that
I showed you in this post ~
The colors have faded
but they work great for
my tree ~
My armful of greens
helped create all of
these simple little
Christmas vignettes
and it smells great!
Have fun decorating!
hugs,
Lori