11 Holiday Decorating Tips using Natural Decorative Branches, Floral vases, Poinsettias, and More
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Through the years, Ive collected holiday decorating wisdom the way a stone gathers moss. Here, Ive compiled 11suggestions for how you can create some fun as well as verve for your Christmas decor this year. Enjoy!
1. You can bring any synthetic branch centerpiece or wreath alive with the addition of fresh pine, cedar sprigs, or eucalyptus. Itll smell like a refreshing holiday woodlandas well.
2. A basic idea for a holiday centerpiece: Lay clean sprigs made of pine or cedar in the heart of the table, then add pine cones and votivecandles in cases. Immediate style!
3. Another easy concept for any Christmas centerpiece (Im full of them): place marbles, stones, or little river rocks right into a tall clear vase. Include natural decorative branches and trim with tiny ornaments, bows, or even crystals.
4. And yet another idea for an easy Christmas branch centerpiece (I wasnt kidding when Isaid that Im filled with them): paint some branches white, after that, insert them in a container and include bows, lights, or glitter. You can use this as a centerpiece on the mantleor side bench, or perhaps the powder room.
5. Dont leave your own indoor floral plants out from the decorating extravaganza: get them prepared for the festivities by placing a bow, ornaments, pine cones, or sparkle decorative branches.
6. You can also add fun to yourChristmas decorations through spraying glue and glitter to ribbons, poinsettia plants, ivy, branches, and more.
7. To increase the dramatic visual effect of the orchid plant, include natural branches (curly willow works great!), or add stones or seashells in the base.
8. You may customize and upscalea wrapped gift with the addition of cut greenery and new flowers inside a water tube, then add it underneath the bow.
9. Did you know thatyou can lengthen the life span of your cut poinsettias if you sear the cut stems with a candle fire for2-3 seconds?
10. Speaking of making poinsettias last longer, drop all of them in cold water for about half an hour, after that, dispose of the milky water then change it with new water.
11. Still on the subject of poinsettias, you can include pizzazz to themby inserting sparkle ting in gold or even silver so they stand several in. above the flowers.
Leia Tunnaye, founder and CEO of Green Floral Crafts, designs and creates branch centerpieces using exquisite tall floor vases and natural dried botanicalsmade from “green” materials.Her business offers a wide selection of natural, sustainable home decorthat also supports people and the planet. See what she is doing with bamboo designs and decorative branches.
