happy holidays!

welcome to my front porch all decked out for the holidays!

using NO money.

i just pulled together things that i already own with treasures from the garden.

this was not hard at all......

i stuffed newspaper down in the artillery basket,

jabbed in some branches and artemesia (the silver foliage),

added fresh greenery, ivy and huge pine cones.

topped it off with a fluffy bow (well, i did spend money on the ribbon last year)

and there you have it.

it's similar to potting up a beautiful planter...

something tall and spikey

+

something round and fluffy

+

something hangy downy

isn't that nice of mother nature to provide a natural green and red backdrop.

(nandina and bishops weed)


i pulled my daughter's childhood chalkboard out of the attic
for an instant festive greeting.

wreaths and garland i have had for years...

relocation makes them seem fresh.

i set down those two wreaths, not knowing where i would put them, and then realized they looked fine right there.

a collection of watering cans sits here all year long.

sometimes i put fresh greens in them.

i borrowed one of the watering cans from the porch

and plopped a live branch into a glass vase sleeve (easier to change the water than emptying the whole can), and hung tiny mittens on it.

happy holiday's!

thanks for stopping by!

i know some of you have already had SNOW this year...

i sure wish you would send some of the white stuff my way!