No, I am not trying to keep up with the Jones, never have and they are way out of my league anyway, but I do try to stay a little current with fashion and decor trends and design. Now most trends I pass on, but there are a few that are harmless, so I dabble in them a little.
For a long time the ivy topiary ruled and was king, but lately he looks a little dated.
The new kid on the block is a little miniature tree. There’s only one problem, price.
If you’ve priced one of these little gems, then you know that $30 doesn’t buy much, so I thought maybe I could just make one.
A couple of little bunches of greenery from Michael’s on sale for $7 and a stick from the yard and I think it will pass. All I did was push all the greenery to the ends of each stem, cut off the excess wire then wrap all the wire stems together tightly and wire to my stick. I filled in the bottom with a few that I hot glued.
I also added a little more white to the shelf and hung two white plates. Just changing things up a bit.
I love this fabulous french script rooster runner, what a fun gift from a dear friend.
I love using greenery and the little pots are fabulous fillers and accents for all kinds of arrangements. You can see a tutorial for creating a variety of little “greenery gems” here.
So, what do you think, does it pass?
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See you tomorrow for Inspire Me Tuesday. I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to.
I am joining the following parties:
Boogieboard Cottage for Masterpiece Monday
Creatively Living for Monday Funday PartyMod Vintage Life for Mod Mix Monday
The Dedicated House for Make It Pretty Monday
Between Naps On The Porch for Metamorphosis Monday
Dwellings-Heart of Your Home for Amaze Me Monday
Rain on a Tin Roof for Give Me The Goods Monday
An Extraordinary Day for Project Inspire
Comforts of Home for Tasty Tuesday
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