Decorating with Magnolia Wreaths
7:00 AMMagnolia wreath with eucalyptus via |
Magnolia garland via |
Traditional magnolia wreath showing the range of color you can get from fresh cuttings! via |
Magnolia and evergreen combination via |
Three years ago I bought a fresh magnolia wreath for our front door when it was on a big clearance from The Magnolia Company. It was the most beautiful wreath -- really similar to the third image above. But now the wreath has fully dried out, and my husband commented when I hung it on the door that he thought that was a "fall" wreath and where was our Christmas wreath? Oi. Luckily evergreen clippings are a great quick fix, so I ran around the wooded areas of our neigborhood clipping evergreen trees (I stuck with the cypress family since I'm not crazy about having pine needles all over our front porch). I'm not saying that it is as nice looking as the above wreaths, but it's a fast and free quick fix if you have a dried wreath that needs a little life.
Before Ok he had a point, it does like a dead leaf fall wreath:
After #1: I started with adding some evergreen clippings from the leyland cypress trees that are abundant in between most of our neighborhood's yards. These will stay green and don't shed pine needles! But it felt a little incomplete when I took a step back.
After #2: I accumulated some holly bush clippings from the backyard and incorporated them to add a different leaf texture. These have the added bonus of being short and fat, so you can put a lot of smaller cuttings into the wreath to "fill it out" if you will. Much better.
The great thing about live clippings is that they are so easy to come by just walking around any public space even if you don't have a yard of your own, and plants always add instant life to your home. This entire project took just a few minutes to complete, and will keep me being able to use my magnolia wreath for years and years to come since I can always incorporate new fresh clippings every year, and maybe even some pine cones or red berries next time.
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Wow it's so beautiful! Thanks for sharing this! =)
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Jessica
oh these are beautiful, magnolias are my favorite flower!
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