Whew it has been a busy weekend. I want to share with you one of my new favorite things around here. Rumor on the street is that it is almost spring. Hooray!
In Seattle, one thing really means spring to me.
Spring = Cherry Blossoms, everywhere. And I love them. The first little ones have emerged from their buds on a few zealous trees this week!
Yet, today it snowed. Just a little bit, but enough to make me insanely jealous of your usual blogger and wistfully imagine how many fruity cocktails she is probably drinking while frying soaking in the sunshine.
Around our house we take pride in mantle arrangement. We change it often and take days perfecting the exact placement of every little thing. Objects are taken from everywhere. In the summer, fresh backyard dahlias in every color imaginable engulf the scene. Last fall we did a great orange and black one with fresh gourds and black paper bats. Christmas is always an endless possibility. This past season, I made various evergreen trees out of wooly felt and stumps from last year's Christmas tree. Wooden reindeer nestled amongst the trees, while bright colored vintage ornaments littered the "forest" bottom and white candles in various heights reached high.
We have been working on our beginning Springtime mantle all week. And, I must say, I am in love.
The idea first started last year around this time. I wanted the blossoms on the mantlescape, so I could see them all the time. I went outside with my pruning shears, cut a few small branches and brought them inside, arranging them delicately on the mantle.
Just the right height, amount of blossoms in every which way, it was perfect. Then, the next morning, while the heat had come on to warm our house, most of the blossoms tumbled to the ground, wilted. Not only was it a huge mess and made allergies go crazy, our mantle was flawed.
So this year I thought, there has to be another solution. Rather then turn off the heat and make my toes freeze... I saw these and saw my cherry blossom solution.
I must say, I am not good at origami. I can't remember the steps often enough, but Bri is very patient with me.
So go make yourself some cherry blossoms that will last all season and glue them to some fallen sticks in your yard.
:) happy SPRING !
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And here is what you get, our mantle, march 09
PS --- The little silver dansk figures are our new-to-us vintage. We got them from Sweetshorn Vintage over on Etsy.
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