Yes, it’s true. We are those people. When walking our dog last night we took home something out of one of our neighbor’s trash piles. On the first pass, we saw the said item, commented on it, and kept going. On second thought, Judd, stealthily swept back and retrieved it.
What is the said item, you ask. Well, um, it was a long strand of live garland. I have no idea why our neighbor would throw it out. It was clean, still smelled fresh, was only a little bit dry (but still manageable), and it was very well wired together. It was a wasteful move on our neighbor’s part if I do say so myself. But, hey her trash is our treasure. :) Maybe we can get her to throw away a slip covered linen sofa or some custom bedding next. I won’t hold my breath. ha.
Being so close to Christmas, I was kind of over the decorating. All I managed to do this year was to get our tree up. I thought that would be enough since we weren’t expecting company this year. However, when we saw the garland, the idea of a beautiful mantel was too much to keep us from it. Judd deemed it worthy of using. Now, I am glad we have it.
There was enough garland to put on our mantel and to use on our table as a centerpiece. I added white lights, silver balls, and pine cones to the mantel garland. Judd picked some fresh magnolia from our yard to tuck in it also. Oh, I also added a cute little wooden reindeer that a colleague gave me for Christmas (Thanks Teresa).
I used the same treatment for a small piece of the garland on our table. I positioned it on top of a split barrel that I already had.
For a last minute, on a whim, decoration I think it all came nicely together. I snapped a few photos with Judd’s iphone. Per our usual lately, my apologies for the poor photo quality. We’ve got to get a new camera.
In case I don’t get another post up over this busy holiday time, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.
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