Decorate With Spring Branches!
I’ve been spreading spring branches all around my house! It’s amazing to see the decorative power a few humble branches can accomplish when placed in a container or attached to a frame with a simple nail and wire.
I had some leftover apple blossoms from the store. Think we picked them up at Michaels last year at this time. I popped a couple of them in an old cider jug, filled with wood, pencil-like sticks I scored auction treasure hunting {Check out “A Vintage Junker’s Guide: Where To Find The Good Stuff”}. The sticks help disguise the less-than pretty plastic stems and provide some texture. (I should maybe add a couple more inches, don’t ya think?)
I also added some varied pink apple blossoms to my baskets of sticks on either side of the fireplace. I always have the backdrop of the sticks and switch out the foliage in front seasonally. It puts a smile on my face to see the pretty pink reflecting the pink ceiling this time of year. (no, we’re not exact painters:0)
I popped one more pink stem into my pretty, aqua, blob-top soda bottle I learned about {“Antique Bottles”}. And added a cute origami flower {“Origami Flowers: How To Make, How To Use”} with some sticks for added interest. I love how the little dash of pink and aqua highlight the colors in the globe and spring’s up the whole junky grouping! The vintage cameras {“Cameras, Some Things Old, Something New”}, the fan and the globe really turn this into a “these are a few of my favorite things” type of vignette!
I had two spring branches that had more of an arching habit and decided they could give my architectural windows a little spring-time punch rather than the usual wreath. I tapped a couple little nails into the frames and wired them on with some tan bindwire.
Hate to be a tease, but the whole scene’s not quite finished on this one…stay tuned!
The window over the piano got the pretty, pink branch and serves as a nice backdrop to some of my R.A. Frost springtime prints {learn more, “R. A. Fox Prints”}.
Our back hall (and main) entry celebrates the springtime necessity of birds building their nests. A bare white frame gives me an unlimited canvas to display seasonal inspiration. The vintage school art was done by one of the dear contributors we had in our store. There’s quite a bit of Elisabeth’s art throughout my house;) I added a simple green branch to the bottom of the frame and nestled a vintage bird and nest into the corner.
Even my outside pots shed their winter wear and got treated to a couple of fake forsythia branches. Hopefully soon I can add some fresh pansies to them!
And while I was enjoying the 50 degree weather, I grabbed my pruners and snipped some lilac and crabapple branches to make a couple Easter trees. {see them all leafed out in {“Baskets, Bunnies and Eggs All Around the House”}
Happy Spring!
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LOVE THIS!!! Branches are so much fun to use. I love those arching ones you have hanging on the window. Also, those sticks in that jug are genius for hiding those pesky stems!! Pinned!
Glad you enjoyed it, Rachel! I had so many of those sticks; had to find a use for them;)
Beautiful ideas!!!!
Thanks, Amber!
What a pretty way to beat the winter blues! I have a few of those large glass jugs, too. The apple blossoms in yours are just lovely.
Thanks, Audra! I love spreading spring branches all around this time of year!
You’re very creative, and I love those beautiful blossoms! Puts me in the mood to start some Spring decorating, even though we still have lots of snow outside and it was -1° this morning!
We still have snow too, Cherryl! But spreading some fake spring branches around this time of year always makes me feel like spring is coming soon!
Lora, your spring branch arrangements are so charming, I had to pin several! Thanks for sharing the beauty @Vintage Charm!
Thanks, Cecilia!
yep, those are ” a few of my fave things” also!!
You, me, and quite a few others, Sarah!