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Season's Garlands From the Garden |
| Section: LIFE / HOME |
| Author: Virginia Greiner |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1989 |
| Size: 1,105 Words, 6,278 Characters |
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The garden, not the mall, is the place to go for beautiful Christmas decorations. And December is the perfect month to nip out into the yard for evergreen sprigs that will fill the house with that unmistakable Christmas scent of piny forests. December is also the month to turn dried flowers and herbs into old-fashioned decorations that will rekindle remembrances of Christmas past.
No time, you say, to make homemade decorations? How long does it take to battle your way through holiday traffic to a tinsel-town mall to pay an outrageous price for a plastic monstrosity? All thumbs? Making homemade wreaths and garlands is so easy you can almost do it with your eyes closed.
You don't even have to have your own garden to raid. Many garden centers and florists sell dried...
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...resh them by dabbing on some natural oils used in making potpourri.
The possibilities for making fresh evergreen or dried floral decorations for the holidays are limited only by the materials you gather and the imagination you use in putting them together. Creating your own decorations is a rewarding way to add a very special and personalized tradition to your celebration of the season.
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