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------Try using fresh cut holly stems for filler in baskets, on shelves, anywhere you wish to throw in a bit of greens! ------Recycle artificial Christmas Trees. Use the limbs to make swags for your outside window boxes or to fill baskets for your porch. It's really simple to do. I would suggest wiring them to a thin board for the window boxes and tying a bow of any color in the center. They can be saved from year to year. ------Collect leaves from the yard and spray them with metallic gold, copper, or silver paint. Add them to wreaths, show them off in a bowl or basket, or use as accents on shelves, the possibilities are endless. ------Take a walk in the woods. Take along a garbage bag and fill it with "ground pine" (it grows like a vine). When when you get home, use a metal hanger and bend into a circle. Wrap the ground pine around it and secure with wire. You now have a wreath for your front door! ------Use 1/8" metallic ribbon and raffia for your Christmas tree. Tinsel is not one of our favorite things! So, we take a piece of the ribbon, available in all colors, and a piece of raffia. Tie a shoe lace bow with tails. Attach to the tips of the tree limbs for added "country glitz"! ------Have a quart mason jar, a short
string of lights, and some potpourri? Put the lights inside the jar, fill
with your favorite scented potpourri. Add a crocheted doily over the top
of the jar (of course, leaving the end of the lights out to plug in). Once
the doily is over the top, secure with a ribbon around the "neck" of the
jar. Plug it in and you have yourself an attractive item for any place
in your home. It also smells wonderful as the heat from the lights spreads
the scent throughout your home. (I have been using mine and no problem
with fire, but if you are leery, keep an eye on it. -- Ange)
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