ARRANGING CHRISTMAS GREENS DYI

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwYerwGLpJ-IekdW7GSJBxz6pDN2UaUCoqtkBiiBjK6ThAklA906L19utCfPa4qp96I9gL6zDjBXTxfysN1yPN4zphtsZESYBuhZne_0_jlZywZCvRonYXwj-T7tX3YjNUCs__6M63z93/s1600/Arranging+christmas+Greens+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwYerwGLpJ-IekdW7GSJBxz6pDN2UaUCoqtkBiiBjK6ThAklA906L19utCfPa4qp96I9gL6zDjBXTxfysN1yPN4zphtsZESYBuhZne_0_jlZywZCvRonYXwj-T7tX3YjNUCs__6M63z93/s640/Arranging+christmas+Greens+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is noting like fresh, live greens to bring the beauty and aroma of Christmas inside!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh greens bring a very organic, natural, woodland look to Christmas decor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's easy to put together an arrangement and with a little work keep it looking beautiful and fresh until well after Christmas.<br /><br />I'll show you how...<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=927889236153598968" name="more"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGRm6jvsL7Gxs5KH5eOpuM40lucFmyZTxGE3kE_c_ufpAuxuX2eJTDfD2lQlFH2SSFmiiwWsy2LYoQlyI_T6nLzGODrtFPObbUXAOOrorRgNRMfcNrXXIyAa0wt9jvC7HyruXbC5o_ir-/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWGRm6jvsL7Gxs5KH5eOpuM40lucFmyZTxGE3kE_c_ufpAuxuX2eJTDfD2lQlFH2SSFmiiwWsy2LYoQlyI_T6nLzGODrtFPObbUXAOOrorRgNRMfcNrXXIyAa0wt9jvC7HyruXbC5o_ir-/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2313.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">First you will need to crank up the Christmas music....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a messy job, so work with greens in the garage or outside (I arranged mine in the kitchen for photographic ease).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used a large bread bowl to make a low arrangement for my kitchen table, but this process can be used with almost any container.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because the bowl is wooden and I am working with wet material I put a layer of plastic from a plastic bag  in the bottom of the bowl to protect it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox9IhaSLAPDYCSVr538vbLt6LbpkFz1vCK6-2XmJX-xhJ74zR9WeyTriayYpWU37yeoQ5MhqBXDupQboarFsrhVoFaJECzsZOY0mMw4s2QkVxFHj5-aEbWr-xFJLru-xvOPiigo0uOEU/s1600/bread+bowl+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjox9IhaSLAPDYCSVr538vbLt6LbpkFz1vCK6-2XmJX-xhJ74zR9WeyTriayYpWU37yeoQ5MhqBXDupQboarFsrhVoFaJECzsZOY0mMw4s2QkVxFHj5-aEbWr-xFJLru-xvOPiigo0uOEU/s400/bread+bowl+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I soaked 2 large blocks of oasis in water for about 20 minutes to get them completely saturated and cut them to fit inside the bowl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to use two tall pillar candles in the arrangement. I positioned them on top of the oasis and using a sharp knife, drew around them. I then scored the oasis within the circle and scooped out the oasis with a spoon. This was so easy! I evened out the oasis so the candles fit and would be level.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_8S-_eE1h_bsGDC-QYqa8V2SJRNMGeVXKDjbcnsA4EJlrqS5kXDVGc8PlN1gnw9durHOnGhzyMU1EWkSmxMJ-PZyE7SmXhJDPoA6dRh05jX40jBceI-xYi1v9DhKqtvIL0GFrkiogaM/s1600/Fresh+Green's+arangement+collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_8S-_eE1h_bsGDC-QYqa8V2SJRNMGeVXKDjbcnsA4EJlrqS5kXDVGc8PlN1gnw9durHOnGhzyMU1EWkSmxMJ-PZyE7SmXhJDPoA6dRh05jX40jBceI-xYi1v9DhKqtvIL0GFrkiogaM/s400/Fresh+Green's+arangement+collage+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four different kinds of greens were used to make this arrangement interesting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Fraser fur was used as the base filler...</div><div style="text-align: center;">White pine, Boxwood and Golden Cyprus were used to add fluff, a little color and interest.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I started by arranging the two ends of the bowl. Adding Fraser fur over the the sides of the bowl, I then worked in towards the candles. When the ends of the bowl were filled in with Fraser fur I went back and filled the sides in with the rest of the greens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwzHcJ7CNFfXxRWP1mZqPL1RETFWksFmvOdF9yddVircFTIlr44-Wuo7uN-dHWkauIDRRVBwfJpKjLa4EoZdHBcznt9zRsX1MkPYkO0bCSY849S_8ZHLv1yD4Vu6DBJRETZAzTngy9-yW/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwzHcJ7CNFfXxRWP1mZqPL1RETFWksFmvOdF9yddVircFTIlr44-Wuo7uN-dHWkauIDRRVBwfJpKjLa4EoZdHBcznt9zRsX1MkPYkO0bCSY849S_8ZHLv1yD4Vu6DBJRETZAzTngy9-yW/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2286.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19qRZyY8ih-Jy-t4baM72TIwc5OgK4bTYXBrFme4a5945OjIN4hsZhXwYjug_i_0c98dtYReOFxrbFH6PqZQi3qQ_rhBMThxquK6UPSXT9V4Glv_Im4R2QMjzRhYtFnERN-Tmq85jlG-I/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19qRZyY8ih-Jy-t4baM72TIwc5OgK4bTYXBrFme4a5945OjIN4hsZhXwYjug_i_0c98dtYReOFxrbFH6PqZQi3qQ_rhBMThxquK6UPSXT9V4Glv_Im4R2QMjzRhYtFnERN-Tmq85jlG-I/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2288.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I then filled in the around the candles and center... using the same method I used to fill in the sides. I kept the center greens much shorter than the sides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp7kNP2Cr_1DyW-FWdpsQwW9sD1Z1Zw9RfUeNXGhL012yb1LRFxMnnhb3VOMQ-H40UoRI7obqlHDhpATelQGj-8R0YH1Um8XKxefQqI_spTCJSdNVZTxodSPj5ntsQBM1r6R_zuwgs2oD/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp7kNP2Cr_1DyW-FWdpsQwW9sD1Z1Zw9RfUeNXGhL012yb1LRFxMnnhb3VOMQ-H40UoRI7obqlHDhpATelQGj-8R0YH1Um8XKxefQqI_spTCJSdNVZTxodSPj5ntsQBM1r6R_zuwgs2oD/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2289.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added small pinecones here and there and a birds nest that I filled with pinecones and tiny snips of Cyprus and white pine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYJnl6aCKoBWZT7E5YFmt44pGXO9uNU5qDWnzZa7VgH7agF_bnIs8I0t9M2obOBzEhozSHz2KR4gmvU38yYb8mTB4LjyL6Kg5asaTsTh4FJe2FICEm_LpPW1Jta2mU2_p8oqdK87EWbVh/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYJnl6aCKoBWZT7E5YFmt44pGXO9uNU5qDWnzZa7VgH7agF_bnIs8I0t9M2obOBzEhozSHz2KR4gmvU38yYb8mTB4LjyL6Kg5asaTsTh4FJe2FICEm_LpPW1Jta2mU2_p8oqdK87EWbVh/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2318.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To keep the greens fresh I'll make sure the Oasis stays wet.<br /><br /><br />I change the greens if I see any getting dry or dropping their needles. Just pull out the old ones and add fresh. I do this in my sink to catch the mess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcLmRl0sbWszSZZZ1m1GuueWJhg6XZWBDmGeS7t9WZcjW7k_LpQLMU0W7ZvBvZ5bYwTEfEm8pKPvpIuJGj58f_ljwXy_hNqdR23flripdpWElMQdAOoOAfu2lY3nUfV4gRDrBUa98XX8D/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcLmRl0sbWszSZZZ1m1GuueWJhg6XZWBDmGeS7t9WZcjW7k_LpQLMU0W7ZvBvZ5bYwTEfEm8pKPvpIuJGj58f_ljwXy_hNqdR23flripdpWElMQdAOoOAfu2lY3nUfV4gRDrBUa98XX8D/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2313.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's really a easy as it looks! A few well placed bowls of fresh greens make the whole house smell wonderful and look beautiful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g4a3_y07dTbG7_j3F7IfYPNAhI5SAfdMXmejF_BJcsYyY79Ud2FsGOXx1vHTHJLj6Jq910Ip3UN8V-4uJBCHW7RuM_JG5UrTU0XxtpIY_CTYUXT1NFNtC3aynsUHI5JKOHVwldPXE8nK/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g4a3_y07dTbG7_j3F7IfYPNAhI5SAfdMXmejF_BJcsYyY79Ud2FsGOXx1vHTHJLj6Jq910Ip3UN8V-4uJBCHW7RuM_JG5UrTU0XxtpIY_CTYUXT1NFNtC3aynsUHI5JKOHVwldPXE8nK/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2316.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember to<br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BqzAUzobbRS9x_Yhdb6ZJX-32LRiGjruB19hH1Xbk7tdOcix8zyllyxDSde-LT6eHGyA7aPnfUeHXv444W6tZMvAcareBzUHKeMof_SSj22VmaIRrVFkvB5OsTO2nRdfiZWVZOOUW3xJ/s1600/Arranging+Greens-Pin-stonegableblog,com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BqzAUzobbRS9x_Yhdb6ZJX-32LRiGjruB19hH1Xbk7tdOcix8zyllyxDSde-LT6eHGyA7aPnfUeHXv444W6tZMvAcareBzUHKeMof_SSj22VmaIRrVFkvB5OsTO2nRdfiZWVZOOUW3xJ/s400/Arranging+Greens-Pin-stonegableblog,com.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>

ARRANGING CHRISTMAS GREENS DYI

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