SPRING BRANCHES

<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;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolutOaxdDgA_9LUA4eDnjRnsfI4hIvhQrQv9cxQVperNMZGl65ggUDtNbcADjQ_47J6GRsGM6qdIDeOebzhS3YncnhK-fd0y1xkze3s9jflHAjCzXmI7mh5ali3q0IOp8WpR4GuWUY9EE/s1600/Spring+Branches+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/AVvXsEgolutOaxdDgA_9LUA4eDnjRnsfI4hIvhQrQv9cxQVperNMZGl65ggUDtNbcADjQ_47J6GRsGM6qdIDeOebzhS3YncnhK-fd0y1xkze3s9jflHAjCzXmI7mh5ali3q0IOp8WpR4GuWUY9EE/s640/Spring+Branches+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of weeks ago I went to an upscale greenhouse with a friend, looking for branches to "force".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found stunning branches..like coral quince and pacific cherry blossom... but they were very pricey.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was not willing to pay for something that would be here today and in a month be thrown out... so I came up with PLAN B...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><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/AVvXsEgSfQiY0-OKPA2iwaYffMsrLZdaw9oghJQ967t8f08pf_wUYhabLip84kE08qbSK39NnCDaHB5jdShnUS62JWee8Z5cwHb1gmi-696tH6N34BScOMSBIozp3dDZqJAvJahrg7GnqBMUsPbf/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfQiY0-OKPA2iwaYffMsrLZdaw9oghJQ967t8f08pf_wUYhabLip84kE08qbSK39NnCDaHB5jdShnUS62JWee8Z5cwHb1gmi-696tH6N34BScOMSBIozp3dDZqJAvJahrg7GnqBMUsPbf/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4293.JPG" width="426" /></a></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 searched for good faux spring branches.<br /><br />I could spend about the same money as the fancy real branches, but have the faux ones for many years! Now this was an investment I was happy to make!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found these branches at Pottery Barn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you haven't shopped for faux florals in awhile you might want to give them a second look... some are quite authentic!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Please excuse the blue painter's tape, Bobby is in the "final touch up phase" of painting. The tape will be gone by the weekend! FINALLY!</i></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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgJylrFF3aIhB-7OY1R4oMAmrDl91HXpq8z7XjpgVqwh-1uxsuvGckaQDeKrh65LK0YhY11w5xGYGBORnmN3eMnx5oQSAMK-bhyXjSQMI4foieFEywmjiYdvjh33yRjA-XItgmyxukd01/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgJylrFF3aIhB-7OY1R4oMAmrDl91HXpq8z7XjpgVqwh-1uxsuvGckaQDeKrh65LK0YhY11w5xGYGBORnmN3eMnx5oQSAMK-bhyXjSQMI4foieFEywmjiYdvjh33yRjA-XItgmyxukd01/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4290.JPG" width="426" /></a></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To make the overall appearance look more natural and organic, I put the branches in a big glass cylinder and added moss around the branch ends to hide them.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To complete the vignette my hand crafted bird nest sits at the base of the cylinder. It rests on a long curvy branch found in my backyard.  To see an easy tutorial for making a bird's nest, click <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/02/spring-bird-nest-tutorial.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.  I promise... this is soooo easy!</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;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjytVF-RBw-bCnCXuQXpMYTqn8e_UKwritKW5YZtjGW2Vs2I7BSbn21jTgqblx7JEtsD_6TUcxwL31UcY9dTHfoGiKPoz1YC8cruTJ_ZGfeAy19T6k4S2XRSV9rm0M1-Xtf3yejPMaNkwAW/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytVF-RBw-bCnCXuQXpMYTqn8e_UKwritKW5YZtjGW2Vs2I7BSbn21jTgqblx7JEtsD_6TUcxwL31UcY9dTHfoGiKPoz1YC8cruTJ_ZGfeAy19T6k4S2XRSV9rm0M1-Xtf3yejPMaNkwAW/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4265.JPG" width="640" /></a></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my newly painted buffet's first vignette!  I think the color lends itself to spring!</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;"><br /></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/AVvXsEj4GYTIRAVxoISmkATJSDbo2rcPThyphenhyphen7almXWiAbHYeaZqjY50Ea5jCyOhJHFS9S6uYulNnJpWDF826D5BgPSOapmHSMfOjz6g5keGddbxSaaG4SQ5UDPq3VpxcwjZ2lXYHY8KRfjSU5Itom/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4GYTIRAVxoISmkATJSDbo2rcPThyphenhyphen7almXWiAbHYeaZqjY50Ea5jCyOhJHFS9S6uYulNnJpWDF826D5BgPSOapmHSMfOjz6g5keGddbxSaaG4SQ5UDPq3VpxcwjZ2lXYHY8KRfjSU5Itom/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4261.JPG" width="426" /></a></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Even though snow is in the forecast for tomorrow night into Wednesday... spring is beginning to bloom inside StoneGable!</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;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjnOg796EIPd3CDNdFj3PfoO5Jqyn0wLaRmB2WpLk2rziMNftnrjMJqBc8tXzY-uY0kG5R1k6FwRhFksr8IApCI97pV0Ykw6sYyrkv3XVyCaJStDLudz2ME32REJc7hAOwHQt-qhsnrD-_a/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnOg796EIPd3CDNdFj3PfoO5Jqyn0wLaRmB2WpLk2rziMNftnrjMJqBc8tXzY-uY0kG5R1k6FwRhFksr8IApCI97pV0Ykw6sYyrkv3XVyCaJStDLudz2ME32REJc7hAOwHQt-qhsnrD-_a/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4275.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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></div></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJuPXcrrGD758MeUx5saqE_0zRQQeRuvfoAC1vH0T0uhhfWat5NwzAT4yCJmr3hp8HSTDEvf4lANJzdSww3C6aGtdbOtnncHJglVi7H4K16UWjybOVdYlGzWydg7MMcfaziO1SoTPaHi/s1600/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgajJuPXcrrGD758MeUx5saqE_0zRQQeRuvfoAC1vH0T0uhhfWat5NwzAT4yCJmr3hp8HSTDEvf4lANJzdSww3C6aGtdbOtnncHJglVi7H4K16UWjybOVdYlGzWydg7MMcfaziO1SoTPaHi/s320/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" width="320" /></a></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;"><a border="0" href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/SavvySouthernWOWButtonReverse.png" /></a></div></div>

SPRING BRANCHES

A couple of weeks ago I went to an upscale greenhouse with a friend, looking for branches to "force". I found stunning branches..l...

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