I had a
last minute request to make Christmas bouquets with my group at the mental
health centre. As there wasn’t much time for shopping I collected all the smaller old
once found flower and plant pots from my yard that had landed there over the
years. I sprayed silver paint over the ugly plastic ones. I had a bag full of
oasis from free pick-up centre and had to buy only two extra blocks. The
organization promised to provide branches and decorations.
Then I
quickly went to work to make an example, but not having the branches at hand I
just cut off fresh shoots from my curb found trees in pots from last year.
Unfortunately they turned a bit brown over summer, but the new growth was
perfect for my goal. As you can see I used an old teapot as a container.
I had my
decorations from cheap plastic wreaths I found in the trash a short while ago.
The red flowers are from the bush I rescued years ago.
I took more
branches from my little trees, some of the red flowers, holly from a bush
behind the house and my trash decorations to the job. I’m glad I did. The thick
branches they had would have made the pieces massive and the decorations were
only partly usable. I advised them to leave open spaces and fill them with the
holly and finer branches. They loved my second hand decorations too!
Results
were a bit wilder then my example, but all very lively and tasteful.
I know I have neglected my blog for a long time. I hope to be back in the new year with new garbage find stories and sales.
Merry
Christmas and Happy 2017!
