[Corin Stormhands]

We're decorating fresh balsam wreaths for sale, and they are really pretty and smell nice, too!

And when exactly are you shipping those out to your friends in the Hobbit Hole? ;-)

We have mostly plastic greenery because it has to stay up so long. But the weekend before Christmas I usually run over to my brother's house to get magnolia leaves and holly.

[RosieCotton]

No mistletoe?

Heh...

[SuziQ]

Hey, I'm not makin em, just decorating em! The school is selling these at the annual Holly Fair, which they brought back this year as a fundraiser. No one wanted to chair it last year, so my Girl Scouts took it on. We had crafters and such, but got a blizzard that weekend, so we didn't make much money.

A friend at the school wanted to do it this year, and asked me if I'd help her since I chaired for 10 years when our kids were still in the school. I said sure, and she's letting my Girl Scouts have a craft table for free AND do the Pictures with St. Nicholas, which could be rather lucrative if the weather's nice and folks show up!

[SuziQ]

But the weekend before Christmas I usually run over to my brother's house to get magnolia leaves and holly.

I'm going to toss some pruners in the van so that when I see a nice berry bush on the side of the road, I'm gonna cut some! I want to make a nice natural arrangement in a HUGH pot for the front walkway. I've already identified some likely candidates!

I tried to preserve some magnolia leaves once. I wanted to make one of those fan shaped arrangements for over my front door with magnolia leaves and fresh fruit. It would last a while here because it's cold.