Decorating can be expensive, but a recent edition of Sunset magazine offers clever instructions for using branches from your evergreen trees to create ornaments, window decorations and greenery for the dining room chairs. They used Douglas fir springs and eucalyptus buds and pods with silvery dusty miller to create these easy yet elegant decorations. Here are the complete instructions for the snowflake ornaments.
Ever wonder where the tradition of decorating with ornaments came from?
“Druid priests tied apples and candles to oak trees in sacred groves, where they performed magic and healing in secret ceremonies. During their midwinter Saturnalia festival, Roman citizens trimmed trees with candles and pretty objects. the Roman poet Virgil (70-19 B.C.) tells us that the Romans also adorned trees to please their god of wine, Bacchus.” From the Complete Book of Christmas Words by Lynda Graham-Barber
A little tidbit of knowledge to throw out at your next holiday party. For more holiday project ideas from Sunset, visit the holiday projects section of their site.
10 Dec 2007 GBP
