Comments on: Decorating in Nature Chic

By: Egghead

Egghead — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:42:00 +0000

Chesnuts and acorns as well as wheat and corn stalks. There is such an abundance right now that I can’t think of all. I must get busy and gather.

By: Kim W

Kim W — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:14:14 +0000

I’m glad to see that someone else does this type of thing, too. I like to collect pretty colored fall leaves and put them under the glass top of my coffee table. I also strew a few over my Thanksgiving Day table.

Blessings from Ohio…

By: Kalin

Kalin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:13:52 +0000

Wow, nature seems especially full of spiky stuff!

Great decorating ideas. I grew up with a giant grape vine wreath-type thing over the door of our living room. I never think twice about it, but it’s interesting to see reactions of people when they see it for the first time!

By: sunnid755

sunnid755 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:24:04 +0000

I thought of pine cones and magnolia pods and horse apples (bois d’arc?) The dogwoods have the prettiest red berries now too.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:23:18 +0000

Oh yes…i’m a gatherer. Will be out this weekend for a long drive to see what I can find. I love those kind of days. Beautiful pics..

By: dlyn

dlyn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:41:43 +0000

I gather up a lot of the spent flowerheads from my gardens, along with the dried stuff nature leaves around. I wish we had those sweetgum pods up here – those are cool!

By: Estella

Estella — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:38:13 +0000

Oregon also has a bounty of roadside freebies. Maple leaves , teasels(look like your thistle picture), pine cones, cat tails, Queen Anne’s lace.
Out of my yard I can gather gourds, grapes, Love In a Mist seed pods, and Oregon grape leaves.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:36:03 +0000

I have a six year old so my house gets “decorated” all year long from nature’s bounty. *G* In the Fall he brings me pretty leaves. *G*

By: Mim

Mim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:07:56 +0000

A friend made me a bird out of the milkweed pod. He made a round base with a dowel rod attached in the middle. He then attached the milkweed pod with the opening down to the dowel rod. He then spray painted the milkweed pod gold. A thought: attach a hanger instead of attaching it to the dowel rod and you have a pretty tree ornament, you could also add them to an arrangement, etc. :treehugger:

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:47:04 +0000

What a beautiful bounty and display Suzanne!!! Another feast for the eyes!!! :mrgreen:

I do occasionally gather pine cones or Fall leaves or nuts and try to make something decorative to display…of course I am not NEARLY creative as you are. My sister got all that and my mother. I remember buying all these flowers from Michaels once, to try and make pretty arrangements, like my coworker – they ended up looking like FUNERAL arrangements. I just don’t have a creative bone in my body..or it is ecclectic. LOL