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Sprucing Up Last Year's Arrangement

© Vickie Ferguson

Okay, It's definitely Fall no matter what part of the country we live in. If you're like me and don't have enough time in the day, you may still have spring arrangements, maybe even summer baskets, adorning your home. Or, also like me, you have fall cornucopias still hanging in the kitchen from last year because "you like them". If this is so, then this article is for you.

Those of you up to date with seasonal home decorating are welcome to read through just in case you too have forgotten and left a wreath or swag hanging in that extra bedroom or second bath.

Being a very visual person, I enjoy a lot of color around me and have many dried crafts in my home to prove it. The problem is, yellow sunflowers really don't have a place in the living room right now, it's too spring/summery. But, if I were to do a quick make-over and replace the beige straw flowers with russet orange, add deep orange zinnias (silk) and deep purple iris's (silk) and place some dark green fern or ivy.....You get the picture. As beautiful as our arrangements are it's also very easy to "re-invent" them with just a few changes. By replacing or cutting back on the number of seasonal focal flowers in an arrangement, whether it be a basket, wreath or swag, you can add new color and life to a favorite creative piece and enjoy it year round.

You may be asking, "well what do I do with a wreath made of mauve and cream?" Easy. Depending on how you're flowers are arranged, add deep hunter green statice throughout or frame it around the wreath. Add dark burgundy and/or maroon colored flowers to be the focal flowers and use the mauve as a back drop. Add a contrasting paper or velvet bow with a touch of velvet gilt on the flower or bow and voila, as easy as that, you have a wreath that will fit in well for the Christmas holidays.

If working with a wreath or swag and you just can't make it "look" right because of a particular flower, you can always snip off the focal flower and hot glue on a replacement.

Now about the cornucopia in the kitchen. Sure, it fits in perfectly with the season but it probably needs a little sprucing up of its own. The fact that it has been hanging around all year, gathering some dust and things, means a little "face-lift" is in order.