Branching Out with DIY Flowering Branch Decor

Twelve DIYs of Christmas

Day 4: Branching Out

Different seasons hold different feelings. Right now at Christmas, our house is filled. There's a Christmas tree, Christmas lights, handmade Christmas crafts from when the kids were little, and other decorations. It's festive and full, delightfully so. Come January, once this season has passed, it always feels right to put these heavier decorations away. It'll be a new year, a clean slate, a fresh step. The house will reflect that.

But, come February and March when winter lingers and spring tarries, a sense of bleakness can creep in. This past year, when walking outside on one such day, I picked up a branch that had fallen from a tree and carried it with me. I wasn't particularly sure why, but I decided to take it home when I reached my car. It was a high quality branch, after all — nicely sized and well shaped. I formed a plan.

I was going to use that branch for an inexpensive DIY to brighten the doldrums.

I bought a small floral pick from a craft store and removed the flowers and leaves. Using a glue gun, I then attached clusters of petals and greenery to the salvaged branch at increments where buds would naturally blossom.

The project took very little time, and it was easy to display by propping the newly-flowered branch in a white crock and adding faux mossy rocks at the base. Since I already owned the glue gun, crock, and mossy rocks, the project boiled down to simple assembly. Even better, my faux blossoming "tree" made from a salvaged branch was a nice addition to our house during languishing spring months when we waited for real blooms.

Nature provides great beauty, and even a fallen branch can be the foundation for a fun DIY project that's delicate, bright, and airy.

May your DIYs be merry and bright!

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