Christmas Centerpiece 2014
Hope everyone has had a wonderful day. We celebrated Christmas today with gifts, phone calls with family in many corners of the country and dinner at our home with a special friend. Thanks for the many good wishes from my blogging friends.
In A Vase On Monday-Yuletide. As it looked on Monday with Camellias.
Yuletide camellias in the vase from Monday did not last long enough to see this holiday through, but an extra package of cranberries pulled from the freezer at the last moment gave the arrangement new life.
In fact, I like the result better than the original. More of the Husker Red Penstemon is visible now and the deeper red of the berries seems to accentuate the dark burgundy hue of the penstemon foliage.
The only other change was the addition of a piece of fruit, a Christmas orange. Looking at the photograph I think the color of a lime might have been nice instead. May have to try that.
View from above – Christmas Centerpiece 2014
Side view – Christmas Centerpiece 2014
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Merry Christmas! Love all your centerpieces!
Thank you. Hope your holidays are wonderful!
Merry Christmas Susie…I really love the change to the centerpiece….my holiday vase with boxwood and barberry berries is still going strong….
Merry Christmas Donna! I never realized until seeing your vase that barberry bushes have those beautiful berries. Nice to know they last well too.
It’s been a good Christmas for our family, I hope you too have had a good Christmas Susie! I love your table center pieces, showed my wife and she loved them too!! 🙂
Oh, that’s nice. The centerpiece made the table very festive today and we had a fun day. I’m glad you’ve had a good Christmas too Michael.
Love the addition of the berries Susie! Enjoy the rest of the holidays!
Thanks! You too Cathy. Back to yoga class today.
Haha -frozen cranberries! How did you ever think of that?
Looks great and although I love the camellias this one has a totally different look which I also like. Enjoy your holidays!
Just happenstance! I was going to float those berries in a dessert glass with a tea candle for a quick table decoration when I realized I the camellias in Monday’s arrangement had succumbed completely, so decided to toss a few cranberries on top. Hope you enjoy the holidays too.
I would have loved to have had a beautiful center-piece, but alas my dining room table is a second art station. My warm outside studio is jealous, but I like being inside with my cats at night. No one minded eating off the coffee table! Happy Holidays!
Sounds like it worked perfectly for you Beverly, coffee table, cats and all! Enjoy the rest of your holidays. Small class in yoga this a.m.
Love your arrangement, so Christmassy! Wishing you All the Best for 2015 and Happy Gardening!
Thanks. I appreciate your good wishes Pauline. Hoping you will have a wonderful new year also. I’m building a wish list of plants.
I like the orange! Happy Holidays!
Me too, I think the orange adds a bit of interest.
A little late to wish you Merry Christmas but the New Year is coming. Have a wonderful New Year and a wonderful new growing season. The cranberry effect looks great.
Thanks and Happy New Year to you also.