The Change of Seasons

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Garden evergreens, fresh red berries and a mirror star tree topper  for the transitional vignette.

Not quite Christmas and not quite Thanksgiving.  My fresh Christmas greens don’t ship for another two weeks, but the white pumpkins I bought for Halloween are still fresh so I put together a transitional mantle that includes the white pumpkins, fresh evergreens from the garden and bright red berries.

I hope you find some inspiration.

xoxo.

Cindy

Distressed mirror star tree topper offers a vintage touch.

Distressed mirror star tree topper offers a vintage touch.

Vibrant reds against fresh garden evergreens.

Vibrant reds against fresh garden evergreens.

The white pumpkins signal fall and winter along with a distressed star shaped mirror and winter arrangment

The white pumpkins signal fall and winter along with a distressed star shaped mirror and winter arrangement

 

The Days Ahead…

 

Christmas Pepperberries, now dried juxtopposed against the shiny mercury glass.

Christmas Pepperberries, now dried juxtaposed against the shiny mercury glass.

 

Please forgive me, I haven’t posted in a while.  Simple explanation…I had company for about three weeks and I started a new job.  Roll both of those together and it leaves nary a moment to do any kind of blogging.  But here I am, in the first weekend when I can breath a little bit.  It is such a lovely day, all I can think about is green grass, hydrangeas getting ready to bloom and in general, looking ahead.

Last weekend I spent cleaning from top to bottom.  This weekend I can take some time to pay attention to the details like changing out my Winter vignettes for something that says Spring.  The dried pepper berries with mercury glass arrangement is just such a thing.  Pepper berries have gone by the wayside, mercury ornaments are placed in a wire bowl someplace else and both are replaced with lovely, white blooms.

Something simple makes me very happy.

I hope you find some inspiration.

Until next time,

Cindy

Pepperberries and Mercury glass...the bridge between Winter and Spring

Pepperberries and Mercury glass…the bridge between Winter and Spring

 

Replaced with simple white blooms.  An easy change with great impact that welcomes Spring.

Replaced with simple white blooms. An easy change with great impact that welcomes Spring.

 

Fallready

 

Black urn and white pumpkin dressed with gauze for an ethereal look.

My last fall post for the year…I’ll be starting on Christmas posts next week.  Can’t wait!  I took down the Halloween decorations on my mantle and simplified with a fall theme to bring me into the Thanksgiving Holidays.

I tend to fill the visual space in a plentiful way; showing restraint is not always easy for me with regard to design.  But I started with more and played and edited the props until I got to the final, simplifed version.  It was kind of liberating to keep it as simple as it ended up.

I also included some other pictures of my outdoor decor, but I am “fallready” and ready to coast for a few weeks and then start Christmas decorating.

I hope you find some inspiration!

xoxo.

Cindy

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