This probably won’t be the last time I tell a story that starts like this. I was walking by the trash outside on the sidewalk and something caught my eye. To clarify, it wasn’t my intention to look around in the trash, but I just happened to catch a glimpse of this green treasure.
Someone had tossed out these branches from their Christmas tree. Shame set in as I stood from a distance, my legs locked, unable to look away from the branches, thinking about what if someone was watching me at that moment and wondering why I was staring at the trash. I acted fast and swiped the branches, making my getaway quick before I’d have one too many witnesses.
I’m here to report that my mission was successful and I regret nothing at all.
This bronze vase had been sitting empty since I got it and it was the first thing I thought of when I brought the branches home. I cut off the smaller pieces and made this adorable mini arrangement. That still left a lot more to be done with, so I took the rest and stuck them into a white pitcher.
They were screaming for some ornaments, so I hung up these gold and white ones from the dollar store that I never ended up using this year… until now! I’m perfectly okay with ornaments after Christmas. In fact, I will probably be keeping my Christmas decorations out through January because I’m not ready to let go of them. This holiday season just went by too fast!
Are you keeping your Christmas decorations up or have you already started putting them away? At what point is it considered keeping them out too long? I’m hoping you can agree that at least January is ok :P.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
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Ha, so pretty and so worth it! I hope that you had a wonderful holiday. We will probably take our tree down soon because it is drying up pretty quickly. Enjoy the rest of your week, Amy!
I don’t see anything wrong with Christmas extending into January! The branches look so pretty in your white pitcher. Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day Amy:)
Looks cute! No judgement on the dumpster diving, we all do it!
So pretty! I especially love the one in the pitcher, it’s like a mini pine tree with the ornaments! I never want to take the tree down. I insist on keeping it up well after it’s dead and my boyfriend usually ends up throwing it out when I’m at work and can’t stop him (towards the end of January).
I have definitely taken stuff from the trash before – we are just environmentally conscious!- and my decorations will be up at least through New Years because I like them and I’m too lazy to put them away yet. ;) Love those white and gold ornaments!
Gorgeous! I take stuff from the trash too! :) My tree stays up until after New Year. Then I put everything away! Hope you had a wonderful holiday :)
Just wanted you to know, I loved this so much it’s being featured on The DIY’ers today! http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-diyers-44-and-new-host.html
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Thanks for linking up!