Flowers in a Punch Bowl: Post for Saturday,November 27, 2010

One year, when we lived in the southwest, my dearest friend invited me in to see her Christmas tree.

Without a doubt, it was the most gorgeous tree I had ever seen in my life. Period. It stood tall, full, and majestic and had cascades of gold ribbons streaming down from its top. Dozens of gold ornaments filled almost all the branches and white lights reflected in their shiny surfaces. My friend decorated with style and the precision of an interior designer.

Ever since then, I have stuck to decorating our Christmas tree with gold adornments but have added a few touches of pink, as well.   You'll see photos of it this season.

Before all the decorations are put up throughout the house, I want to show you an example of how my dear friend gets double use out of objects.  Shown in photos in this post is an arrangement of sunflowers.  The perky flowers sit in an old-fashioned, beautiful cut glass punch bowl with a silver bottom and little silver feet.

Now I never would have thought to do that. Who needs vases when there's an antique punch bowl around, right? 

All day Friday, I hauled boxes down the attic stairs. Got a pretty good start on holiday decorating but there's still a long way to go. My dear husband, (God bless that man), took about four hours to assemble the seven foot Christmas tree. I wanted, so much, for him to put the lights on, too, so I could start decorating the tree but he said it'd have to wait until tomorrow. Now I know I could probably do it myself but he does a much better job so I'll be patient. It's so hard to wait, don't you think?

DO YOU LIKE TO DECORATE A LOT FOR THE HOLIDAYS OR JUST A LITTLE?