I Have Said it Before...

...and I will say it again.  Nothing gives a room a little warmth more that a cutting from the garden.  No matter the season, I love to clean the house, then go outside and take a few cuttings to display.

We have had such a beautiful fall here in NC, and I wanted to enjoy it inside.  So I cut a few branches from the dogwood tree in our backyard.

This is what I call the last hoorah.  Our Susanquas have bloomed for the last month.  Each week, I take a fresh cutting to have a few flowers inside.  Most people refer to these as Camellias, but they are their fall blooming cousins.  I love them because of the evergreen foliage and the fact that not much else is blooming this time of year.

Every southern garden needs a magnolia tree.  And it doesn't have to be Christmas to enjoy them indoors.  I take cuttings when they are in bloom in the spring and throughout the year because the waxy leaves are so pretty.

Kind of off topic, but I finally put some thought into a fall mantle.  (Now that it is time to decorate for Christmas).  I'm not much of a mantle person, so really the only difference is that I added a glass urn from Restoration Hardware filled with pine cones and branches.  Very impressive right ;) ?

So are you ready for Thanksgiving?  I have been working on a little project and just finished last night when it was too dark to take pictures.  So come back tomorrow for a table runner tutorial AND a little surprise.

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