Christmas decorating ideas using florals and floristry
Bring the outside in and create a natural winter woodland style Christmas. If you fancy making your own natural garland, you can secure small branches of evergreens onto a length of heavy rope using floristry wire, covering the wire with foliage as you work. Tie it off against itself at regular intervals to secure. Hang with pinecones, baubles, and ribbons, and you have yourself a rustic and festive Christmas bunting.
You can create a beautiful hanging feature using floristry. Hang up a twiggy branch, then decorate the framework with colourful baubles and ribbons to twinkle like a chandelier. Interestingly shaped cuttings will give the best effect.
Add instant charm to a mantelpiece display with a few simple festive decorations. Here, a mix of baubles in complementary colours sits among the foliage with wooden candleholders and a paper bird ornament. Dress a mantelpiece with evergreens in contrasting textures, such as holm oak and pine.
Create Stunning Centrepieces.
A beautiful decorative bowl is ideal for displaying an low arrangement of blooms in seasonal colours. Traditionally forced for Christmas, long, stalky amaryllis look dramatic when cut short and partnered with other vivid shades. Some scrunched chicken wire, moulded into the inside of the bowl, will hold the flowers in place; position at the centre of a dining table or on a side table in the hallway to make a striking and welcoming display.
Simply Add in Holly. A Christmas ‘must have’ is using natural Holly. Attach holly leaves to napkin rings. Add a garland as a runner, and you have got a super easy, but festive, table.
