Rustic Christmas Porch

decorating my porch with natural elements in my own yard

My Inspiration:

Pottery Barn

My porch doesn't look a thing like that but I was drawn to the twiggy garland above the arch. So I made my own version of that.

found some nice twisty branches and clipped lots of them

Lay the branches out in a large area and place them in a way that looks nice and even on both sides.

In the center tie them together with twine:

Attach this to the top molding of your front door or portico.

I have nails in my molding from years past so I used a little floral wire to attach and tame these wild little twigs to the molding. Plus I have an iron scroll that came in handy too.

When in place I wrapped some burlap around the middle to make it look like it was meant to be this way. :)

added some glittery ornaments to the garland

(I got these last year for pennies after Christmas)

AND

Since I was going all natural and twiggy I chose this wreath but it didn't "pop" all alone-

so to compliment the twig wreath I found this white "junk" in my kids' fort in the woods. I stole it. (I'm pretty sure it originally came with my adirondack chair)

I found these silly little metal trees in the basement. I thought they were "cheesy" until I lit them up and left off the plastic stars that go on top. They were the only lights that worked this year so I had to give them a chance to shine.

I hauled some logs up from the backyard and nailed the little trees to the tops with u nails.