Part of my family's annual Thanksgiving tradition each year has been to think up a collaborative art project that we are all able to participate in and to whatever extent we choose!
This year we enjoyed an hour or so of still life painting from the stunning 'loot' foraged on our hike into the hills of Helen Putnam Park.
It struck me, though, that this sort of natural goodness is equally applicable to a wide variety of winter holiday decorating styles.
Whatever the reason for the season you celebrate in your home, look to found and foraged twigs and foliage, chestnuts, feathers, persimmons, intricately crafted, abandoned bird nests as well as an abundance of late growing herbs, greenery and trailing ivy for table decor, wreaths, mantles, holiday trees and gift wrapping.
How many dollars are spent on faux holiday decorations each year that a morning or afternoon's foraging walk in the hills would so brilliantly outshine?
Here's one of our finds that doesn't quite fit with a Christmas theme, but winter solstice maybe?!
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