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Look! Branches with Berries Artfully Placed

We found these branches-as-décor at a store in Alexandria, and loved the way the store owner clipped and twisted them...

 
 

Peter, the owner of Chinoiserie, has a knack for making them look like carefully made sculptures, not just a twig found in the backyard.

1. A branch can be twisted into a minimalist wreath.

2. Here's a branch hung like a mobile.

3. Branches as sculptures for parts of your home that maybe go unadorned.

4. And, of course, branches in a vase like a bouquet.

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expecially artistic it the cable behind the first wreath - c-mon guys - is laziness creeping in everywhere?

posted by Anusha73 on October 9th 2009 at 3:19pm
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I like the second example and the idea. I have to say they look quite sparse. Thank you for sharing. :)

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posted by MODERnestS on October 9th 2009 at 3:41pm
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I was hoping berries-and-branches had gone the way of country geese.

posted by ohjodi on October 9th 2009 at 4:01pm
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They just appear weak and dead to me...
...this is what a berry wreath should look like:

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/cm/goodhousekeeping/images/6f/christmas-wreath-craft-decorate-berries-fb.jpg

posted by bepsf on October 9th 2009 at 4:44pm
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Hmmmm. Did you mean to say "artlessly" (as in naive, unsophisticated, crude) instead of "artfully," Lindsey? Because then I might buy it.

posted by mirandabee on October 9th 2009 at 5:46pm
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These remind me of the wreaths my mom would make from from bittersweet branches in the fall- I assume that's what these are. But they were always outdoors and they weren't so...sparse. I think with the exception of the bouquet these look like an interesting idea, lacking a little something something in execution.

However I have always loved the look that bunches of herbs and berries give hanging down, like the shop of an herbalist, or like early american cottages have- so I don't think this is terrible- just not quite rocking it.

posted by e6 on October 10th 2009 at 5:10pm
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