At the flower market, shopping for our holiday party this weekend, I saw this huge, lush mistletoe branch and thought it was a gorgeous twist on a traditional Christmas decoration. The ubiquitous little sprigs of mistletoe are fun, but this cutting, with its oaky trunk, has such an amazing natural shape.
For a little added color, I wired some fruits from the bouquets I was making for the party onto the branch. The spiky red balls are from a castor bean plant, and the purple berries are a variety of eugenia.
To add the colorful berries, and to rig the branch up to our banister, I used some twisty-ties that came with a pack of garbage bags. These are also incredibly useful in the garden!
If you want to create your own "Attack of the Giant Mistletoe" this Christmas, ask your favorite florist or nursery to source a large branch for you; they have their ways!
(Images: Susie Nadler)
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Comments (11)
I like ;) Remember to take care if you have children or pets though.
It's not a mistletoe branch, the mistletoe is a parasite so the "oaky" trunk could be a branch from an oak, in fact. It seems kind of strange to cut the whole tree branch off just to get the mistletoe.
Wow, very nice chair. Odegard?
This doesn't work or maybe it doesn't photograph well.
I'm not a fan of the mistletoe but I'm a HUGE fan of the stairs!
Very Miao, I'm with you on the stairs
LURVE the stairs!
I love the stairs too!
oh, and I love the chair. Is there a house tour for this entire house? I'm not crazy about the mistletoe-- looks a little wilty-- but I love the sense of style that I start to see in this house.
What the first remark refers to is that the entire plant is poisonous. It can be fatal to pets/children/adults. Not worth taking the risk to have it around.
I want the pillow! I didn't even see the chair.