Holiday Planter Bling
These last few weeks the Adorn elves have been busy spreading holiday cheer to front porches and store fronts all over KC and OKC. We are in the holiday spirit and wanted to share some of our favorite decorating ideas with you to get your outdoor planters ready for the season.
In the picture above we started with a boxwood and then added festive holiday décor to create our finished product. If you prefer a traditional look, consider placing red berries, pine cones, red twig dogwood and / or birch poles around your evergreen. For a more elegant look, try assorted gold & silver ornaments or red ornaments in various sizes and textures. What is so fun about decorating your holiday planters is there are absolutely no rules and you can use any or all of these baubles for a magical combination! If you have a wreath or other door decoration, you can use coordinating decor as filler in your pots to tie it all together for a cohesive holiday look.
We love fresh evergreen garland! It smells SO good and is SO lush! One of our favorite things is to encircle the top of a planter with it. Word of warning though - fresh greenery dries out over time. We recommend initially spraying the greens with an anti-desiccant product like Wilt-Pruf, so the needles will stay on longer, and misting the greenery with water three times a week so it stays fresh. Fresh evergreens are so beautiful and festive, it is worth the extra effort to keep it pretty. Trust us!
Holiday Outdoor Styling
Fresh cut evergreens are a must for fluffing your outdoor spaces during the holidays.
Drape some fresh garland around your mail box, outdoor bench, lamp post or door. In this picture we secured the garland to the back of the bench with green zip ties. Of course we needed a pop of red, so we added red pillows and tied an evergreen sprig and pinecone to them - you could also add a pretty ribbon. You can secure the pillows to the bench with clear fishing line so they don't blow away.
If you have decorative lanterns, put ornaments or pine cones inside of them and add an evergreen sprig, pine cone and ribbon to the top of each lantern.
We like to drape garland around our mailbox and tie in the decor from our planters for a consistent look. This year we used red ornaments in various shapes and sizes in our planters, so we incorporated the red ornaments on our mailbox too.
Fresh evergreen wreaths are the perfect welcoming touch for your front door and windows. You can buy inexpensive wreaths everywhere and add your own holiday decor elements to it so it blends with your existing holiday look.
Happy decorating friends!
Holiday Gift
If you are looking for a darling hostess gift, teacher gift, a present for your neighbors or your own holiday table decoration, we have something for YOU! How cute is this little norfolk pine all dressed up for the holidays in a "silver" mint julep cup! It's the perfect seasonal touch near a kitchen sink, in a powder room or on a tabletop. We are sure you need one or two or three. Give us a shout if we can pot one up for you. They are around 11-12" tall and $15 each.
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Let Adorn Help You
“Adorn” your loved ones this holiday season! A gift certificate for custom container gardens is the perfect item for your friends and family. The certificates come in any denomination. Just give us a shout if we can help you cross some gifts off your list. HO HO HO!
Curb Appeal Shout Out!
Julie started helping Posh Nails, a nail salon located in Overland Park, KS, with their container gardens in the summer of 2019. The seasonal planters are a perfect welcoming touch for their clients.
The owner of the nail salon, Szu, says it best, "We appreciate how Adorn tailors the plants, decorations and colors for the different seasons and holidays. We do get compliments on the planters and we like how the added interest helps us stand out from the other shops around us. We are happy that the front of our store reflects the classy and beautiful nail work of our technicians."
Julie knows from personal experience that Posh Nails is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy a mani pedi. Treat yourself this holiday season!
https://www.poshnailsop.com