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Christmas Homemade Decorations

Decorating Ideas

Holly and pinecones are perfect for a winter garland!

Wire together lengths of greens adding gold cording leaves and tiny golden horns for a festive looking garland!

Add a bowl of golden apples to your decorations - Cover an apple with three coats of gold spray paint - that's it!

Gift Wrapping Ideas
Brown bags and craft paper can be jazzed up with imaginative applications of paper cutouts, felt-tip markers, bead dough ornaments, and designs done in yarn.

Lace, ribbons crochet and other sewing box scraps are good ways to put presents at their frilly best.

To Make Bread Dough Ornaments
Dough
2 cups of flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
Combine 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of salt in a large flat bottomed bowl and mix well with a spoon. Add water a little at a time mixing as you pour to form a ball. Be careful not to add too much or dough will become sticky. Knead 7 to 10 minutes until dough has a smooth, firm consistency. Place dough in a plastic bag to prevent drying and take out small chunks as you need them.
To make and transfer cookies first spread a large piece of aluminum foil on the work surface. Cut, shape and design ornaments from dough as you wish. When a cookie is finished and ready to be transferred to the baking sheet rip the foil all around the cookie an lift the foil and dough on to the baking sheet.

Candy Cane
Roll a snake of dough between the palms of your hands. Lay it down on the foil and curl the tip over. Make the stripes by pressing the side of a toothpick into the dough

The Wreath
Roll a snake of dough and curl it into a ring. Spread a little water on the ends and press them together. Poke the wreath all over with the tines of a fork. Roll several tiny balls of dough with your hands and stick them on like berries using some water as glue.

Santa Claus
Start with a round ball for his head and press it slightly flat. Make a floppy triangle for his hat. Add a round pompon and a border for the hat using a little water as glue. Make a triangular beard and attach it to his chin. Then add a mustache, nose and eyes and two blobs of dough for hair on either side of his face.

To Bake set oven temperature for 325 Bake for 1/2 hour or until surface turns a light golden brown. Allow to cool completely. Paint with poster paints and seal after with a coat of varnish, shellac or acrylic sealer.

You can decorate gifts with your creations or hang on tree. Great to do with kids!

Fireplace Decorations
To make your mantel a Christmas Centerpiece take 1 generous supply of boxwood nipped from bushes or bought. (Plastic is fine)
Favorite stockings, 2 or 3 Live plants or arrangements.
At 18 inch intervals, tape or tack to front of mantel boxwood in graceful swags. add stockings at appropriate intervals on study hooks. Garnish with flowers or accents of your choice.

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Begonias can be saved for next year planting just lift before severe frost, and spread out in flats leaving soil adhering to roots.  Put in sunny airy place and allow to ripen.  When stems and leaved have died, clean and store the tubers in dry sand, soil or peat moss in a temperature of 40 to 50 F.
Plant in pots of light soil indoors for 6 or 8 weeks before plants are to be set outside.  Plant in open ground when all danger of cold weather has passed.  Plant in shaded area with enriched soil.  Keep moist throughout summer.

Daffodils any type of soil is good for growing daffodils as well as it is well drained.  They will not survive is wet soils.  Topdress in early fall with superphosphate and in early spring with a complete fertilizer.  Plant is masses or in small groups among other plants.  Also naturalize among trees.  If clumps are left to long  in one place and will not bloom dig up after foliage has died down separate the bulbs fertilize the soil and replant.

Daisy plants need full sun.  Soil should be fertile but not heavy
Daisy plants need to be fed frequently with a well balanced fertilizer
Shasta Daisy need to be divided every other year

Gazinias thrive in hot, dry areas and have moderate frost tolerance. Water only when dry. Gazanias are sun worshippers, and they close up at night and on very cloudy days. Use in mass plantings, ground covers, edging, bedding, and containers

Oriental Poppy is an erect perennial with magnificent flowers 4 to 6 inches across.  Will not flower until the second season.  When planting give ample room.  Tip the plant to a 45 degree angle this helps avoid crown rot.  Water in dry spells until leaves turn brown then the roots can take a summer baking

 Poppy Seeds sprinkle on light and sandy well drained soil.  Plant where they are to grow. They do not transplant easy.  Thin as needed.  They look best in large clumps.  Full sun is best.  If left undisturbed most will reseed.

Potentillas are low-growing blooms a long time and will withstand poor soil conditions if necessary.  All need a good sunny location

Rugosa Roses are very hardy.  They can  grow in the very cold where very few roses will grow.  They also can be used as large shrubs or hedges.  They make a great background for smaller plant.  Just prune broken branches in the spring or to reduce size.
I treat my rugosa roses the same as the hybrid tea roses.  I fertilize once a month in active growing.  They need very little care and are very beautiful