Guest Picks: Nature-Loving Holiday Decor
Putting on the glitz not your style? Take a cue from Mother Nature with a white and brown palette that reflects the bare beauty outside
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Christmas does not always mean relentless red and evergreen to me. Sometimes I like to celebrate the season with decor that reflects winter for what it truly is: a time when Mother Nature, deep in slumber and tucked under a blanket of snow, takes on a quiet, skeletal beauty. It is a time of freezing weather and bare trees. The sun breaking through the frosty skies and the first snow drop are the true gifts of the season. — Justine from Design Skool
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Capturing the fleeting beauty of the first frost on autumn leaves, Terrain's copper and olive leaf garland is more permanent.
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Even in miniature, these laser-cut cardboard trees are as stately and serene as the real thing.
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Instead of green plastic (which is never the same color as a real tree), Terrain's Stargazer lights have copper wire, making the strand decoration in and of itself.
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Ready to embrace the holiday season? This cuddly felted polar bear is.
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Filled with fragrant balsam needles, Quite Alright's hand-sewn tree ornament combines good old-fashioned craftsmanship with a bit of contemporary neon.
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These homemade candy canes by Sweet, Sweeter, Sweetest can be custom ordered in several flavors and sizes.
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Fashioned from recycled books, a grouping of Paper Statement's handmade ornaments is as quietly beautiful as the falling snow.
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Hand-printed papers remind me of the ones my mother and I used to make using stamps we carved from raw potatoes.
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Hand-forged from recycled metals, Irona's mini bells make for charming Christmas decor. And as the weather warms, you can also use them as wind chimes.
by Olive Manna
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Twisted into evergreens or simply left on its own, this antique-inspired garland is a subtly beautiful way to add a bit of holiday glitter and glow.
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Hints of chestnut and chartreuse add a bit of sophistication to this traditional garland.
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A mug of hot cocoa or a latte is a nice way to stave off winter's chill. Adding a colony of penguin chicks will warm your spirit as well as your body.
by Papa Stour
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Reminiscent of stockings that great-grandma used to make, these hand-embroidered woolens from Papa Stour can be customized with any name or saying.
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A Finnish tradition, handmade himmeli are simple, natural and easy to make yourself.
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Hand-knit by Irmi Black, this charming advent calendar, which comes complete with mini clothespins and wood-burned numbers, will certainly be passed down for generations to come.
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You can use the Danish Filigrantrae tree year after year. It is great for small spaces or minimal design schemes. You can also use it as an advent calendar. Best of all, it isn't plastic!
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Really getting back to basics, this tree stand by Austrian designer Matthias Lehr is a fine example of simplicity at its best.
It should be noted that there is debate about whether trees actually need water or not. Europeans testify that their preferred firs do not. Any Americans want to test it out?
It should be noted that there is debate about whether trees actually need water or not. Europeans testify that their preferred firs do not. Any Americans want to test it out?
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Send a friend a little bit of DIY holiday cheer. Formes Berlin's reindeer arrives as a wooden postcard and transforms into a festive reindeer.
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Fashioned from real branches, you can't get more natural than Frick and Frack Scraps' MANorah.
Next: Winter Wonderland: The Beauty of White
Next: Winter Wonderland: The Beauty of White
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olldbobbi My husband would love that Wood Deer Postcard ! He's always making origami animals out of scrap paper, this would be right up his alley.
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Ideabook published on Nov. 26, 2012.
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