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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 562561" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Around here flower baskets are often given for Christmas between adults. They tend to be quite pricey considering they do last that two weeks only and you often give many of them. So many do flower arrangements themselves using the baskets they got year before and buying just flowers. Much cheaper and eco-friendlily that way, but of course they still last that two weeks and everyone has twenty of them. I saw something little bit different on my neighbour's house, she had seen it on some magazine, so my craft project for this Christmas is to make something to give instead of flowers especially for those who have a yard or a balcony, because this is more of an outside thing.</p><p></p><p>You need a box, for example fruit box is perfect. Paint and decorate the box either to white, silver or to the theme. You also need simple clay plant pots, candles (those four inch stumps you are left with when burning long candles work fine, that is one of the great points in this) and some sand. Other than that, you can improvise. Fill plant pots half-full with sand and put them to the box. Fill rest of the box with all kinds of things to make a beautiful setting. Different kinds of moss and lichen, small stones, sticks and twigs or dry flowers, evergreens, autumn leaves and other pretty things work well (a neighbour had for example chinese lantern plant and lichen on her box.)</p><p></p><p>The box lasts longer than flower setting and one can burn all kinds of candle stumps and broken candles in it because they stay nicely up in the sand and burn safely. Box of course takes quite a lot of space, so it is better gift to someone, who can keep it outside.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 562561, member: 14557"] Around here flower baskets are often given for Christmas between adults. They tend to be quite pricey considering they do last that two weeks only and you often give many of them. So many do flower arrangements themselves using the baskets they got year before and buying just flowers. Much cheaper and eco-friendlily that way, but of course they still last that two weeks and everyone has twenty of them. I saw something little bit different on my neighbour's house, she had seen it on some magazine, so my craft project for this Christmas is to make something to give instead of flowers especially for those who have a yard or a balcony, because this is more of an outside thing. You need a box, for example fruit box is perfect. Paint and decorate the box either to white, silver or to the theme. You also need simple clay plant pots, candles (those four inch stumps you are left with when burning long candles work fine, that is one of the great points in this) and some sand. Other than that, you can improvise. Fill plant pots half-full with sand and put them to the box. Fill rest of the box with all kinds of things to make a beautiful setting. Different kinds of moss and lichen, small stones, sticks and twigs or dry flowers, evergreens, autumn leaves and other pretty things work well (a neighbour had for example chinese lantern plant and lichen on her box.) The box lasts longer than flower setting and one can burn all kinds of candle stumps and broken candles in it because they stay nicely up in the sand and burn safely. Box of course takes quite a lot of space, so it is better gift to someone, who can keep it outside. [/QUOTE]
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