Just a little decorating idea. A few weeks back, with fall in full swing and Thanksgiving approaching I wanted to spruce my place up appropriately. Unfortunately my income is currently allocated to other uses (namely Christmas travel and gifting) so I couldn't go out and buy a bunch of stuff. So I looked at what was available to me. I put a few gourds we had purchased along with all the fruit and vegetables I happened to have around in a basket and created a very decorative fall "bounty." I went out and picked some dried grasses that were growing outside my apartment and put them in vases that I already had. I added twigs and more grasses to fill out my bounty. I put dried berries that had fallen off a bunch that I bought at the farmers market in a glass bowl. I barely spent any money, and I'm pretty happy with the results.
I think the main good idea here, besides taking the trek outside and getting stuff for free, is this: Items have a greater impact when they are grouped together. A few stray gourds, some grass and some berries might not seem like a whole lot of holiday decoration, but when you put them all in basket, or put a vase and a bowl of berries together with another natural element (like a bowl of collected wine corks) they are more noticeable and therefore make a bigger statement.
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