Decorating the porch with evergreen boughs.

This past Christmas Graham and I got a beautiful Blue Spruce tree for our living room.  One of the things I love about having a fresh tree is that there are usually spare boughs left after cutting the tree to fit inside the house.  This was true this year, and I made some pretty and simple swags out of them to decorate our porch over the winter.

To make these, I simply dangled the boughs over the plant hooks that we already have hanging on the porch walls.  I had this gold ribbon tucked away in our Christmas decorations.  I’m not exactly sure what it is made of, but it is not fabric; it’s a more weather-resistant material and the edges curl up in a charming way.  These look especially pretty when it snows and the boughs get dusting with fresh, clean snow.

I wanted to make the little bird house on the front porch look a little more seasonal, too, so I tucked some little spruce twigs inside the opening.  This galvanized steel watering can looks cute with some boughs inside it, too.  Some red dogwood stems would look even nicer.

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