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It's been a fun week looking for good wreaths, and I have learned a lot.

First, lots of people use a plain green artificial wreath with just a ribbon.  They are pretty, but not what I am looking for this month. 

I have nothing against artificial wreaths at all!  We keep them up way too long for fresh greenery to look really nice, so it's a choice - go natural and put it up later and take it down sooner, or go artificial and enjoy it for three months.  I joined the artificial crowd years ago.

Secondly, lots of people [apparently] give little or no thought to how the wreath looks on their door.  Contrast, folks.  You need contrast if you want it to look really nice from the street.

This wreath is a good example of the latter.  It's on a chocolate brown door.  It caught my eye as I was driving by.  When I got close enough, I could see that there is lots of red and gold that make it pop out from the brown background - even thru a glass storm door.

I am finding it difficult to get good photos, tho.  Don't feel comfortable tromping into the yards of strangers [especially with the alarm company sign right next to my objective!], and clearly my telephoto isn't powerful enough to get really good images from the sidewalk.

Today's lesson = contrast!

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Inside our front door you will find this wreath. 

Several years ago, i saw the idea of an indoor wreath in a magazine and loved the idea.

This is just red berries on a grapevine base, but against the white door it brings a nice pop of color to the living room.  And, i'm thinking of going with more "natural" decorations this year ... maybe.

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This is my wreath.  I used it the last three years on my porch.  Our glass storm doors do not work well with wreath holders, so we mount it on the house and use a slightly oversize wreath.

The ornaments came from my sister-in-law and are painted tin.  

 

I have really enjoyed this wreath and put it up before we left for our Thanksgiving trip. 

 Now, I am thinking that i'd like to re-do it this year.  I have a lot of ideas, so you may see it again ...  closer to Christmas.

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The second wreath that i found on our little trip last week was a beauty of red berries and "ice" crystals.

This was on the door of a music shop in Harrisonburg, and shimmered in the morning sun.