Holiday Nosegays

• For tree decoration, make a bunch of flowers or leaves with sturdy base and stick decorative items such as ornaments and berries using hot glue and bind it all with wire. For finishing touch you can use raffia or bows.
• For big trees, you may need as many as two or three dozen nosegays.
• Nosegays of rustic leaves can use oak leaf stems from woodlands, wheat and dried ferns and can be secured using raffia knots.
• White flowers look like snow on Christmas trees and wreaths. Red colored flowers look good too. Silk flowers last longer but fresh flowers are of course the best. You can bunch them up with glass ornaments, silver and golden berries or baubles and glittery twigs with the help of wire.
• Nosegays shaped like bird nests look interesting and are very easy to make. Weave a nest for birds with the help of twigs and glittering sprigs. Add a toy bird on top of it with berries for the eggs.
• It is advisable to group things in nosegays in odd numbers to make the grouping look more interesting. You can vary the material in size and shape.
• Nosegays can also be made of tiny twig wreaths readily available in the stores. They can be adorned with cedar leaves, ribbons, bows, berries, beads, tiny bells and baubles for added elegance.
• Thread a ribbon in glass balls and make garland-like nosegays using your national flag at regular distance. It is a patriotic way of celebrating Christmas.