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Decorate with Cotton

November 20, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

how to decorate with cotton

A couple of weeks ago, I did a little Thanksgiving decorating using simple things around the house. This week I’m decorating with cotton. As a delta girl, I think cotton is the perfect natural touch for the home. It’s too late to pick it from the fields, so if you missed out or don’t live where cotton is grown, you’ll have to purchase it online or at craft stores. Not quite the real deal, but you’ll get a similar look.

I made a cotton garland by securing cotton stalks and fall branches with florist wire. It gives an autumn feel to the stairs. Secure to the stairs with wire hidden and woven beneath the bolls.

cotton on the stairs

Entryway cotton adds a nice touch.

Cotton in the entryway

Although I’m not decorating for Christmas yet, I know lots of folks are. The next pics feature a few ways to incorporate cotton into your holiday decor.

Simple jars filled with cotton.

cotton boll decor

Trim your silver tree with cotton bolls. If yours is like mine (read=vintage and fragile), it could use a little cotton fluff.

trim your tree with cotton

Add cotton bolls to a simple wreath. It’s dreamy.

wreath with cotton

 

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

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Musical Pairing:
Roy Orbison, Dream

Filed Under: Crafts, Holiday, Home, Simple Pleasures Tagged With: Christmas decorating, cotton, Fall Decorating, holiday decor

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Comments

  1. Colene says

    November 20, 2015 at 9:34 am

    Clever girl, as always. Have a great weekend.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      November 20, 2015 at 9:43 am

      You too and thanks!

  2. retiredruth says

    November 21, 2015 at 6:24 am

    Very nice. I have always decorated with our field corn, soybeans, wheat and oats. Gives it a personal touch.

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      November 21, 2015 at 6:46 am

      Thanks, Ruth! I’ve decorated with wheat and soybeans, too.


Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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