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Rustic Christmas Planters

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Happy Friday! I hope you all had a wonderful week! 

I have been itching to get going on all of my holiday projects but I {stupidly} started painting our kitchen table and dining room furniture last week. I have a really bad habit of underestimating how long things are going to take me and this project is no exception.  I did, however, get a couple of little Christmas projects in here and there including making a couple of these Christmas planters…

Rustic Christmas Hanging Basket.  Love this!
Since the inside of my house is a mess right now with all of the painting, I thought that I would start some decorating outside!

Rustic Hanging Christmas Basket.  Would look wonderful on the front porch!
I had these hanging planter boxes from the summer and transformed them for my fall porch. To decorate things for Christmas, I just turned them around and added some vinyl lettering to the front.  After a quick nature walk to pick up some greenery and sticks, they were all ready to go.

Rustic Christmas Basket.  This would look lovely on the front porch!
I sprayed the sticks with spray adhesive and added some epsom salts to them and had the snowy pinecones from last year.  I used florist’s foam in the first basket to hold the branches but I found that good ol’ dirt worked just as well.

Rustic Hanging Christmas Basket.  Love this!
I will be finishing off the rest of the front porch tomorrow in between painting and waxing.  Stay tuned for the finished results next week.  And hopefully I will be able to start to work on a little Christmas magic inside the house too!

Have a fabulous weekend! 

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  1. shaggysheephome says

    November 16, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Ohhh I like. Nothing screams Christmas more then evergreens and dead branches.

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  2. Heather says

    November 16, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    Hi I’m Heather! Please email me when you get a chance, I have a question about your blog! LifesABanquet1(at)gmail.com

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  3. Lauren says

    November 17, 2012 at 12:06 pm

    This is really pretty! I love the idea of using epsom salt outside–we hardly ever get snow, but that would make it at least look like it was winter 🙂

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  4. WTFab says

    November 17, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    So pretty and festive! Would love it if you linked up on my blog hop http://www.w-t-fab.com/search/label/bloghop. Also let me know if you’d like to follow each other!

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  5. Crystelle Boutique says

    November 18, 2012 at 4:49 am

    These hanging planter boxes are so amazing! I bet your whole house is gorgeous… 🙂 You inspire me…. I better get busy! I wanna grow up to be just like you…

    hugs x
    Crystelle
    http://www.crystelleboutique.com

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  6. Moni - Zuhaus at Home says

    November 20, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    Hi, I’m Moni from Zu Haus at Home, had to stop by and tell you how much I love your planter box…so peaceful!

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  7. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    November 21, 2012 at 1:38 am

    Your planters are so festive and beautifully decked out!!! What a great idea to spray paint the twigs and add epsom salts!
    I’d love you to share these at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS. Link goes live tomorrow at 8:00 pm!

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  8. Rita says

    November 21, 2012 at 1:51 am

    So pretty! Love everything about it!

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  9. Glamorous Mommy says

    November 21, 2012 at 2:04 am

    Very pretty!! Visiting from Savvy Southern Style link party 🙂

    -Fotini

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  10. Anu@My Dream Canvas says

    November 21, 2012 at 2:19 am

    Wow! Very Pretty! Happy Thanksgiving! Looking forward to seeing you at My Dream Canvas! I would love for you to see my centerpiece at my Thanksgiving table 🙂 Visiting from Savvy Southern Style! I am following you now.

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  11. On Crooked Creek says

    November 22, 2012 at 1:59 am

    Jenn,
    I adore this idea …but will use my rustic basket indoors, instead! Thanks for sharing your talent and creativity with us! Good luck with your current projects! Visiting from Yvonne’s @ StoneGable!
    Fondly,
    Pat

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  12. Athena at Minervas Garden says

    November 22, 2012 at 7:16 am

    What a beautiful winter basket you’ve created–I love the wood tones against the greenery! Very pretty.

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  13. Cynthia says

    November 23, 2012 at 3:59 am

    Lovely basket! I’ll bet it smells great too! I love using fresh greens to decorate outdoors at Christmas!

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  14. Penny Phillips says

    November 23, 2012 at 4:02 am

    I bet your beautiful hanging baskets make your front porch smell soooo Christmasy! Hugs, Penny

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  15. Karen Mary Butterfly says

    November 24, 2012 at 5:53 am

    Beautiful hanging basket! Love the greenery. Sorry your painting projects took long than expected…that does happen!

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  16. Sara Stone says

    November 24, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Are those cedar branches? I’m wanting to do some decor with cedar but I wasn’t sure how it would stay pretty.

    Please come share this at my link party!
    http://www.shecookscraftsruns.net

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  17. Dixie n Dottie says

    November 28, 2012 at 4:37 am

    This is so lovely! Would love if you’d join our Countdown to Christmas link party! Hope to see you there! Have a great week! 🙂
    http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/2012_11_27_archive.html

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  18. the cape on the corner says

    November 29, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    i just love those greens. wish i had something to just snip snip from!

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  19. A Few Pennies says

    November 30, 2012 at 5:03 am

    Lovely! I don’t have any evergreens in my yard (but my neighbor does)–well, I just may have to ask for a few snips. Gorgeous inspiration!

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  20. Feisty Tapas says

    November 30, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    That’s really lovely. I’m curious to know how you added the stamp with the polka dots and words, if you don’t mind telling.

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  21. Accidentally Wonderful says

    December 1, 2012 at 4:14 am

    When my hubby and I finally get around to re-doing our new house, I’m thinking rustic all the way! I’d love it if you’d share this at my linky party! http://www.accidentallywonderful.blogspot.com

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  22. Jennifer Hicks says

    December 1, 2012 at 4:44 am

    This is very pretty, well done. Found you over at Happy Hour.

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  23. Craftberry Bush says

    December 1, 2012 at 4:48 am

    Beautiful as always …xo

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  24. At The Picket Fence says

    December 1, 2012 at 5:13 am

    Just beautiful! Simple and elegant and so lovely. Thanks for sharing it at Inspiration Friday!
    Vanessa

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  25. Heaven's Walk says

    December 3, 2012 at 3:06 am

    So pretty, Jenn! I think that Epsom salts is the best and most genius thing to use this time of year on crafts! Looks so real! 🙂

    xoxo laurie

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  26. Kelly says

    December 6, 2012 at 5:57 pm

    Beautiful! I love the simplicity of it and the fact that you got your materials from the outdoors, which equals free. Kelly from Everythinginbetweenbykelly.blogspot.com

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    December 12, 2013 at 8:05 am

    […] a few twigs, and some snow covered pinecones.   They are a little more “wild” than last year’s baskets but that just adds to the rustic […]

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