When the holidays, the economy sluggish and green living in a perfect storm of collided, it is time to seriously consider the old standby: natural décor.
Don't spend money on decor imports; make them. Do not use the wreaths and Garland store-bought; search for plant resources. There is no need to buy scented candles when new fragrance can waft through cut wreath House. Come January, when all is taken down, there is no need to pack LANDFILL with plastic. Move it all to compost to fuel the next year's garden.
This year, take stock of all the plants that You have access to within a meter that is owned by friends, family and neighbors. This increases choice without over-harvesting of one plant or location. Little is taken from each page with permission are not lost, and You will have more options to work with.
Some materials of the most valuable is the runner of the wine. They can be wild and cultivated grapes, wisteria, bitter, kudzu or fall another species with a flexible wooden runners. This is the core material used for the structural parts of garland or wreath. Beautiful wreath above the fireplace or draped in graceful top rails of stairs. You can use a good save from wire cable tool to bind the pieces into a single long strand. Then combine two or more strands loose became one of the length you want.
Runners also makes wine a beautiful bouquet. It can be bound with wire, saving as well, so you don't have to spend a dime. Only runners to weave the ring. This became the framework for a new Wreath graced with cut with wires them to the runners. It is up to You how much wood runners still look and how much is covered with foliage.