A Sweetgrass Welcome

I am so behind in adding spring flowers to my pots and to our front entry
but
finally
have
sweetgrass baskets
to welcome our guests!

I always admire the Sweetgrass baskets at the homes on the Plantation Home Tour in Georgetown, SC.  Especially those baskets used to decorate front entries…

 

For years I have wanted to get two of these baskets for my front entry doors but they are usually sold out by the time I make it to the Oaks Plantation where Mazie Brown has her sweetgrass baskets for sale.

Well guess what?  This year Mazie still had a few of her door baskets so we got two!

They are rather expensive but considering Mazie has to collect the sweet grass, prepare it for weaving and then spend hours hand weaving these creations, it truly is a pleasure to support her craft.  I think they are beautiful!

Decided to use white silk flowers and greenery…

To hold the arrangement together I used floral styrofoam that I picked up at the dollar store...

Cut it to size,
I like to use a plastic knife.

Placed the cut styrofoam into the baskets for a real snug fit and then add the greenery.

Ellie-Mae was my assistant.
She loves to lay her head on the floor and then cut her eyes looking up at me.  This pup has a huge hold on my heart!

Since we have double doors for our front entry I wanted to add most of the greenery and flowers on different sides of the baskets rather than filling up the center…

I have more to add, but they are coming together…

After removing the old wreaths
I cleaned the glass and my towels were green from all the pollen.

Here they are.

Now I need to replace the sad looking pansies in the porch urns with some ferns!

Join us each week for AMAZE ME MONDAY!