Butterflies and Birds...Oak Tree Centerpiece

I know Easter has come and gone...

but I wanted to show you what

I did with the centerpiece

for our Easter Brunch.

It's not Easter

specific...you could use

it for Mother's Day,

Birthday's, Showers

Etc.

I apologize that the pictures are

not that great...it's hard to take

pictures on our back porch...

Sweet husband removed a large branch

from one of the oak trees

 (it was hanging over the roof and had to be removed

anyway...no oaks were harmed in the making of this)

He then tied it with a zip tie to the existing hook

hanging from the ceiling....underneath is a

large sheet of florist Styrofoam that the base

of the branch is pushed into.

Then I just went wild...

hanging butterflies, birds and nest everywhere

At the base I covered the Styrofoam with green

and grey moss...to try and resemble the base of

a woodland forest...

Then I added the glittered mushrooms the kids

had made...and more butterflies!



Mushroom and bird glittering...in the process!

It was sooooo messy!



But I think it was worth it..



I don't think the pictures do it justice...

it was much prettier and bigger in person

It was a low cost....Big Impact centerpiece

Honestly the biggest cost was the butterflies..

I was able to get them 1/2 off so I probably

only spent $15 on them.

And I will have them again for next year!

You could do lots of things with this concept...

Take your branch and you could

hang....lanterns, lights, fruit, tags with

quotes or words on them, or flowers.

It would be cute for a dinner party to hang

trivia questions or conversation starters.

as long as you are consistent with the colors,

and style of whatever you are using it

will turn out cute as opposed to tacky!

Alright...i'm off to clean and polish a

dresser that I picked up this morning

because it had no home and begged

for me to give it one...

well at least that's what I heard it say