New Years Arrangements and the 'Stare Down'

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I look out the window and not much of anything is blooming right now, except for my Camellia bushes. Yesterday I decided to cut a few and scatter them throughout the house.</span></div><div class="separator" id="ssnoshadow" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17jfwvCG2UclRqZ95h8nplztzTyyc39NnY7tErO2rfG5TGdQPSuYBhUAHPnCbseh6UidqF2kiUcVtlEWEgDuZsLNtCSq8xmce8T4cF3Siiy_YSLKfh0RoNmvt6OT-R5mM-Mv84bSfZdRB/s1600/IMG_5432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17jfwvCG2UclRqZ95h8nplztzTyyc39NnY7tErO2rfG5TGdQPSuYBhUAHPnCbseh6UidqF2kiUcVtlEWEgDuZsLNtCSq8xmce8T4cF3Siiy_YSLKfh0RoNmvt6OT-R5mM-Mv84bSfZdRB/s640/IMG_5432.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><center><a class="pin-it-button" count-layout="none" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopthistopthat.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fbringing-my-camellias-indoors-and-stare.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-wFdeWaRQFWI%2FUNuUu01eXlI%2FAAAAAAAAZN4%2FPHjQZOuiINg%2Fs1600%2FIMG_5432.JPG%22%20imageanchor%3D%221%22%20style%3D%22margin-left%3A%201em%3B%20margin-right%3A%201em%3B%22%3E%3Cimg%20border%3D%220%22%20height%3D%22640%22%20src%3D%22http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-wFdeWaRQFWI%2FUNuUu01eXlI%2FAAAAAAAAZN4%2FPHjQZOuiINg%2Fs640%2FIMG_5432.JPG%22%20width%3D%22426%22&description=New%20Years%20Arrangements%20using%20Camellias%20and%20mercury%20glass"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">For a festive look that didn't scream Christmas and more like New Years, I added the stems to a few mercury glass candle holders that I got at Garden Ridge Pottery for next to nothing, and placed them on top of a mirror with a few glass balls sprinkled around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0O7GjCz7XgdGN1t4z5LsOZBwF-Jx2N2PeechEIbtoERAbxcVtjt3i3Ncn4qpE4_5US_jjqcK8BBHyHd_X2U_O4bDcaUS2pn7VHzUrPWKTrcog9CG4dJq-Ys9eKnoIQHbpVyJRGZ617Wo/s1600/IMG_5435.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0O7GjCz7XgdGN1t4z5LsOZBwF-Jx2N2PeechEIbtoERAbxcVtjt3i3Ncn4qpE4_5US_jjqcK8BBHyHd_X2U_O4bDcaUS2pn7VHzUrPWKTrcog9CG4dJq-Ys9eKnoIQHbpVyJRGZ617Wo/s640/IMG_5435.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For an extra touch of whimsy I added these silver curly sticks ( I have no idea what you call them) that I got in the dried floral section of Hobby Lobby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzbeiOuTnhINIfdrxWOIRO1Z-9TPliDQzey1rBYueoNMPsLC4zwcxvZ5S8sfEyT_ckdrjEPPVHMFTvD7VLWqy1G1R4DvWXWf4F2Y4AJgyMM126jRGTIxtqPoMuVpemn9qs4dU7aQVuisk/s1600/IMG_5436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzbeiOuTnhINIfdrxWOIRO1Z-9TPliDQzey1rBYueoNMPsLC4zwcxvZ5S8sfEyT_ckdrjEPPVHMFTvD7VLWqy1G1R4DvWXWf4F2Y4AJgyMM126jRGTIxtqPoMuVpemn9qs4dU7aQVuisk/s640/IMG_5436.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I love seeing the pops of pink especially with all of this dreary, rainy, cold weather we have been having. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I know it's a winter bloom, but it just screams Spring to me.... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">but not so fast. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I look in the other room and not only is the Christmas tree staring at me ready to come down, but also the dog and the new pony are in a stare down of their own. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E_sdyYZWO2DvzytJkNjZfEvUdIvtKi695ZoEInXdah4tCGfzQqOZ5lp79XvCeU4sJc6a2BmihRjzali1qeTRtRCaKJOVpyPcTZedN1Ae5c8lOtTGEgvnXy5Qk-_AlcwwZmAXRC0PCAaQ/s1600/IMG_5388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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New Years Arrangements and the 'Stare Down'

I look out the window and not much of anything is blooming right now, except for my Camellia bushes. Yesterday I decided to cut a few and sc...

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