So my dear friend, Carmen Johnston, and I had the opportunity to be photographed working some Christmas magic at the Southern Living Idea House in Senoia, Georgia… to say we had a ball is an understatement. Carmen is a floral and container design diva and I am glad to call her my friend. We’ve had the chance to work together before and this photo shoot was a delight. Our friend Jamie McPherson made the house fabulous with his interior design magic, so our work was just the icing on the cake for holiday décor!

Here are a few highlights and tidbits from the shoot and more to come hopefully in a Holiday issue of the magazine next year! Merry Merry!!!

Red and green are super, but other colors can be fun too! Coppers, oranges, whites, and tones of green can be very festive as well for the holidays.

Try using textures for complementing the holiday tableaux with interest. Sorghum, seed pods, dried hydrangeas, and moss all make for textural statements.

Grocery Store Décor… I can’t harp on this enough! A quick trip to your grocer’s produce section and some seasonal greenery makes a lovely statement for the season!

Be creative and have fun! There is nothing like taking gifts from the garden and making something marvelous from the provisions granted!