Wreath of the Day, From the Archives – Warming Up the Silver
We receive a fair number of orders for silver wreaths – silver bow with silver accents, silver bow with all natural accents, glamorous glitz with silver, but the challenge is to make the wreath warm and inviting, rather than cold and harsh. Different colored silver spray paints can cause problems. Some make leaves, such as magnolia leaves, look like radiators instead of sterling. Pine cones turn gray. One solution is a judicious addition of gold accents to the silver, which immediately lifts the design into another sphere. Below are some examples – the wreaths still read “silver” but the pitfall of the gray wreath is avoided.
Thanks today are extended to customer Donald Denniston, who each season purchases a wreath for his condominium, with the specification that the decorations be tight and controlled, since the door is an “active” door, opened and closed often. We try to keep the glitter off the floor.
