Necessity is the mother of invention

I hosted a number of garden bloggers recently for a technical pow-wow-slash-holiday party and the tree topper we ordered from Etsy hadn’t yet arrived.

Antique gold paper star from Kissa Design

Five minutes before people arrived I tied a spent Allium schubertii to the top branch.

I think I like it better. The gold star arrived a few days later and is hanging like mistletoe in our entryway.

I think stars atop trees are supposed to represent the star that the Wise Men followed to Bethlehem? A bunch of dudes following a funky looking onion across the countryside makes about as much sense as the rest of the Christmas mythology to me, so this suits us.

Comments

  1. Meryl Rose Phillips Avatar
    Meryl Rose Phillips

    That looks awesome! We have some cheap Ikea piece of crap on the top of our tree. Maybe I'll go to the front yard and find something better…

  2. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    I love the Allium tree-topper. That was such a brilliant touch!

  3. Markngaz Avatar
    Markngaz

    That's brill Heather, love it! It only a temporary thing but perhaps for next year you can spray paint one in gold for a homemade ornament 🙂

  4. Heather Avatar
    Heather

    Okay, that's happening next year. Genius!

  5. Laurrie Sostman Avatar
    Laurrie Sostman

    Definitely spray it gold — those Stars of Persia allium bulbs are real sculpture when they are dried and they last forever. Yours looks perfect atop the tree.

  6. Kris Peterson Avatar
    Kris Peterson

    Inspired! I've used a gold-sprayed sun at the top of my tree for years but I'd switch to allium if I had a chance in hell of growing that in my garden. Maybe I should see what I can do with succulents.

  7. Laura Heldreth Avatar
    Laura Heldreth

    I loved it when I saw it. Such a fantastic idea! Thanks for the fun afternoon. 🙂

  8. oidk Avatar
    oidk

    Spray them in all different colors!! I smell another etsy store idea a-brewing..;…

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