Go Natural!

I love to use pine boughs and such from the trees and plants on my property.  This year I collected white pine branches, some different types of spruce and larch tree branches with the pine cones attached.  The red branches are wild red twig dogwood – not the variety you get at the nursery, but the wild variety that grows in abundance here in the northeast, and the berries are from wild raspberry vines – warning, they are extremely sharp, but the berries are so hardy and so vibrant in color it’s worth the effort.  Use a variety of shapes and textures and of course, height, to make your display impressive.