Fresh January

Many people are depressed by their houses after the Christmas clean up. (Well those that take their decorations down before June at least.) While it's true, the house does look empty, it's also a good time to clean everything and have fresh decorations with clean lines. I don't mind the sparsity of winter but I didn't want the mantel to be completely bare so I made this arrangement. It was an excellent solution for the mantel as well as an excellent use of a Michael's gift card and a Michael's mega sale.

Here it is in close-up. I already had the container and moss, I just bought the orchids (two stems) and the curled branches (one stem had enough for two containers).