Branching Out

I have been contemplating this beautiful light fixture I came across in a shop called Lola & Emily last week. I'd never been in before, stepped through the door and Woa! this blew me away. I stood and stared at it for a few minutes before asking them if they minded if I took a snap of it. "Not at all!" they said, adding that they had watched with fascination not long ago as the woman who'd made it put it up.

I have had branches on the brain for about a year now, wondering how I could incorporate them into my surroundings (indoors, as I figure mama nature has the outdoors covered). I often see clusters of branches bundled for pick up along with other yard refuse and have been sorely tempted to pick them up. But what to do with them? Do I have to soak them to make them pliable? What's the best way to bind them together?

As fate would have it, I have also been sequestering a shoe box full of crystal chandelier drops for about five years, moving them with me from NDG, to St. Lambert and now back again.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?