Pretty ones are made by covering the cardboard with flock ; this
material can be bought in all shades of red by the pound, and is made
by sizing a piece of thin board or stiff cardboard with glue, and then
sprinkling the flock over it — or fine powdered moss. The flock has a
very pretty effect if used for letters on a white or gold background,
though the red or wine-colored velvet paper looks the same, is cheaper
and less troublesome. Gold paper can also be bought for letters, and
is pretty on the wine-colored or black background. When the ground
work is of moss, the lettering or designs should be of lighter green
moss, tiny autumn leaves and such pressed flowers as retain their
colors.
Crowns, lyres, crosses, anchors and harps can be cut of pasteboard,
and then covered with tiny sprays of cedar, ferns or autumn leaves.
The leaves and cedar sprays can be sewed on, but the ferns must be
pasted or glued, as they are so frail and dry they are easily broken.
Berries or red everlastings are prettiest mixed with the evergreens, and
the ferns with the autumn leaves. Lichens from the woods can be
glued or sewed on the pasteboard. The fine green mosses bought at
the decorators or florists are also used for this purpose. Autumn
leaves should overlap each other, and if dipped in hot wax just before
using, it will keep them perfect and bright. Diamond dust sprinkled
on the leaves immediately after dipping them in the wax makes them
very beautiful, especially in the evening.
The words " Hope," "Welcome," " Merry Christmas " or " A Happy
New Year," made of these tiny leaves, put up over the door in a semi-
circular form with a monogram below, are extremely beautiful. These
mottoes arranged in scrolls, triangles, banners, shields, crosses and
crowns, are highly ornamental if well selected designs are employed.
"Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men," "Merry Christmas to All," "Be
Merry and Wise," " Glory to God in the Highest," and the initials " I.
H. S." (Jesus Hominum Salvator), or " I. H. C." (Jesus Humanitatis
Consolator), are equally appropriate, and can be cut out of cardboard,
in letters from four to five inches in length, and covered with ivy or box
leaves, or with tiny sprays of hemlock. They can also be made of gilt
or scarlet paper, pasted upon the cardboard ; and can then be attached
to a scarlet, blue or white background, by making a slight frame of laths
and covering it over tightly with Turkey-red cotton or blue or white
cambric. The outer frame can be made as described above. The
handsomest letters are of rustic text, and are covered with ivy, laurel,
or holly leaves, and a few bright berries mingled in. The beauty of all
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the decorations mentioned so far can be greatly enhanced by frosting.
For variety, crust some of the frosting with mica, to imitate hoar frost.
CHURCH DECORATIONS FOR EASTER
Let all the parish unite in bringing every plant they have, even if they
have no blossoms. Foliage alone is beautiful. Place a small common
table in the chancel very near the front ; place a tall box on the table, on
the box place your handsomest plants ; if you have a handsome fuchsia
in blossom it will be just the thing — each side of this put foliage
plants.
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Pretty ones are made by covering the cardboard with flock ; this material can be bought in all shades of red by the pound, and is made by sizing a piece of thin board or stiff cardboard with glue, and then sprinkling the flock over it — or fine powdered moss. The flock has a very pretty effect if used for letters on a white or gold background, though the red or wine-colored velvet paper looks the same, is cheaper and less troublesome. Gold paper can also be bought for letters, and is pretty on the wine-colored or black background. When the ground work is of moss, the lettering or designs should be of lighter green moss, tiny autumn leaves and such pressed flowers as retain their colors.
Crowns, lyres, crosses, anchors and harps can be cut of pasteboard, and then covered with tiny sprays of cedar, ferns or autumn leaves. The leaves and cedar sprays can be sewed on, but the ferns must be pasted or glued, as they are so frail and dry they are easily broken. Berries or red everlastings are prettiest mixed with the evergreens, and the ferns with the autumn leaves. Lichens from the woods can be glued or sewed on the pasteboard. The fine green mosses bought at the decorators or florists are also used for this purpose. Autumn leaves should overlap each other, and if dipped in hot wax just before using, it will keep them perfect and bright. Diamond dust sprinkled on the leaves immediately after dipping them in the wax makes them very beautiful, especially in the evening.
The words " Hope," "Welcome," " Merry Christmas " or " A Happy New Year," made of these tiny leaves, put up over the door in a semicircular form with a monogram below, are extremely beautiful. These mottoes arranged in scrolls, triangles, banners, shields, crosses and crowns, are highly ornamental if well selected designs are employed. "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men," "Merry Christmas to All," "Be Merry and Wise," " Glory to God in the Highest," and the initials " I. H. S." (Jesus Hominum Salvator), or " I. H. C." (Jesus Humanitatis Consolator), are equally appropriate, and can be cut out of cardboard, in letters from four to five inches in length, and covered with ivy or box leaves, or with tiny sprays of hemlock. They can also be made of gilt or scarlet paper, pasted upon the cardboard ; and can then be attached to a scarlet, blue or white background, by making a slight frame of laths and covering it over tightly with Turkey-red cotton or blue or white cambric. The outer frame can be made as described above. The handsomest letters are of rustic text, and are covered with ivy, laurel, or holly leaves, and a few bright berries mingled in. The beauty of all
138 HOLIDA Y FESTIVITIES.
the decorations mentioned so far can be greatly enhanced by frosting. For variety, crust some of the frosting with mica, to imitate hoar frost.
CHURCH DECORATIONS FOR EASTER
Let all the parish unite in bringing every plant they have, even if they have no blossoms. Foliage alone is beautiful. Place a small common table in the chancel very near the front ; place a tall box on the table, on the box place your handsomest plants ; if you have a handsome fuchsia in blossom it will be just the thing — each side of this put foliage plants.