December 10, 2011---greenbrier and daisy

This one greenbrier leaf was the natural material I wanted to showcase today. It had almost no stem, so, to hold it upright in the vase, I threaded a daisy stem through a hole in the leaf.  (I pulled the petals off the daisy, which was one of two I picked on Dec. 7. The petals of this one had wilted; the other one still looks pretty good.)

Here's how the daisy stem goes through the leaf.  And what a leaf it is! It should really be in a museum somewhere!