South Georgia living brings an abundance of nice, fresh pine cones ripe for creating for the holidays. I have forgotten how many of them there are on the ground this time of year since moving to the Memphis TN area in 1996. So, my creative juices got to flowing and I am thinking of all the cool things you can do with natures bounty.
I recently ran across this sweet legend- it goes like this:
"There once lived a poor family without enough food to eat or enough wood for their fire. The mother decided to go into the forest to search for pinecones. She was planning to use the pine cones to build a fire for her family, and she was also hoping she could sell some of them to get money to buy food.
After walking for hours, the mother finally reached the forest and started gathering pinecones into her basket. Suddenly, she heard a voice say, "Why are you stealing my pinecones?" With that, an elf appeared beside her. She explained her sad story to the elf. With a crooked smile, the elf said, "Go into the next forest. The pine cones there are much better." Hesitantly, the mother set off to the next forest, which was even farther away. When she reached it, she was very tired. She leaned against a tree and sat her basket on the ground.No sooner had she set down her basket, and dozens of pinecones started falling to the ground. Filled with renewed energy, she gathered all the pinecones into her basket and returned home. Exhausted, she returned home and set the basket on her doorstep. When she looked down at the basket of pinecones, they had all turned to silver! The family would never be poor again."
Paint or spray pinecones silver and attach a vintage tag on keeping with the holiday season. Add a pretty satin ribbon. Computer print the legend above and place it on the opposite side of the vintage tag. Hang these from your tree, place together in a basket by the mantle and prepare for all the holiday luck they will bring you.
Stay turned for more pine cone crafts this week. My tribute to my south Georgia heritage.
Live Life Creatively,
so pretty and I've never heard of the legend before.
Posted by: niki meiners | October 30, 2010 at 11:16 AM