I made this swag many years ago. It started with some excelsior that we received when we bought our fountain, it was packed in tons of the stuff for safekeeping during shipping. I started with some lavender and mediterranean heather that was growing in my garden, then came some eucalyptus and then dried carnations. Whenever our kids would give me an arrangement, I would dry something from it and add to this swag. It hangs proudly at our fireplace.