Decorative Winter Flags for your Yard

Christmas is almost here.  It's been a whirlwind of time through fall and into the holidays, both in my business and personal lives.  I hear many people talk about how busy life is for them this time of year.  It is no wonder some of us just let time pass and haven't changed out our decorative yard flag since fall.  Luckily there are lots of lovely Winter Garden Flags and Winter House Flags we can display that can stay up through the holidays and into spring.



Lots of decorative winter flags of course have a snow theme, many say Let it Snow.  Birds are also a popular subject like the Winter Birdhouses Garden Flag or House Flag.  Cardinals especially look beautiful in a snow scene on a decorative winter flag.  So once all your shopping is done and presents are wrapped, take time to get something for yourself and choose a decorative winter garden flag or house flag at FlagsandGifts.com.

Happiest of Holidays from Custom Flags and Gifts.



Let it Snow Garden Flag



Cheering up a Winter Yard

The holidays are gone and so are the dazzling light displays, lovely wreaths and eclectic decorative Christmas flags.  The winter yard is not usually a cheery one and unless you are an avid gardener that has planned ahead with camellias and other winter friendly shrubs, a winter yard can often times use some help. 


Winter garden flags are an easy solution.  Winter yard flags come in many designs and their color and subject matter will draw your eyes to them and away from the drabness of the flower beds.   Snowmen garden flags are always a fun choice like this Snow Couple Garden Flag that can also be a personalized flag.


 There is also this Let it Snow Garden Flag that is a high quality double applique flag that will hold up to the wicked winter weather.

For something totally unique there are Custom Winter Flags.  This is a Snowflake Monogram Flag but there are many available from a variety of companies.

For those that prefer, there are also Winter House Flags which are the larger size of the decorative flags like this Cardinal and Holly House Flag that can also become a personalized flag.

Along with the decorative winter flags, depending on where you live there are also great amazingly hearty plants and evergreens that can add beauty to your yard during the cold weather.  I found this great site for the United States National Arboretum and it has a handy zone map that will help you find what plants are winter hardy for your area.  In our area, pansies are used a lot this time of year. It always amazes me that for such a pretty and delicate looking flower they are really very tough.

These are just a few ideas to liven your winter landscape.  There are so many things you can do.  If you have any ideas you would like to share, please do.  We may come up with a few more ourselves in a future post.

Happy New Year to you all.
Josie and Marilee
Custom Flags and Gifts

Birds in the Winter

 As our  winter  temperatures take its normal roller coaster ride from the 60's to the teens within several days, I watch out little bird friends and wonder how they tolerate the frigid part of the ride.  Their tiny little bodies seem as if they would freeze solid in those sub freezing temperatures.  I replaced my Christmas flags with some winter bird garden flags and then did some research. I found that nature has given them lots of tools to help them keep warm.

Their feathers are perfectly made to help keep them warm and work even better when they do their fluffing, which creates air pockets among their feathers to create even better insulation.  Who doesn't love to see them all puffed up, they look so adorable.  They also use dense bushes where we've all seen many birds in one bush filling each available cavity and all fluffed up, it makes such a
wonderful vision.  Also I read, special scales on their legs and feet help slow heat loss and that if food was readily available for them in the fall, they have a nice little layer of fat that also helps to keep them warm.  These and other gifts from nature help them through the winter, but there are things we can do also.

Offer a good quality winter bird food and keep the feeders full.  Make sure they have access to plenty of water.  During continuous below freezing temperatures, they may have trouble finding water sources that are not frozen.  There are even warmers you can put in bird baths to make your job easier.  Give the birds shelter in both the form of bird boxes and in your landscaping. 
Bushes and shrubs offer refuge as do brush piles.  We keep an ongoing brush pile in the back corner of our property.  We have constant debris in our yards from all our trees.  Instead of worrying about having it hauled away we just keep an ongoing brush pile.  There is always a lot of chattering coming from the pile, especially in the winter.  We know it is well used.

Welcome Winter Birdhouse Garden Flag




Here is another of our decorative winter flags that features a carinal perched on a snowy evergreen branch.

Thank you for reading.
Marilee & Josie
Custom Flags and Gifts