Gradient Reds and Oranges
Color is where artificial foliage usually gives itself away. These run in gradients rather than single tones, red through orange into yellow, the way a maple actually turns over a few weeks. Detailed veins and natural leaf outlines hold up at the distance across a dinner table. Two hundred pieces means a surface gets covered rather than dotted with a token few.
Scattered Down the Table
The usual use is the simplest one. A handful goes along a Thanksgiving table between the dishes, around a centerpiece, on a mantel, across a serving tray or over an entryway console. Because the leaves lie flat and weigh almost nothing, plates and glasses can go down on top of them without anything tipping or sliding away.
Wreaths and Garland Crafts
Two hundred lightweight pieces are a material as much as a decoration. They go into homemade wreaths, garlands, scrapbook pages, gift wrapping and wedding arrangements, and a school or craft group can work through a box of them in an afternoon. Each leaf is small enough to glue onto a card and detailed enough to stand on its own.
Back in the Box
Nothing about these is perishable in the way a real leaf is. After Thanksgiving they go into a bag and come out the following autumn with the color unchanged, which is the difference between decorating once and decorating every year. Home, classroom, office, weddings and seasonal events all draw on the same handful from the same box.
