A better way to secure your decorations

Yesterday when I finally got around to putting up some outside Christmas decorations, it dawned on me that I needed something to secure the greenery to the railing on the front porch.  Since this is a new house, I had never faced the problem before. 

I could not find any twine and fishing line was too much trouble to use.  I also had neglected to buy enough lights on my trip to Morehead City the night before.  I finally went off to Walston's in Cedar point.  It is one of my favorite local hardware stores.  I picked up some light wire, but could not find the kind of lights that I wanted.  That sent me over to Ace Hardware in Emerald Isle.  There I did not find any lights, but I did find a great solution for securing decorations.

The Velcro tape that I am so fond of using for my tomatoes was still in the plant aisle, and it was one of those ah hah moments.  It was immediately obvious that Velcro tape would work better than wire.

I finally had to go to CVS to get the rest of my lights, but the Velcro tape made short work of securing everything to the front of the house.