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An antique gold frame gives this sweet little botanical an elegant home and its deep molding is the perfect shelf for a miniature botanical still life.

The tiny tree is the skeleton of a topiary thyme tree that I had in a pot outside for a four or five years. When it died, I rinsed off the soil from the roots and brought it inside to find it a new home. I had trained this thyme tree from a cutting and didn’t want to assign it to the compost pile. I get rather attached to these dear little trees. I was glad to crown this framed botanical with this stately little tree.

A dried lime that I silver leafed is the sphere form next to the tree and completes this rather dramatic addition to the framed print.