Fire & Water ~ Holiday Centerpieces
Combine fire and water to create stunning holiday centerpieces that reflect your water gardening passion for the holidays! Turn those traditional candle and evergreen table centerpieces into unique and original displays just by adding water! These festive centerpieces will definitely catch the attention of your guests.
Water feature centerpieces can be simple and fun to create. They need not be complicated, time-consuming or expensive. Below are a few easy, starter ideas, but don’t be afraid to let your own creativity take over to design your very own original showpiece.
A simple centerpiece: set votive candles in small glass votive holders in a shallow crystal or glass bowl. Add some red cranberries, which are easy to find in the grocery this time of year, to cover the bottom of the bowl and around the candle holders. Fill the bowl with water - enough to cover the cranberries but not over the top of the votive holders. Surround this water centerpiece with springs of artifical fall leaves for Thanksgiving or evergreen boughs for Christmas.
Variations to this simple centerpiece: Use colored, floating candles instead of votive candles. For Christmas, add twinkling lights entwined in the evergreen boughs and add a red bow or two. The traditional reds and greens and the twinkling lights of this holiday centerpiece will attract the ooohhhs and aaahhhs of your holiday guests.
Another variation would be to float a large football mum or one or two spider mums in a shallow glass bowl filled with water and colored gemstones. Set the bowl on a pedestal on a mirror square. Surround the pedestal base with evergreens or a ring of cranberries. Scatter colored votive candles that match your flower color around the centerpiece on the mirror base. This will add some coziness to the centerpiece and the mirror will reflect the candle light up toward the flower petals. A single, large poinsettia bloom works well at Christmas with matching red votives to accent this centerpiece.
Another easy yet elegant centerpiece is to place a single pillar candle in a hurricane vase. Add colored gemstones or other holiday baubles into the hurricane vase around the pillar candle. Then add water. Flank the hurricane vase with 2 other pillar candles of varying height. Scatter additional gemstones and/or holiday baubles around the bases of this trio of candles. Your centerpiece is complete! The area around the candle trio could also be adorned with greenery, cinnamon sticks, holiday berries, or pinecones.
Get creative this holiday season and show off your passion for water gardening. Design your own original fire and water holiday centerpiece!
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