One Great Bowl - - Lots of Great Centerpieces
| See Variations in This One Container Not everyone thinks that putting together a table centerpiece for a party is an easy thing to do. In fact, many people resort to buying one from a florist or market. Having a single container to use can make the process less challenging. We’ve used a clear glass footed bowl, but you can use anything you have. A silver punch bowl, a brass bowl, or an interesting pottery bowl will work just fine. Square or round, deep or shallow, footed or flat–anything can work. Look around your home and find a container. Then see if any of these arrangements will work for your table. Pile fruit or decorative pieces in a bowl, add greens or flowers, and put it on the table. Most of our fall arrangements are made from grocery store ingredients. They’re inexpensive and will last a long time. And most of them use just a few flowers.
Fruit and Sunflowers • bowl container (or a platter or tray) Pile the fruit into your bowl. Use all lemons or a mixture of fruit in the colors of your choice. Tip: Use a few toothpicks to secure fruits if necessary. Cut the sunflower stems to about 3-6″ long and insert between the fruits. Note: Ripening fruit can cause fresh flowers to wilt so be sure to add flowers only an hour or so before your party. Clip leaves to about 5″ lengths and insert under lemons around the edge of the bowl and a few in the center. Tip: Flowers may last several hours without water. To make an arrangement last longer, fill the bottom of the bowl with water and cut flower stems long enough to reach down to the water. Or, use floral water tubes for each flower stem. Highlight a few gorgeous flowers… Floating Candles and Flowers Centerpiece • 3-5 open roses Set your bowl in place on the table. Fill it with water using a pitcher. Next cut roses or other large open flowers so the stems are less than 1″ long. Float the flowers on the water. Place floating candles on the water and avoid wetting the candle wicks. Tip: Flowers that are large and open (not buds) will work best in this arrangement. Don’t crowd flowers and candles or petals could be singed. se any leaves from your yard… Carry the fall theme through with some oak leaves (or any other type of fall leaf), acorns, and mini crab apples for a bit more color. All finished! Fall Pears and Oak Leaves • 12-18 small pears, in any color you like (fresh or artificial) We’ve used three varities of pear and heaped them in our footed glass bowl. Next, clip fall leaf stems into 4-6″ lengths and insert a few here and there around the perimeter of the arrangement. Since our leaves were from the backyard oak tree we also added some acorns. A final garnish of miniature red crab apples adds more color to this fall centerpiece. Tip: Use artificial fruit for a long-lasting arrangement that only needs dusting! Concentric circles surround a tall candle Garnished Pillar Candle • Bowl container (or a platter or tray) Set a pillar candle into the center of your bowl. Secure it with florist putty or candle wax tabs if necessary. Make two rows of fruit or vegetables around the candle. Small items will work best. We’ve chosen some baby artichokes and some very small lemons, but tangerines, limes, or any other item could also work. Turn a popular accessory into a centerpiece… Decorative Balls Centerpiece • Bowl, platter or tray Arrange balls in a bowl or on a platter or tray. Tip: Flowers may last several hours without water. To make an arrangement last longer, fill the bottom of the bowl with water and cut flower stems long enough to reach down to the water — only if the water will not damage the decorative balls. Or, use clear floral water tubes for each flower stem, inserting both a flower and a leaf, plus a stem of babies breath into the tube. This colorful centerpiece smells wonderful… Lemon Lime Centerpiece • Bowl, platter, or tray Arrange fruit in your container. Clip 3 stems of leather leaf into shorter sprigs and insert between the fruit, around the rim of the bowl. Tip: Flowers may last several hours without water. To make an arrangement last longer, fill the bottom of the bowl with water and cut flower stems long enough to reach down to the water. Or, use clear floral water tubes for each flower stem, inserting both a flower and a leaf sprig into the tube. Gather fall materials for a natural arrangement Pine Cone and Twigs Centerpiece • Bowl We placed one large round pinecone in the center of our bowl and surrounded it with several long thin pinecones. Fruit and Flowers add color Enjoy! Tangerine Centerpiece • Bowl, platter, or tray Arrange fruit in bowl, and place some extra fruit around the base of the bowl. Tip: Flowers may last several hours without water. To make an arrangement last longer, fill the bottom of the bowl with water and cut flower stems long enough to reach down to the water. Or, use floral water tubes for each flower stem. Tip: Use silk flowers and leaves for a very long-lasting arrangement.
Enjoy! Limes, Candle, and Roses Centerpiece • Bowl Place candle in the center of the bowl. Note: Ripening fruit can cause fresh flowers to wilt so be sure to add flowers only an hour or so before your party. |
Fill your bowl with fruit and sunny sunflowers
Fruit and flowers bring easy style to a table