Unless you've gone through formal training or been blessed with natural talent for floral arranging, the idea of creating a knock-out centerpiece can be daunting. And with food to make, bar to stock, and a hundred other to-do's before guests arrive, who has an hour to painstakingly prop buds in a vase? Still, you want to make a statement, so create a tasty centerpiece that may just overshadow your prize veal piccata!
Raid your kitchen for creative ways to fill a glass vase. Use your imagination and create centerpieces that are playful and stunningly unique...red lentils, gumballs, colored rice, key limes, dried berries, and other goodies may be used to whip up a centerpiece as memorable as your meal. Since you’re not adding water, you can reuse nonperishables again and again (it's a good idea to keep materials stored with your party supplies to separate them from edibles). A few ideas:
- Dark coffee beans topped with several deep, rich flowers such as bougainvillea or delphinium.
- Pink lemonade topped with floating pink orchids.
- Pale yellow jelly beans topped with colorful snapdragons or tulips.
- Layers of colorful spices such as sea salt and cayenne pepper topped with sunny yellow calla lilies.
Have fun mixing and matching foods and flowers. Keep buds in water and place them in the arrangement just before your guests arrive so they’ll be fresh. Or, experiment creating centerpieces without flowers -- a beautiful glass cylinder layered with colorful spices is spectacular all on its own.
photo © Karyn Millet
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