I have to attend and host several Christmas events and am always on the lookout for an easy, but elegant, centerpiece. When I received a Beatriz Ball metalware bowl, I knew I didn’t need to look any further for an item to use for all my centerpieces this year. Each of their lovely items is handcrafted, made one at a time, using the art of sand casting, and requires twelve people to finish the item. Any item that has this kind of love and attention bestowed upon it deserves a prominent place in my home, gracing my table during parties. I wanted a low centerpiece to encourage conversation and one that still allowed the highlights of the lovely bowl to shine through.
I began with the round Dakota bowl from the Soho collection, featuring a chiseled rim, faceted edge, and raised base. I wanted something that matched the silver tints of the bowl and something that would contrast, so I added four colors of ornaments, glittery silver, silver, light blue and dark blue. It took approximately 33 ornaments to fill the bowl. I used different sizes, ranging from medium to small. I picked up six Silver coated pine cone picks from the local crafts store and one led candle. You could use any color of candle in this, but I thought white would be pretty with the ornaments. Start by placing a saucer upside down in the middle of the bowl and setting the candle on top of the saucer. Arrange the ornaments to fill the bowl around the candle. Add the silver-coated pine cone picks around the edges, spacing them evenly apart. (You could make the pine cones by finding small cones in the yard, spraying with silver metallic paint and coating with silver glitter.) To change the look of the decoration, simply change the candle and ornaments to other colors. Red and green or gold and red would be lovely as well.
What simple decorations do you use during the holiday season?
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That is such a beautiful bowl! I also love decorating with ornaments and pinecones. Those glass balls are so affordable, and I can usually find plenty of pinecones outside. So easy and pretty!
This is a very nice centerpiece. It is a perfect example of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)!
I have zero talent in table scaping! I have a hard enough time cooking with 3 little ones running around. I may have more time later in life, but for now the table cloth is as fancy as I get!
That is really pretty. I definitely need to make something like this for the holidays.
I love your choices for this center piece. It also could be easily switched out with just a different color of candle for the winter seasonal holidays. Love the bowl. Less is more in this situation.
Such a nice selection of colors!
Love, love, love the colors!
That centerpiece is gorgeous. It is so perfect for the upcoming holidays.
We try to use red, golds and greens with ornaments, tinsel and little decos. But I love what you’ve done. That bowl is gorgeous!
What a gorgeous centerpiece! I’ve always wanted to make a centerpiece for my holiday table but I never knew they were so easy to make. I could see the base turning into a family heirloom.
Such a versatile piece. What a great piece of table decor!
You most definitely found a way to enhance the beauty of the bowl itself. That looks spectacular.
Very pretty. You could customize this in so many ways!
That turned out beautiful. I am a very simple decorator. Candles, Garlands, stuff like that.
That is such a simple and beautiful center piece. It’s very elegant!
very pretty – elegant looking. I like how you are displaying it.
I love how that looks. Very elegant
The bowl is so beautiful it would be hard to decide what to put in it. That is where I would falter. How did you decide to create with the items you used? They turned out beautifully. I like silver so much, I would want to allow it to shine through and then get lost in that idea and waa laah – NO centerpiece. I usually end up letting the dishes do more of the speaking and skip the center piece, but I really would love to make something like this.
So pretty! What a simple and beautiful centerpiece!
Gosh I love that, and you’re right. It’s simple but elegant.
That is really pretty. I love decor that is simple to create yet elegant. I have a hurricane vase that I customize for all the holidays.
Beautiful centerpiece. Our decorations consist of a christmas tree and garlands
That looks so simple and lovely. Thank you for sharing
This is super pretty! Too bad my son woudl totally ruin it within 5 minutes! He has radar for nice things!
That is so beautiful and looks easy to do too!
That bowl is GORGEOUS! It looks great as a centerpiece!
That is a gorgeous centerpiece and I could totally do that. Love the dish.
I can think of so many uses for that pretty bowl. Love your centerpiece idea. I love bringing nature in to decorate, so we go on nature walks around our property and gather nuts, pinecones, bark etc.
That turned out just lovely!
Oh, that centerpiece looks lovely! This bowl would make a great gift, too. I know several people who would like it.
I love the centerpiece, you could easily switch it up to match your changing decor! Great job
I love this trendy centerpiece – it adds a little bling to the table!
So elegant and easy enough for even me to do! Love it! I will give this try!
This turned out so pretty! I love the mixture of the shiny balls and things from nature, and that dish is really nice.
i absolutely love that bowl. gorgeous piece but also functional.
Simple and pretty! Reminds me of something my grandmother has at her house. 🙂
I don’t think we use any simple decorations. I try to, but my hubby is all about overdoing everything lol. Love that dish. It is gorgeous.
I like that! so easy and pretty!
That is definitely very elegant and simple! So pretty I love it!!
I love to use items from the garden for decorations and in one old cast iron pot (picked up for $1 at Goodwill) I usually put seasonal decorations from the garden. After dried flowers in the summer, the post is now filled with leaves in various colors and fresh pinecones to create a fall atmosphere.
I don’t have the knack of making homemade crafts, but what you made was great and very festive, I love it.
I like to take ornaments and put them in pretty centerpieces, too. It’s frugal, simple and very pretty. 🙂
I want the kids to help me make a nice centerpiece this year. This looks like something we can do together. Thanks for sharing it.
What a gorgeous bowl! Love the centerpiece idea, so simple to put together, but very elegant. Great idea!
That is an awesome bowl. Lovely centerpiece
That looks gorgeous! I like to use simple hurricane lamps to decorate
Now that is a very pretty idea, that bowl is absolutely gorgeous! That would also make a sweet gift for someone too!
I love the bowl. It’s very versatile. I love the colors for your Christmas centerpiece!
This is gorgeous! I love it.
What a pretty centerpiece. I need to do something like that for our table.
That looks so pretty. I love the colors you used.
This centerpiece looks so elegant. I will have to try this for our Christmas brunch table. I love pretty tablescapes. Thanks for the tip.
That is pretty easy and it came out great! Very festive!