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Ornament Centerpieces | Better Than Bling

In another bowl centerpiece, Matthew attains easy elegance with what he calls “drop and layer” style. Using no florals, fruits, or water, he simply nestles white and silver ornaments in a compote among glistening silver cake dragées and glass stones. He tops it off with an antique bell ornament and rhinestone brooches — inexpensive flea […]

A glass bowl containing silver and white Christmas ornaments, including baubles and a decorative bell, sits on a tray. Festive decorations and blurred champagne flutes are in the background.

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Photo Credit : Katherine Keenan
Better than bling
Better than bling
Photo Credit : Francine Zaslow
In another bowl centerpiece, Matthew attains easy elegance with what he calls “drop and layer” style. Using no florals, fruits, or water, he simply nestles white and silver ornaments in a compote among glistening silver cake dragées and glass stones. He tops it off with an antique bell ornament and rhinestone brooches — inexpensive flea market finds. (For a dash of color, you might add a few pieces of blue sea glass.) The finishing touch is to “serve” the arrangement on a sterling-silver tray.

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  1. This idea will work well with red in the collection of green glass bits I have collected form yard sales .

  2. I think it would look great with a bit of red and green thrown in. I think that would make it really festive. Not expensive to create either if you check out the yard sales and flea markets.

  3. I love this idea. I have some very old ornaments–rhinestone pins and red+green glass balls on a silver tray. Thanks again!!