Fall colors are rich and earthy, so I love setting up fall tablescapes and table settings. Start with a beautiful fall centerpiece for your focal point. Here are a few fall centerpiece ideas to get you started.

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Fall Party Decorating Ideas

If you’re going for a traditional fall color palette for your party, stick with rich browns with bright  oranges, or yellows, and deep reds. Warm tones work very well in fall. You can also work in golds, and shades of green into your fall tablescape.
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Candy bars are very popular at parties and weddings these days. You can let your guests fill their own small box or bag with a candy mixture from a display of yummy looking candy. The candy makes a great party favor to say thank you for coming.

What do you need to set up your own candy bar? You’ll need some candy of course, bulk candy works best. You’ll also need some glass containers. You can dress up the containers with a bow or wrap them with fabric to add some color.
Don’t forget a small scoop in each candy container so …read more

Today I played around with some candles, gourds and a few other fall components. Iwanted to make a fall centerpiece, so I tried several different ideas.

I cut the center out of some small round pumpkin shaped gourds, then removed the insides and slid a votive candle into the hole. I didn’t do a great job of getting the hole the right size. I just eyeballed it. If I made them again I think I would measure instead of winging it.

They did turn out very well over all I tried it with just the votives with the gourds, some pine cones, …read more

You all know by now I love table centerpieces and decorations. You also know I like to think outside the standard floral arrangement to add other elements to my centerpieces. Don’t get me wrong floral centerpieces are usually spectacular, but you don’t have to limit yourself to flowers.
Today I have a couple spectacular table centerpiece ideas to share with you from Minoo Hersini, Creative Director at Au Ciel Design Studio.
The first centerpiece is made with grass, setaria and panicum.

The second centerpiece is constructed with peppers, beans, green tomatoes and steel grass.

The third centerpiece is an oasis ring with purple cabbages, …read more

Decorations for your holiday table can be as simple as walking outside and snipping a couple branches off of your evergreens. Some of my favorite evergreens to take a snip of include fir, juniper, blue spruce, holly, or pine boughs. Any of these would look great added to a Christmas floral arrangement, or strung from the fireplace mantle.
You can also add to a large vase with some fresh fruit, like oranges and lemons, or arranged with Christmas bulbs, or pine cones and white lights to make an evergreen garland down the center of your table.
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When you’re planning a fall party, why not give it an apple theme? Apple season is in full swing right now. There are many apple recipes out there, and with a little imagination, and some of the ideas here, you can come up with some really cute fall apple decorating ideas.

Use dried apple slices to make a dried apple garland, add in some cinnamon sticks for a garland that smells and looks festive for the fall season.
Add apples to a vase of water for a beautiful centerpiece for your food table.
Hollow out the apple center and use them as small …read more

If you enjoy creating your own floral centerpieces and party decorations when you entertain, TLC has a new show premiering this November you should definitely check out. The new series is called “Flowers Uncut with Jeff Leatham.”

The show goes behind-the-scenes as to follow Jeff and his hectic lifestyle as tries to build his own floral empire and conquer the New York event design scene.

Leatham’s love for flowers and aesthetics, and his passion for design show through in his contemporary style. His creations are a bold statement using shapes, color and simplicity to produce a dramatic effect.
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The other day I featured centerpieces and table decorations featuring fruit and flowers. Several mentioned that vegetables can make great party centerpieces and table decorations too. Since we’re coming into the fall harvest season, I thought I’d share a couple centerpieces with vegetables that I’ve collected through the years.
One of my favorite fall vegetables to decorate with is the pumpkin. Pumpkins make wonderful serving bowls if you hollow them out. You can have them do double duty, for function and decoration.
Or use a pumpkin as the base for a floral arrangement.
Load some fall vegetables into a cornucopia horn with some …read more

White is such a versatile color for parties, and weddings. You can add accents in any color, and it works for any season or occasion. You can dress white up or down, and even do white with white if you want to.
Today I have some decorative bouquets ideas you can use for a party centerpiece, or wedding bouquet, all in white. If you don’t like the solid white, you can add accents in any color.
First up, dressing up simple white daisies with a little green, or with some pearl beads.

Lilies are fabulous in white.
Did you know white can come in …read more

Fruit and floral combinations work wonderful for party, or wedding table centerpieces. They make a nice contrast in texture and color.
Citrus is my favorite to work with in floral arrangements. I love their bright vivid colors, and they will hold up for several days without spoiling.

You don’t have to incorporate the fruit in the arrangement, you can hollow out an orange, or an apple and use them for as a vase for your floral centerpiece.

Arrange flowers and fruit in a basket to give your backyard party a casual feel.

You don’t have to pair a floral arrangement with your fruit, you …read more