How to Make a Beautiful Centerpiece

Fall Gourd Arrangement

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  Cut the top off a medium-size pumpkin with a sharp knife, and carve out the filling using a large spoon. Discard the pumpkin's innards and seeds. Cleanly scrape out the sides of the pumpkin to allow for optimal space.

• 2

  Cut a piece of oasis florist foam to fit into the bottom of the pumpkin. Soak it in tepid water and place it inside the bottom of the pumpkin.

• 3

  Arrange cut flowers in a large bunch in the oasis foam until the entire open cavity of the pumpkin is filled.

• 4

  Arrange several small gourds around the pumpkin in the middle of a table.

• 5

  Place several lit votive candles around the pumpkin and gourds to finish the look. The arrangement will last several days indoors.

Beach House Arrangement

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  Set a metal tray in the middle of your work area. Place a large hurricane glass in the center of the metal tray.

• 7

  Take sea glass pieces and sea shells, and mix them together in a large bowl. Carefully place handfuls of the mixture inside the hurricane glass bottom, filling it up to about one-third of the way full.

• 8

  Place a large candle directly on top of the sea glass and sea shell mixture inside the hurricane glass. Make sure the candle is centered.

• 9

  In the space around the bottom of the hurricane, place handfuls of florist moss until the tray is mostly covered.

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  Loosely tuck pieces of silk flowers into the moss. You may choose to hot glue the moss to the tray if you wish the arrangement to last a longer amount of time. Some flowers can also be glued into the moss, such as cattails, to give the arrangement the feel of a day at the beach.

Dinner Party Arrangement

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  Trace the bottom of an empty rustic wooden wine box onto florist foam. Cut out the foam, and insert it into the wooden box.

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  Hot glue silk flowers into the foam in large, uniform clusters.

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  Arrange different sizes of pinecones around the wooden boxes and along the middle of the table, connecting the boxes visually.