On the Second Day of Christmas...

Good morning my friends and say hello to the weekend! Today, I'd like to share a project that is low-maintenance, low-budget, but high on style and creativity. This particular project is ideal for the creative minds who enjoy some DIY home decor and design time.

Centerpieces make for a great creative project not just because they're easy to create and fairly low budget, but they're individually unique. Search either Pinterest or Google for Christmas Centerpieces and you will instantly notice how not all centerpieces are created equal. I think most people view centerpieces as the standard "flowers in a vase" form, and nowadays that's not quite the case anymore. Traditionally, flowers would kept in a variety of styled vases and could placed on tables, nightstands, fireplace mantles, or other common household spaces. Today, I see centerpieces being made out of just about any kind of material you can think of.

A common feature I see in modern centerpieces is the use of ornaments and ribbons. I tend to have a lot of leftover ball ornaments and filling them up in vases, baskets, or other containers could make for a great centerpieces. Ribbons can be used to tie (literally and figuratively) all elements together in your piece. Some people use ribbon to help accent their pieces like the picture above in the wine bottles versus bounding flowers together like the picture on the left above.


When it comes to actually filling your centerpieces with materials, you honestly can do just about anything from candy to fruit stacks, ornaments, or scent sticks (as long as no one in your party has allergies), beads, decoration wire strings, etc. Finding a good base to hold your materials together can be just as fun! Again the common theme is using flower vases as the foundation for your centerpieces, however it isn't your only option. Other concepts I'd like to suggest are clean mason jars, wine glasses, baskets, small gifts bags, and candy dishes. The goal when creating your centerpieces is to pick a good stable foundation piece that will hold all of your desired decorative elements and then when you add your materials avoid going "over-the-top". As with most creations, simplicity is key but you want to make your centerpieces pop. When decorating consider factors like theme, color, sparkle, or shapes to help guide you into what kind of centerpiece you want for your table.

If you need some ideas to help jump-start your centerpiece creations then I suggest visiting The Creative Cabana's Pinterest Board "Christmas Creativity" for inspiration on shapes, colors, and designs. Definitely do your research though so you can get a game plan of what items to incorporate for your centerpiece. If you do need to purchase materials for your creation, I suggest visiting low-budget stores such as Walmart, Dollar Tree, or Discount Craft Stores where you can find good deals on plenty of decorative elements and a great selection to pick from!

Likewise, if you do make a terrific Christmas Centerpiece, take a picture and share it with The Creative Cabana either by posting here or visiting us at Facebook and Twitter. Until tomorrow my friends, have a great Saturday and let those creative juices flow!

*Images used in this post were gathered from search results on Google Images. I hereby give full credit to their respective photographers and owners for posting these online. Also I do not own Walmart, Dollar General, or other discount stores mentionned in this post. I merely mentionned these places as suggestion for purchasing craft materials, and not as an endorsement. No Copyright Infringement Intended.