The look of an old-fashioned country Christmas is created with a combination of red silk poinsettias, freeze dried leather fern, and dried baby’s breath. Our focal point is a charming snowman candle, and the entire arrangement is contrasted with a red gingham place mat. I. Using a funnel, fill the Floral Design with grits,  2. Place one silk poinsettia in every third vase. 3. Add the leather leaf fern to every vase. 4. Use the baby’s breath to fill the spaces between the poinsettias. 5. Add the glass disc to the center of the Floral Design. 6. Slip the red gingham placemat under the Floral Design. 7. Position the vase at the desired location.  8. Place the snowman candle in the center of the glass disc.

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Without a doubt, this tree arrangement is really fun to create. The tree is made of silk pine sprays available in most craft shops or variety stores. The ornaments are regular Christmas tree ornaments and holiday picks, also from the craft shop. Just mix and match your favorite colors or themes to create your own personal touch. For this tree we used glass ornaments, candy canes, red bows and twinkle lights. We even used multicolored, mini Christmas tree lights. After lighting the tree, we topped it off with a light sprinkling of plastic snow. 1.Fill the Floral Seven and Floral Design with silica sand.  2. Fill each vase with two to three pine sprays or enough to make a bushy looking tree. 3, Position the tree at the desired location before decorating. 4. Drape a small cloth or use newspaper around the base to ease the clean up if you choose to sprinkle the tree with snow. 5. Decorate the tree as you would a regular Christmas tree, using a variety of small scale ornaments. 6. Gently drape a short section of twinkle lights around the tree. (Make sure you have positioned the tree near an electrical outlet if you plan to light the arrange­ment.) 7. For the final touch, sprinkle the tree/arrangement, lightly with artificial snow. 8. Remove the newspaper or cloth.

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This lavish centerpiece is certain to have your guests complimenting you on your genius! They will never know how easy and quick it really is. Fresh pineapple, strawberries, red and green grapes and parsley are the ingredients for this masterpiece. The only equipment you will need are a few toothpicks. I.  Fill the Floral Design with fresh water.  2. Cut the parsley to four inch lengths.  3. Fill each vase with two or three sprigs of parsley.  4. Place a toothpick in the stem of twelve strawberries.  5. Place one strawberry pick in every top vase.  6. Position the Floral Design at the desired location.  7. Place a large pineapple in the center of the Floral Design. (Do not use glass disc)  8. Secure a toothpick in the pineapple at the base of the crown.  9. Drape a cluster of green grapes around the toothpick.  10. Repeat step nine, alternating red and green grape clusters until the entire pineapple is covered with grapes.  11 To hide the toothpicks in the pineapple, simply spear a strawberry, stem side down on to the toothpick and voila!  Happy Holidays!

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