Come sit with me for awhile . . .
and see what I’m bringing to the table ®

Sooo you think you’ve seen it all? Hmm .   .   . I see. Did I just hear some of you giving yourselves a pat on the back? Wait, hang on. Phew. O k, I’m done giggling. Didn’t your parents teach you, that not all that glitters is gold? Or you should look before you jump? The photo below is a mere sliver of the whole picture. This tablescape centerpiece has been cropped from ‘the whole picture’ so to speak. Yes, yes .   .   . I heard you. What’s my point? Fair enough. I started this centerpiece with the  simplest of materials. An inexpensive hand-thrown clay pot, filled with a sprinkling of white roses from my garden. Glowing charcoal colored candles sit in a vintage Reed & Barton pewter candle-holder, found in a flea market years ago. What was that? How much?  Hold onto your hats .   .   . because .   .   . I paid a whopping $7.00. Talk about who should give themselves a pat on the back!

Ahhh .   .   . below is the whole picture. I added a second taller black vase and filled it with beautiful hot pink roses, and additional white roses. There are two ingredients, mixed in with the flowers, that cost me pennies. For a soft frilly look, I bought a stalk of fennel, and a bunch of carrots. What could be better than the fresh smell of fennel mixed with carrot tops, (that I will use tomorrow) while eating dessert?

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Sharon Insul is the former owner of the globally recognized  Beverly Hills boutique Candle light and… Beverly Hills, California, as well as an ongoing contributing columnist for the Beverly Hills Courier Newspaper.