Sneaky Centerpiece

Whenever I fill a vase with flowers, I like to also put something in my container to cover up the stems ~ limes, lemons, kumquats, cranberries, etc.  However, each year at Hanukkah I run into a problem that I can never find a good “filler” that works with my blue and gold color scheme.  Until now {cue the dramatic music, please!}.

First, take two vases, identical in shape, but different sizes.

Place the smaller vase inside the larger vase, leaving a small channel between the two.  That’s where the boxes of Hanukkah gelt comes in!  Enlist some small helpers to open up all the mesh baggies and slide the individual pieces of wrapped chocolates between the two vases.  Bribing them with an occasional piece of gelt will help, I promise!

Then place your floral frog inside the smaller vase, fill with water and add your flowers!  It will look like your flowers are floating in chocolates, but only you {and the whole wide Internet} will know about your sneaky second vase!

This is where I confess to you that in a perfect world blue hydrangeas would be in season during Hanukkah because that would better coordinate with my blue and gold decor.  But really, if I’m going to start wishing for major changes in the ways of the world I think I’ll shoot for something like peace on earth instead of merely color coordination.

This would look awesome for your Christmas tables with candy canes, peppermints, gumdrops ~ you name it!

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