| At the foot of candles, where they tuck into candlesticks, wind a piece of fresh ivy into a little circlet. At crafts shops, you can also find lots of little wreaths in grapevine, faux berries and other materials. For a different way to indicate your seating plan, write each guest's name inside a tiny silver frame, and attach the frame and a tassel to the back of the guest's chair. For an easy centerpiece, fill a large pottery bowl with Christmas ornaments, then tuck in branches of evergreens. You can also give small tree branches a quick coating of white or gold spray paint and tuck them in among ornaments. The ornaments serve as an anchor for your branches. For an instant centerpiece, place a large pillar candle inside a hurricane glass, then place a wreath around the foot of the hurricane glass. At each place setting, tuck a small, inexpensive gift box that might contain a single truffle, a lottery ticket or other small treat. For a buffet or holiday serving table or counter, start a glass bowl of paperwhites. Rather than stones, use red glass pebbles as the "bed" in which to place the bulbs. Roll up the napkin at each place setting, and secure the roll with a tiny glass ball threaded on a piece of gauzy golden ribbon. Add a light touch of sparkle to the table by twirling glittery gold or silver ribbon around the centerpiece and candlesticks. Anchor with small gold- or silver-brushed pinecones. If you have a chandelier over your dining table, thread a garland of small-leafed greenery around its arms. Tie small ornaments with ribbon to the greens so that you have a circle of ornaments beneath the circle of the chandelier itself. If you plan to have tall flowers on a serving or buffet table, fill a clear vase with perfect red fresh cranberries, and use them to anchor your flowers. Designers say that visual interest also comes from using odd numbers of items, so don't be afraid to punctuate your table with three vases or bowls filled with bright ornaments, or five candlesticks that don't match, or heirlooms of which you don't have a matched set. At the foot of candles, where they tuck into candlesticks, wind a piece of fresh ivy into a little circlet. At crafts shops, you can also find lots of little wreaths in grapevine, faux berries and other materials. For a different way to indicate your seating plan, write each guest's name inside a tiny silver frame, and attach the frame and a tassel to the back of the guest's chair. For an easy centerpiece, fill a large pottery bowl with Christmas ornaments, then tuck in branches of evergreens. You can also give small tree branches a quick coating of white or gold spray paint and tuck them in among ornaments. The ornaments serve as an anchor for your branches. For an instant centerpiece,
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