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Turn Pillar Candles Into Elegant Centerpieces

Lucy Rivas of Bella Flora of Dallas shows us how to turn pillar candles into a quick and easy and elegant centerpiece.
By D Magazine |

Candle-dressing

For those of us who rely on our own gardens for quick bouquets and centerpieces, this time of year can present a challenge. But not for Lucy Rivas of Bella Flora: You can find a way to decorate with almost anything, she says, picking up some remnant leaves from orchid plants in her studio. She covers the base of a 3-inch pillar candle with the leaves. She plucks a palm leaf, strips it, and ties the narrow palm ribbon around the waist of the candle. Three candles and several leaves later, she has created a beautiful and natural-looking centerpiece.

Candles are wonderful because they take to a limitless number of treatments, Lucy says. Pulling leaves from magnolia trees, dusty miller plants, spent orchids, or even using dried lavender, Lucy adds a warm, natural look to her candles, perfect for a late-winter table.

1 What you’ll need: clippers, corsage pins, hat pins, straight pins, rubber bands, an assortment of leaves (magnolia, orchid, palm, etc.), spool of thin wire, and candles.2 Simply line the base of the candle with leaves and anchor with a rubber band. Or tie a thin wire around the waist of the candle.3 Use blades of Monkey grass or a stripped-down palm leaf to cover the rubber band or wire. Glue doesn’t adhere to wax, so you’ll have to pin the leaves to the candle.


Lucy Rivas of Bella Flora of Dallas, 2010 Century Blvd., Ste. 22, Irving. 972-445-1200. www.bellafloraofdallas.com.

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