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Not even two weeks left until Christmas Eve. Time to think about your holiday table. My device for these occasions “Less is more” because the nice and delicious food should attract our attention. In a book called “Dekoideen für Weihnachten” from GU I found this lovely idea about using Christmas balls as a candle holder. You’ll need the big Christmas balls, a foambrick, Christmas tree candles, ribbon, boxtree tips and little flower pots. First remove the hanger of your Christmas ball and cut out a hole with a nail scissors so that the Christmas tree candle will fit in. Now place the hanger again and fix with hot glue. Place some foam in your flower pot and glue Christmas ball on top. Now take the boxtree tips and stick them between ball and edge of the pot. This makes a nice rim that covers the foam completely. Now stick your Christmas tree candle into the little hanger hole and decorate with a small ribbon.
I placed my candleholder in the middle of some conifer twigs, twisted a brown and golden ribbon around and added some sparkling little stars. This way I’m using the decoration already now and for Christmas I’ll add two further Christmas ball candle holders for the large table. A suitable place setting and further decoration ideas in different colors will be posted within the next few days.