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Step 1: Pear Candle Display
Step 2: Fruit-Filled Vase
Step 3: Pear Place Card
Courtesy of Taste of Home
Cut a brown abaca mat to fit your table. (Ours measured 7 in. x 22 in.) Place the mat in the center of your table. Cut a wide ribbon 1-1/2 inches longer than the mat. Center the ribbon down the length of the mat; tuck ends under the mat.
Look for nine pears in assorted sizes. Cut the tops off of three pears (select ones that will stand upright). Use a melon baller to scoop out the inside, making an opening for a tea light candle in each; place the candle inside.
Arrange the pears, hydrangea blossoms, hypericum berries and eucalyptus on the abaca mat.
In a small, water-filled glass, arrange fresh flowers. Center the glass inside a large clear vase. Place small pears in the large vase to cover the glass.
On coordinating card stock, cut out circles and leaf shapes. Write a name on each leaf. Rub the edges of the circles and leaves with brown chalk. Align the outer edges of each leaf and circle; punch a hole through both pieces. Thread brown cord through the hole and tie to the stem of a small pear. Set on a plate at each place setting.