Bayberry Christmas Candle Centerpieces

Real bayberry wax comes from a shrub or tree also known as myrtle, waxberry or candleberry. The berries when boiled in water produce myrtle wax. It is quite a lengthy process. The mrytle wax is used in making bayberry candles, which are memorably fragrant, more brittle than beeswax candles and are almost smokeless. It takes lots of berries to make the wax - about 4 pounds of berries for 1 pound of wax.

Bayberry candles were used in American Colonial times when tallow (which was used to make candles) was too expensive and hard to get. It was also a very messy and at times pungent job.

Today some people use them because of the history and tradition. Some believe they bring good luck when burnt on Christmas eve all the way to the bottom of the candle. Others use them because they love the delightful, crisp, natural scent of the bayberry. Bayberry candles are sometimes hard to find and they are more expensive than other candles. Most "bayberry candles" on the market are other waxes with artificial bayberry fragrance added. Bayberry wax has a greenish color and its own natural scent. There is nothing like real bayberry candle if you can get them. You will want to make it a family tradition once you try these candles.

Here are a few bayberry candle centerpieces melding traditional and contemporary themes. They are easy for you to make and look really professional. Click on the product names or images below for more details or to purchase these items.

Bayberry Candle Christmas Table Centerpiece	79351 - 8" x 8" Wide Glass Vase and Candle Holder	41973 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 6" Candle Ring
1. Place the Wide Glass Bowl inside the Hollyberry candle ring	00335 - Decorative Red Crushed Glass	58027 - 10" Bayberry Taper Candles
2. Tip 3 bottles of red crushed glass into the bowl to act as a stabilizer for the bayberry candles. 3. Stand three bayberry candles in the crushed glass. Easy! Beautful!

Blend Traditional with Contemporary with this Bayberry Table Centerpiece	00334 - Decorative Beige Crushed Glass	41973 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 6" Candle Ring	78571 - Glass Cylinder Vase 3.5"x6" High
1. This centerpiece uses a vintage vase not sold on this site. Find one in your cupboard or check out your local good will or antique store. The opening of your vintage vase needs to be about 4".	58027 - 10" Bayberry Taper Candles	41974 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 4" Candle Ring
2. Place your vintage vase inside the 6" candle ring. 3. Tip one or two bottles of crushed glass into your vintage vase to act as a stabilizer for the cylinder vase and to give sparkle. 4. Place the cylinder in the crushed glass pushing down into the crushed glass til sitting securely. Tip some more crushed glass around if neccesary. 5. Slip the 2nd candle ring over the cylinder and sit on top of the vintage vase as shown. 6. Tip a bottle of crushed glass inside the cylinder vase candleholder. 7. Stand the bayberry candles in the crushed glass, pushing them down til standing secure.

Make A Sparkling Bling Christmas Candle Centerpiece	00160 - Round Scalloped Mirror 20cm aprox. 7.85	79151 - Wide Rimed 4.75" Glass Taper Holder	94220 - Acrylic Dangle Bobeche - no. 6
1. Stand the Glass Taper holder on the decorative mirror base.	58027 - 10" Bayberry Taper Candles	00339 - Decorative Crushed Glass Mirror
2. Place the Dangle Bobeche on the glass taper holder as shown. 3. Put a bayberry candle in the taper holder pushing down carefully to secure it in position. 4.Tip some decorative crushed glass into the top of the taper holder to create some more sparkle.

Mini Christmas Tree Christmas Centerpieces

Mini Christmas Tree Christmas Centerpieces

Miniature Christmas trees are just fabulous in Christmas centerpieces. Here is a few ideas using mini Christmas trees for great Christmas table centerpieces or entry and Christmas foyer displays.

You can even create a centerpiece that looks like or resembles a Christmas tree made from other items. Check out these ideas! You might find something in your cupboard to make a similar thing. If not, most of these items are affordably priced. Click on the images or product names for more details or to purchase the products in these Mini Christmas tree Christmas centerpieces.

Mini Christmas Tree Christmas Centerpiece	42017 - 24" Pencil Pine Tree With Berries and Burlap Base	78826 - Hand Blown Glass Hurricane Vase 12"	00312 - Jackie Berries - 4oz Bag
1. Add the Jackie berries to the hurricane vase. Press to make solid base 2. Add the frosted Birch cones as a contrast on top of the Jackie Berries. Press again. 3. Take a 2nd bag of Jackie berries, tip approx 1/3 on top of the birch cones. Press.	00315 - Frosted Birch Cones - 3oz Bag	41973 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 6" Candle Ring	41974 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 4" Candle Ring
4. Remove the burlap from the base of the mini Christmas tree. 5. Holding lower layers of tree branches up, place the mini Christmas tree inside the hurricane vase on top of the last layer of Jackie berries. Take care not to scratch the vase. 6. Pour remaining jackie berries on top of the base. (You may need a third bag). Press. 7. Open up and separate the mini Christmas tree branches. 8. Place the vase inside the 6 inch hollyberry ring. Make 1 cut in the 4 inch hollyberry ring to allow you to place it like a bracelet around the neck of the hurricane vase.

Miniature Christmas Tree Dome Cloche Christmas Centerpieces	00214 - 3" Natural Wire Balls	00315 - Frosted Birch Cones - 3oz Bag	42018 - 12" Pencil Tree With Wood Base
1. Pull the wire ball apart in one opening enough to pour in the birch cones	79139 - Large 15" x 9" Glass Dome	79357 - Flat Glass Plate for Garden Cloche
2. Unscrew the base off the miniature Christmas tree. 3. Poke the stem of the mini Christmas tree through the wire ball and out the other side. Screw the base back on on. 4. Place the tree inside the Dome Cloche and the Cloche on the base.

Christmas Table Centerpiece with a Dome Cloche

	79139 - Large 15" x 9" Glass Dome	42059 - 1" Pineand Red Berry With Coil Accent Ring	42015 - Mini 6" Pine Tree With Burlap Base
1. Pull the moss ball apart and poke in to the hole at the top of the candleholder (or you could use styrofoam)	10866 - 7" - Tall White Wooden Taper Holder	41974 - Delightful Hollyberry Collection 4" Candle Ring	00170 - Oval Scalloped Mirror 30cm aprox. 11.8"
2. Place 2 pine, berry and coil rings together and fasten them together by twing the leaves. Place them on top of the candleholder. 3. Separate the burlap base from the Mini Pine Tree.
4. Poke the tree though the candle rings and secure into the moss	00238- 2.5" Moss ball
5.Place the pillar Hollyberry Candle ring around the base of the pillar candle and place the pillar candle on the scalloped mirror. 6. Lift the dome cloche carefully and place over the whole centerpiece.