Easy Party Centerpieces

Sparkling Settings

Put on the ritz with a large
variety of colorful costume
jewelry.

Give holiday table settings a creative and unexpected twist by putting your costume jewelry to work. Large bracelets make perfect napkin rings, and necklaces add panache to hurricane lamps. If a necklace is too short to drape around the hurricane lamp, use fine wire to extend it.

This table -- decorated with
inexpensive rhinestone
look-alikes -- sparkles with
glitz and glamour.

For a romantic, dressy table -- perhaps a New Year's Eve dinner for two or four -- layer on the rhinestone jewelry: Drape a silver candelabra with necklaces and earrings and scatter large rhinestones (or crafts-store look-alikes) around the table to catch the light.