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    Home » DIY Projects

    Dried Hydrangea & Seeded Eucalyptus Centerpiece

    December 16, 2014 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

    Create a beautiful centerpiece with an old rustic box filled with candles, dried hydrangea, cedar, and seeded eucalyptus.

    Wooden box with candles, dried hydrangea flowers, cedar greenery and seeded eucalyptus berries.
    Eucalyptus and Hydrangea Centerpiece

    Dried Hydrangea & Seeded Eucalyptus Centerpiece

    Here's a closer look at our centerpiece from the Christmas Home Tour. I knew I wanted to use some of the pretty dried flowers from my hydrangea bushes this year.

    Lately, I have become obsessed with all vintage and rustic boxes I've noticed all over the internet. So when I visited a new antique store that opened in my area, I found the perfect box that had a little grey-green patina. It was just the size I was looking for to adorn our dining room table.

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    Antique box with floral foam and three glass candles.

    To create the centerpiece fill the box with floral foam to hold three glass candles. Then gently place the dried hydrangea in and around the candles.

    Large wooden box with floral foam, three glass candles and dried hydrangea flowers.

    Next, add some greens from like this cedar, that you can purchase or use something from your backyard.

    Pieces of fresh cedar branches and dried hydrangea blooms on a table.

    Seeded eucalyptus was next. I'm always so excited to see it here during the holidays all the way from California. It smells soooo good.

    Close up of seeded eucalyptus berries.

    The vendor said it dries well, an added bonus since I will be making this quite a few days early. If you buy a couple of bunches you can also make a beautiful garland for your mantel.

    Antique box with an arrangement of dried hydrangea flowers, candles in glass, cedar branches and seeded eucalyptus.

    The eucalyptus does a great job filling in the container and adding that casual airy feel.

    Neutral Christmas table setting with large hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus  centerpiece.

    Initially, I thought I'd use some pine and juniper cuttings from the yard but I couldn't pass up the chance to have something a little unusual for this Pennsylvania gardener in the home.

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    Put together a beautiful centerpiece with an old rustic box filled with candles, dried hydrangea, ceder and seeded eucalyptus.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Linda Moats

      November 10, 2020 at 12:01 pm

      Hi Patti. I really like the looks of your dried hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus centerpiece. I was wondering if you make them and sell them. I am not that artistic. I bought a dough bowl to use as a centerpiece on my coffee table in my family room. I have been looking for something like this.

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      • Patti Estep

        November 10, 2020 at 1:43 pm

        Linda, I'm so glad that you like my centerpiece. Unfortunately, I don't make anything for sale. I suggest trying your local craft store like Michaels. They may be able to create something like that for you.

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