Our gallery of winter centerpieces, including baskets, candles, and flowers, will bring you joy through the holiday season and beyond.

After the rose flowers have faded, jewel-hued rose hips carry the beauty of the garden into the next season.

Red-and-white amaryllis recall classic candy-cane stripes and thus inspired this container. Cylindrical glass vases are wrapped in pearlescent paper or vellum and finished with red ribbon. Pure-red amaryllis anchor the grouping, and dishes of peppermint candies set off the display.

Using carnations to evoke a snow-covered tree, this centerpiece transforms the tabletop into a fanciful winter garden.

Once the holidays are over, use leftover decorative greenery to keep the festive feel alive: Mix cut flowers with leftover evergreens -- in this case, yellow spray roses and mango calla lilies with cedar sprigs.

Flowers and candy go hand-in-hand in this festive glass vase.

Create a serene winter holiday tableau with this simple arrangement: birch bark wrapped around glass cylinders filled with plants found easily at this time of year. Trimmings from the holiday tree and scented geranium leaves snipped from a house plant accentuate the amaryllis blooms.

Assemble evergreens into an elegant winter centerpiece. Accentuate the needles, leaves, and pinecones by filling your container with as many branches as possible.

Double-sided tape and pine needles transform an ordinary glass vase into an ideal container for crisp white lilies. Use these inventive creations as the center of attention at your winter occasions.

Gold-painted pears look straight out of a fairy tale. This gold dust, however, isn't magic -- it's available at baking-supply stores. Magnolia leaves are also transformed with gold, in the form of floral paint. A beribboned, gold-dusted fruit welcomes each guest to the table.

Vintage or new silver ornaments give a table luster. These pinecone-shaped examples are nestled in a basket, clustered among eucalyptus leaves and sprigs of cedar. Juniper enriches the frosty colors of the arrangement, as the blue-gray berries play off the silver ornaments.

The distinctive plate-gold and brown of these pinecones is the result of bleaching. For contrast, we coated this new basket with green spray paint, and then lined the edge with a garland made from budded incense cedar.

Glistening red berries shine inside a woodland basket. The base started life as a birch-bark bowl but became a basket with the addition of a pine handle.

A green-and-red extravaganza of Gala and Lady apples, hazelnuts, and chestnuts fills this double-handled basket.

Small carrots, red and white potatoes, turnips, and radishes rest on a bed of sheet moss.

This unusual pairing features two items with similar budlike shapes: creamy-white roses and emerald-green ornamental kale.

With the help of these candle and flower centerpieces, the whole table will shine.

These candles light up the room even without a flame, thanks to a dusting of superfine metallic glitter. To make: Place a few in a large box and coat with spray adhesive (sold at crafts stores). Spoon glitter over the candles to coat; let dry overnight.

Stars twinkle against a darkened wintry sky. Tiny lights shimmer in shop windows. At this time of year, everything seems to gleam. Echo this holiday luster at home with this bird centerpiece bedecked with tinsel and glitter.

Decorate inexpensive pillar candles and you will have a display for your table and presents, too.