Give your centerpiece a powerful punch with stripped decorations. Use double-sided tape to attach streamers around glassholders.

Use a set of graduated cookie cutters to make stars or other shapes in varying sizes. Arrange the candles on a platter, or place them in shallow dishes of water for a unique centerpiece.

Light up faces with candid candles as your centerpiece. Use photo corners to secure snapshots to the outside of glass candleholders.

For a birthday party centerpiece, wrap tissue paper around a glass cylinder, and secure with tape. Stick on an adhesive number.

Wrap glass candleholders with punched tissue paper for a personalized  party centerpiece.

Wrap glass holders in copper or silver metal tape to make the party table shine.

You'll always be able to improvise a centerpiece with these candle blocks: Each face is drilled with a hole sized to fit a particular type of candle.

Basic Epsom salts give pale blue candles an icy charm. Finish the scene with seasonal touches such as pinecones and bits of winter greenery.

Flower-petal votive holders cast a warm, festive glow over a spring table.

Arrange pillar candles of different sizes and colors in a serving platter or shallow bowl. Then, surround the candles with a layer of dried beans (we used kidney beans, but pink lentils, red beans, and red rice also work nicely). Beans make cleanup of the wax easy, and unify a group of candles into a true centerpiece.

With the help of these candle and flower centerpieces, the whole table will shine. For each one, use candle wax to attach a small floral frog to the center of a shallow bowl. Push a taper into the floral frog to secure. Pour water into the bowl. Clip amaryllis blooms (or other large flowers) from their stems, and arrange them in the bowl around the candle.

This gorgeous, sea-inspired centerpiece can be created from a manzanita branch, white drawing paper, and a Japanese hole punch.

Transform basic pillar candles into distinctive centerpieces with strips of beeswax and a simple under-and-over weave.

Bamboo candles add an eco-friendly tropical feel to outdoor tables.

Floating candles add instant atmosphere to a casual summer table. With our technique, you can create lots of them in only a couple of hours.

These "fake wood" candles make charming centerpieces for an eco-themed party.

White candles adorned with beeswax evergreens create an enchanting winter landscape indoors.

The shells that the ocean cast at your feet this summer -- the ones you so fastidiously collected -- make lovely, summery table decorations with candles formed inside them.

Red, white, and blue bands of sand dress up votive candles to make flickering lights that are cheerful and fun.

Use hollowed-out squash shells to make whimsical candles that echo nature's masterpieces.

Float flowers like these peonies in small bowls, and arrange them on a white cheese board with votive candles for a quick, modern centerpiece. On a long table, you can place a few platters down the middle.

Flowers and candlelight are nothing new, but together they create tabletop decorations fit for relaxed summer entertaining. Place votive candles in tall glass vessels, and attach a flower (dahlias are shown here) outside each, trimming the stem to fit and tying with raffia that matches the flower. Set each display in a saucer of water to keep the flowers fresh.

Complete any table setting with a stunning wax bowl centerpiece filled with floating candles.

This illuminating centerpiece can be created by placing a glass vase inside another that is slightly larger, and filled with tinted water.

Light up a table with this sand-and-shell centerpiece. Use candle adhesive to secure slender tapers to the bottom of a clear glass vase. Carefully pour in a few inches of sand, then arrange shells on top. Besides refracting the candlelight for added ambience, the vase will protect the flames from breeze.