Hanukkah starting tonight and Christmas less than three weeks away
, the holiday season is in full swing, which
means parties and decorations galore. But making your home
festive can be expensive. So here to give us
some tips on how to decorate your table on a
dime with some beautiful homemade centerpieces. Is Lisa Morillo
, a lifestyle contributor and decorating expert, Lisa,
thank you for joining. Let's get a little bit
closer to these amazing products that you bought for us
. Uh How to do it on a dime.
What do we have here? Thanks for having me
, Kristen. So the first thing you want to
do is you want to look around your house at
anything you're not using and you want to remember to
think about things that can be repurposed. So I
always suggest you never glue anything together. This way
these wine glasses can go back to being wine glasses
and the can we pull this up? Absolutely.
So I have a little bit of tape on there
. But so these are dollar store wine and champagne
glasses that I filled with dollar store bells and little
ornaments and you just put a little scotch shape on
the bottom again, no glue needed because you know
, you do need to drink your wine around the
holidays. And then these are just flameless candles from
Amazon also super inexpensive. You like them right.
Go ahead, girl, when you're ready, put
it right on there and we will do it,
do it and then just some little ornaments and then
remote control, they turn right on all really inexpensive
. This was also dollar store and this wreath was
just hanging around. I like to go to Michael's
and those other stores after the holidays stock up for
next year. So that's what I did with that
. So I just had it and wasn't using it
. Ok. I like that. What do we
have going on over here? This one is pretty
whimsical. I like the mix of woods and pine
with metallics. Metallics are a great kind of palette
because even when they're cheap, they can look more
expensive and less color. You know, the shine
is great. So just some accents of red.
These are actual pine, picked it right from my
Christmas tree. From Mario does. Right? And
again another wreath I got on sale after the holidays
and then this is just hanging from a branch.
So that's what I love. Yeah. Isn't that
great? And then when the light hits it,
it sparkles really nice. Super easy to do.
So. Wreath on top, wreath on the bottom
, they make for great, great centerpieces. Amazing
. And then we're gonna have a little diy.
Are you ready? Let's do it. Tell me
how to make this beautiful. This is my favorite
hack for decorating or making flower arrangements. So you're
not supposed to see it, but if you can
see it, there's some scotch tape here. We
just made a little grid. I got you started
here and then you just start putting your flowers,
it makes it so that it doesn't all go to
one side or look super sloppy. So if you
wanna start with these, just start putting them in
those little slots there. I have that grid like
thing that you've got going on and listen, we're
gonna go with it. We don't know what it's
gonna end up being them in. If I don't
mess this up, you can't mess it up.
That's the way you can and you take it in
and out and these were three for 15 at shop
, right? Trader Joe's is also great for fresh
flowers. Wegman seem to last until the new year
. Um But if you wanna cut your budget,
I would say fresh flowers would be the place to
do it. There's so much good artificial things on
sale at Michael's for a dollar 25 at the dollar
store or you can mix and match. You're doing
great. Thank you. And I must say it
looks good from the top, right? So,
I mean, these are a little long and that
was kind of on purpose to make it, you
know, very kind of full. But you can
trim these and then you just have fun with it
. And then if you find that, hey,
this looks a little unbalanced on one side, you
can move it around. But the scotch tape grid
is really what just makes it so easy. That's
gonna be able to tell here you wanna finish it
, remind our viewers and this is this real you
bought. This is real. Yeah. So this
was actually that was real in shop, right?
And you can just, you know, mix and
match and you know, again saving money on flowers
is always a good thing. Unless you love them
, then you splurge. But all of this including
stuff that I left at home was under$100.
So and it's smart, it's repurpose, you know
, so this cake plate you go back to being
a cake plate, you know, this vase can
be used and then you just pull from what you
have in the house and when you're happy with it
, we'll pop it right on that one. So
good. Oh And then we're gonna put it on
the cake. Yeah. Cake plates make great centerpiece
. You should add another one. Yeah, go
for it. Finish up and then you also wanna
be, you know, cognizant of if this is
in the middle of a table, maybe you'd make
it shorter so you can see your best see.
I'm kinda, I know again. The final 10
my gosh. Nailed it. Yes. Look.
And then you just pop it on a cake plate
. Ok. Great. Could not be easier.
And so it has. Yeah. And that looks
very festive. So I get the point. The
whole point of making the grid with a scotch tape
is so that everything kind of does blossom out.
Right. Exactly. And so that it doesn't all
flop to one side and you're fighting to get it
to stay again. You could move it around if
you find. But I think you did a great
job. I wouldn't change a thing. Ok.
Great. I thought you turn me down with the
remote. Anything that people need to know about.
I mean, general candles this holiday season do s
and don't, I love flameless candles. I have
two crazy cats and a dog and I always find
I'm forgetting to blow them out. These are great
because you turn them on and off and they're especially
good if you were to put them in something like
this. So you could put twinkle lights or,
or the like in there and then when you have
a remote, you don't have to be reaching in
to turn it on and off. I prefer flameless
battery usually lasts pretty well too. So, so
when's the best time to get a deal on holiday
? Decor? I know we haven't even gotten to
the holidays yet. I mean, tonight is Hanukkah
. But go to your Michael's or your Joanne right
after the holidays, everything is gonna be 40 to
70% off. It's gonna feel weird to buy it
and then put it away. You know what I
mean? But then next year when you take all
your decorations out, you're gonna be so happy you're
gonna have fresh stuff to work with and you're gonna
know you've got it on sale. So storage obviously
is a big part of this too, right?
The benefit is that you don't to buy some of
these things that you can use season in season is
you don't have to pay for them again, but
you definitely have to store them right. This,
this comes up heart. That's the best thing.
So if I glued this down, you'd be trying
to store this, you know, in your garage
, worrying about it, breaking, taking up space
when you're done, you break all this down,
you store it, this can be used, you
know, for Valentine's Day, you can put this
away all by itself. And then this way things
are easy to store, not breakable and you can
repurpose that saves you money too. And I see
a little bit of water in there too for anyone
watching at home. Ok, great as it is
fresh in there, right? I said, thank
you so much. Thank you, Kristen. It
was awesome being here.