It's not necessary to make them as pictured. Make them smaller, using a couple of pieces of fruit/vegetables, some autumn leaves and greenery, and a candle or three. (not two candles) Please do not use dried flowers (dead) or plastic flowers (fake) in your centerpiece.
Just a small arrangement will bring family and friends happiness and good health.
What is feng shui about those centerpieces? The Chinese do not even have Thanksgiving.
You are not supposed to have anything dead in your house. Bad feng shui. But I never thought of vibrant dried flowers as exactly dead. But yeah, definitely ditch the daisies that have seen better days and get rid of the roses when they begin to drop petals and their heads droop.
And plastic? Puh-leeze. Don't get me started. Any plant thing you have to DUST! I don't THINK so!
My table isn't that big....lol
posted by GDavid
over 2 years ago
Something like this would be nice for the very small table. Gather a bunch of field daisies, or use some cut mums. Put them in a glass, tie them at the top like in the picture. Add clear or colored marbles in the glass if you really want to get creative. Fill it with gin or vodka, and you then have a drinkable centerpiece.
Nice ideas, Horsey, I like them! I will probably just use the candles...
MartiInMexico -- I think you've got your drink on already -- LOL ! ! ! Can't even imagine what that would taste like after removing the daisies and/or mums. Don't like flowers on the table anyway -- I always think there's some kind of bugs in there.
I guess we'll all have some form of bad feng shui then -- dead veggies, dead meat . . .
Let's think about the bird as roasted instead of dead. Roasted is a mentally nice image. "Dead meat" sounds sort of like road kill. As to the veggies, they are "steamed to perfection". Dead has such a dreary connotation to it.
And there will be an abundance of good Feng Shui as you gather with family and friends around a wonderful feast of dead.........oh excuse me......roasted and steamed foods prepared with love.
On a more serious note: A center piece, large or small, made of natures bounty is always good Feng Shui. All five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, are right there in front of you.
If you have made any effort to provide a welcoming home and table for your friends and family, I am sure your Feng Shui is naturally in balance. Good Ch'i will be entering your home from everywhere.
To all, Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day!
Did I ever tell you about my vegetarian outlaws' tofu turkey? 'Struth. Shaped like a turkey and everything. Funniest damn thing you ever saw. And basically inedible.
Beans, people. Tofu is made from soybeans. It's a turkey shape made from beans,. Kill me now.
