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I have a vase on my desk filled with alphabet magnets that I keep my pens in - it keeps it all in theme and is really, really colourful.

The centerpiece on my coffee table is a long narrow bowl filled with a couple inches of loose chandelier crystals I got on eBay. It adds just a touch of glitz to my otherwise minimalist apartment. The whole thing positively shimmers if you nestle a few tealights into the crystals.

Style-wise, it's the poor girl's way to mimic decorative touches like the Cellula chandelier or those crystal drum shade ceiling lamps.

I'm currently living in Seattle and I've got a vase filled with sea shells and colourful rocks that I've picked up on the beaches on Pudget Sound.

I think this is an old idea, but I always like fresh cranberries floating at the bottom of a vase of autumn flowers.

I just got married a week ago, and for our centerpieces we had 3 cylindrical glass vases: small one with red grapes, medium one with apples, and large one with bosc pears. These were all around one large carafe with a pair of burnt orange calla lillies.

JH4285 - The use of chandelier crystals is a great idea, It sounds scrumptious.

right now I've got a big bowl filled with the classic bright green of hedge apples. I love them! http://www.hedgeballchuckin.com/db4/00306/hedgeballchuckin.com/_uimages/hedgeapple3.jpg

For my faux flowers I use feathers, usually white, and if I'm having a dinner party and use them as a centerpiece I will scatter a couple feather here and there. They add softness and a bit of romanticism.

I have a large fish bowl from Crate and Barrel filled with corks and dried red rose petals we've collected over the last few years. I love the color contrast between the burgundy petals and light brown of the cork against the glass. Plus my wedding flowers have a place to sit now.