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Centerpiece ideas on upcoming show

Information on creating a monochromatic centerpiece and making duck tape rosettes will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.

linkCasey Schwartz is a floral designer and co-owner of Flower Duet, and she’s going to show how to use all white flowers to create a clean monochromatic low centerpiece. This centerpiece is good any time of the year or as a winter white arrangement. She lives in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Crafter and designer Marisa Pawelko will demonstrate how to make duck tape rosettes using non-stick cutting tools and rolls and sheets of duck tape. Then, she’ll show uses for these rosettes, including jewelry, pouches, corsages and more. Her company is Modern Surrealist in Winfield, Ill.

Information on making Renaissance costumes, determining your “body code” and refinishing kitchen cabinets will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Designer Andrea Schewe will share patterns for making garments to wear to a Renaissance Fair. She represents Simplicity Pattern Co. in New York City.

Sherri McKillop will talk about how body codes can help you dress correctly, and she’ll explain how to determine what each person’s body code is. She’s the executive vice president with Unique Solutions in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Author and craftsman Bruce Johnson will talk about how kitchen cabinets increase the value of the home. He’ll show an inexpensive way to give your kitchen a facelift. He represents Minwax in Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Horizontal floral design

The design has three anthuriums, five ti leaves, five calla lillies and five dendrobium orchids

• Secure a piece of floral foam within the confines of the container wrapped in the leaves.

• Establish the framework height and width.

• Insert the five callas deeply into the foam angling them downward into the foam.

• Insert the three anthurium on the other side to balance it,

• Place the ti leaves in the back to mimic a bow.

• Finish with the orchids to fill in and extend length.

Don’t be tempted to add too many flowers. Keep the profile of the design low.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.