southern fried gal

On Sunday I was challenged to do a quick product presentation using our Easy Elegance design concepts. Easy I can do. Elegance – I wasn’t sure. Based on our current inspiration guide, Easy Elegance is classic style with contemporary touches. The main colors are neutrals (grays and browns) with jewel-tone color pops (purples & greens). I had about an hour to come up with my idea and present to a room full of people. Here’s what I did…

An easy and elegant centerpiece. Glass containers say both classic and contemporary to me. I mixed and matched sizes, shapes, and textures to add interest. Even though the containers are slightly different, they relate. Grouping several like items together gives a feeling of luxury.

Green is easy for me. I added a strip of fabric with a diamond texture. Purple is a different story! I had way too much purple in my bedroom decor as a child (think purple walls, purple shag rug, purple bedspread, oh my)! Because of this I don’t have much of anything purple in my home. Enter the $9.99 bouquet of flowers from Kroger!

Add a little water and a few snips here and there. To keep the repetitive theme going, most of the containers have only the larger, lighter purple mums. I like the ones with the longer stems best – lesson learned for next time.

I changed it up in a few of the containers to add more interest. Thankfully my bouquet had kermit mums and deeper purple flowers. To add a little ambiance I dropped a few clear tea lights into some of the containers.