CENTERPIECE ADVICE The Times Herald out of Port Huron, Michigan has some thoughts. Among them:

2. A color swatch isn't the key to picking the centerpiece colors. "Too many gals try to match the colors too closely. They'll come in with the color swatch, and we have to really work to veer them away from that. If everything is the same color, it's all going to blend to together and wash out. Contrast is the key."