Borden: Designer shows how to make centerpieces

Information on travel items for healthy travel and inspiring home décor will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon.

Business partners Tina Aldatz and Margie Floris are going to discuss the importance of travel and tourism and explain what they refer to as “bleasure.”

They will also share solutions or “must have” travel items for healthy travel. They are the owners of Savvy Travelers in Irvine, California.

Sheryl Borden

Creative Living

Interior designer Kimball Starr is going to explain how to inspire your home with pattern, color and texture. She suggests that each room should have an underlying theme or concept that ties the room together, and she’ll show examples of how to do this. Her business is Kimball Starr Interior Design in San Francisco.

Information on museum collections, using grapefruit and oranges, and making centerpieces will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Pamela Kelly works with the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe. She will explain how licensees use the historic collections of museums for product development and how there is a place in any home for historic pieces or family heirlooms, along with contemporary furniture.

Kymberly Meade is the marketing coordinator with TexaSweet Citrus Marketing, Inc., and she will demonstrate how to entertain with grapefruit and oranges and show how to make an elegant centerpiece with these fruits. Other tips include the health benefits and proper selection. She’s from Mission, Texas.

Michelle Robertson, who is a floral designer, will show how to make a centerpiece for everyday or for special occasions. The tips apply to just about any type of floral arrangement. She was previously manager of Hestand's Floral and Gifts in Portales and now lives in Carlsbad.

Entertaining tips with Texas citrus

Texas Citrus not only tastes great, smells wonderful, but it is also beautiful. Get creative and see how many ways you can incorporate citrus in your next dinner party. Appetizers, salad, dessert, centerpieces, the possibilities are endless.

Plan it, throw it, and enjoy it. Want a unique display at your next dinner party? Citrus candles are sure to wow and are so easy to make.

Items Needed:

• Texas Sweet Oranges

• White votive candles

• Small paring knife

Cut an orange in half, so that each side will sit flat. Take a paring knife and cut a circle in the middle of the orange, a little larger than the votive candle. Place votive candle inside the center of the orange. Repeat for additional orange halves. Arrange several orange halves on a table as a unique centerpiece. This interesting display idea can also be done with grapefruit.

“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.