As the Advent season is approaching, many households go into full arts & crafts mode. Whether an Advent calendar, wreath, gifts or room decorations, handcrafting is very popular towards the end of the year. Ever-present: the poinsettia. The following DIY ideas from Stars for Europe are guaranteed to have something for every taste.

Bonn, 07.10.2019. Who would have thought? Every tenth couple gets married in December. A winter wedding has its very own magic. Such a romantic December celebration often takes place somewhere between snow flurries and flickering candlelight. It’s not uncommon for important personal reasons to be a factor for choosing Advent, of all times, for the wedding. After all, there’s enough hustle and...

With its star-shaped, luminously-red bracts the classic poinsettia is an ideal room decoration in the Advent and Christmas season. But what some people don’t know: With this beautiful winter bloomer you can also make fantastic autumn decorations. In salmon, yellow, cinnamon, rosé, white or apricot poinsettias transform rooms into feel-good oases of relaxation where the autumn blues don’t stand a...

Christmas wonderland with poinsettias

Poinsettias are just as much a part of Christmas as the Christmas tree, home-baked cookies and candlelight. With their magnificent bracts they bring colour to winter rooms and light up happy faces. This beautiful winter bloomer is also extremely versatile and diversified. Whether in red, pink, white, salmon, apricot or the many other available colour shades,...

Ever since the 1950s when German breeders succeeded in cultivating the first poinsettia plants that could flourish in heated rooms, poinsettias have been an indispensable component of the Advent and Christmas season. This diversified star among winter bloomers with its magnificently-coloured bracts accompanies people all over the world throughout the most beautiful time of the year as long as they...