Dress up the table with summer blooms

How to make it

TIME: About 15 minutes, plus drying time for paint (optional)

COST: $25-$30 (less if you use your own flowers)

TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR ONE POT

• 4-inch, tapered terra-cotta pot (leave natural or paint with patio paint, sold at nurseries)
• Plastic food bag (to line the pot)
• Scissors, knife to cut florist's foam, and clippers
• Block of florist's foam
• 7 to 10 stems of flowers such as China asters, dahlias, gerberas, lilies, roses, or sunflowers
• Rubber band
• Sphagnum moss
• 1 yard of French ribbon (with wired edges)