Fall Flowers in a Mason Jar

Personalized Gift

• Flowers in a mason jar provide a cheerful and inexpensive way to express a simple message to the recipient. Place a couple of inches of clear marbles into the bottom of your jar and fill it with water. Gather some bright fall flowers, such as mums, and put a clear rubber band around the stems a couple of inches below the flowers. The bouquet should be full. Put your flowers into the jar so they form a mound over the top. Tie several strands of raffia around the top of the jar. Clip a card with your message with a spring clothespin. Tie the clothespin to the raffia.

Floating Flower

• A single blossom can be as charming as a larger bouquet. Put some clear marbles into your jar. Fill the jar halfway with water. Cut the stem of a brightly colored dahlia or a large mum to 1/2-inch in length. Float the flower on the water. This simple flower will make a pretty display on a window sill or in the center of a table.

Grouping Jars

• A grouping of several small bouquets of flowers can have the same impact as one large bouquet but is easier to make. Fill three Mason jars with water. Cut enough fall flowers to make three full bouquets. Suggested flowers are dahlias, large marigolds, mums, cone flowers and delphiniums. Add twigs with colored foliage to each bouquet and place in the mason jars. Tie a raffia bow around the top of each jar and cluster the jars in the center of the table.

Sunflower

• An old-fashioned favorite flower during the fall is the sunflower. They are impressive in size and cheerful in color and do not need the color of other flowers to make an interesting centerpiece or accent. The simplicity of grouping three smaller sunflowers or a single large bloom is beautiful displayed in a mason jar. The stems should be cut so they are just slightly longer than the jar is high. Tie a burlap ribbon and bow around the top of the jar. Fill with water and place your sunflower, or sunflowers, in the jar.