Materials:

• Selection of used condiment bottles/jars- mustard, pickles, ketchup etc. Empty salt and pepper shakers work well too. Approximately 5 to 7 are enough to make a grouped display.
• Large tray to hold all the bottles
• Flowers- Use your favorite red, white and blue blooms... Jill used: 1 red gerbera daisy, 1 yellow gerbera daisy, 1 sunflower and 3 red carnations Greens- 3 gaylex leaves and 3 stems or lily grass
• Floral clippers and floral preservative

Step 2 - Cut the flowers - short to meet the neck of the container. Give some of the containers a gaylex leaf to bring interest to the bottom of the jar.

Or, to create a classic bud vase... cut the flower stem to about twice the height of the container. Strip the flower's stem so that no leaves will be covered by water. Place the flower in the bud vase. To give added support and beauty, add stems of linear bear grass or other linear foliage (such as the lily grass). Cut the foliage so that they are just slightly taller than the height of the flower. To give the bud vase an elegant, balanced look, insert a gaylex leaf at the vase's rim.