Clay Pot Table Bouquet

Transform a Simple Clay Pot into a Beautiful Centerpiece

NOTE: If you are going to use your clay pot for fresh flowers or floating candles, you must seal the inside of the pot with an acrylic sealer purchased at your local discount retailer or craft shop.

If you use the pot for food of any kind, do not paint the inside of the pot or you may use a plastic liner to separate the food from the painted surface. You can put food directly into an unpainted clay pot.

The clay pot I used for this craft is approximately 4 inches tall, but you can use any size or shape you like for the decoration needed. I simply painted it white using an acrylic paint.

I then glued a small piece of styrofoam into the bottom of the pot to hold my silk flowers. If you use fresh flowers, fasten florist's foam into the pot instead so that you can keep the flowers moist.

Fresh flowers would need to be done no more than 2 days before the ceremony and refrigerated. For the large number of arrangements we needed, we chose silk flowers which enabled me to work them up weeks in advance.

I first determined the number of roses for each pot by dividing the total number of roses available by the number of pots I needed to fill. I then arranged the roses in each pot followed by the filler flowers and leaves to cover any bare spots.

Finally, I glued narrow ribbon in one of the wedding colors along the top edge of the clay pot and glued on a matching bow to hide the ends of the ribbon.

You can use different decorative trims if you like. Strands of tiny pearls or beads in place of the ribbon would also make a very pretty little pot.

You can also personalize the pots by stenciling the couple's initials on the side.

I placed three of these pots on each long table (which have been covered with white table covers) and placed some of the little silver bells we had made for favors in between. The flower pots were really simple and fast to make and set the mood for a country, garden-like reception.

My mom came to me during the reception and told me some of our friends were wondering if they might have a pot to take home. That solved my problem of what to do with them after the wedding!

I ended up with only about 5 left, and when I see the little pots in the homes of family members and friends, I remember the celebration we shared, and it makes me smile.

If you do have flowers left over after the wedding. Check with local nursing homes or hospitals. There are usually several residents or patients delighted to receive such a colorful gift!

You can buy pots with little bouquets like this, but you cannot get them at a better price! I found plain (no paint or decoration) terra cotta pots with roses in them in the same overall size at a major discount chain for--get this--$6 each.

If you bought enough for 10 tables (about 30 pots), that would be $180! I only paid about $43 for all 30 by making them myself. That's $1.42 each, a savings of $137 overall, which went a long way toward food for the reception!

I have since added to my wedding flowerpot and created a keepsake. I used my computer printer to make a couple of heart shapes with my daughter's and her husband's names and their wedding date printed on it in script. I simply used spray adhesive to attach the 'label' to the pot and sprayed a clear acrylic sealer over the area to seal and protect it.

Happy Crafting!

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