Dogwood delights

Dine in style with this in-bioom table setting.

what you'll need for place mat
Fabric glue
Stem of small silk dogwoods with leaves
Fabric place mat; scissors

1  Cut flowers and leaves from stem.
2 Arrange and glue flowers across the top of the place mat using dogwood flower as the focal point. Glue some of the leaves from the flowers in and around the dogwoods.
what you'll need for plate and mug
White ceramic plate and mug; grease pencil
Glass paints, such as Liquitex Glossies, in yellow, white, red, and green
Disposable plate; paintbrushes
Cotton swab

1 Wash and dry the plate and mug. Avoid touching the areas to be painted.
Referring to the photo, below, draw dogwood and leaf shapes on the plate and mug using a grease pencil.
3 On the disposable plate, mix a small amount of yellow paint with white to make a light cream color for the flowers. Paint the flower petals. Add a touch of red to cream color and paint outside edges of petals. Highlight the centers of the petals with pure white.
4 Mix green and red together to form a dark green. Use this color to add stamens and pistils to centers of flowers.
5  Mix some of dark green with the cream color and use to paint veins on petals.
6  For leaves, paint one side of the leaf with the dark green. Add a little yellow to the dark green and paint the remaining side of the leaf. Use the same greens to paint stems.
7  Use a cotton swab to carefully remove any visible grease pencil.
8 Set paint according to directions on paint jar.