DECORATIVE DOME

This smart way of showing dried flowers keeps them looking perfect. Measure the chosen flowers against the size of the dome – we used poppy heads, bunny tails, daisies and mimosa – leaving a few centimetres gap between the flower heads and the glass. Shape a piece of dry oasis to fit in the base. Cover the sides by winding around raffia and stick to the dome base with double-sided tape. Taking the tallest flowers first, push into the oasis starting at the centre. Add the flowers and grasses in a gradually shorter style around them. Cover the remainder of the oasis block with shorter stems of mimosa flowers and foliage.

Flowers and grasses from a selection at Atlas Flowers. Glass dome, £15, Ikea. Raffia, from a selection at D Byford & Sons. Napkins, as before. Notebook from a selection at Muji. Dry oasis from a selection at Country Baskets