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Clip flowers and fillers using the included ergonomic scissors, then arrange them decoratively in the 4-inch, eco-friendly pot using the set’s mossing pins, teal bind wire and one of three included floral foam bricks.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The smooth wood decking around the perimeter of the house is patched in places where the wood was worn, but the patches were done decoratively in the shape of a small gourd.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The artists know the prompts in advance, and come prepared with materials, tools and plans, which they execute for the cameras in a studio decoratively stocked with paints and brushes.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

I like to layer the matzo decoratively across the center of the board because, after all, it's the star of the show.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

Then a little girl had seen the Virgencita swinging on the bucket that was kept decoratively dangling above the now dry well where she had once appeared back in the 1600s.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez