This is a flower arrangement we did for Diwali one year... a great centre piece for the table and its height made it quite dramatic.The container is an aquamarine color hand blown jar...filled in with white lillies , red anthriums ... and dry twirley sticks. Pouring in the water before starting to arrange the flowers is a better idea....less mess for later. Arrange the sticks in first ,all it then needs is to fill up with the flowers.The sticks by themselves, at certain angles, help anchor the flower stems.