In January, I got back into my crafty pants, and started Pinning several cool ideas. I also perused My Subscription Addiction for cool crafty/DIY boxes. Darby Smart's site looked interesting, so I signed up [apparently with three different email addresses on three different days, because I apparently kept forgetting I'd signed up!]. The item I was most drawn to was the Stone Pebble Terrarium [$24 and currently sold out; you might not be able to see it anyway because you have to join the site to see anything].
Once this box came, I immediately got to work and set up my supply table. I did not like the boring white of the planter, so I purchased gold spray paint and a glossy clear coat.
I decided to spice my terrarium up a bit, because the original project was:
Too boring for me. I'm not into that 50 shades of white/beige all over the walls and decor sort of person. I love color and fun. So this is what I did:
...and 9. Tada! Enjoy fancy new planter with an airplant that needs a little water soak every few days.
I loved this project so much I signed up for their Mystery DIY Subscription Box. But, I was not as impressed with it so I canceled right away. Maybe I'll post about that later! Time for homework and maybe some more crafting...
Blogging the depths of the abyss,
[a]
PS: I even reused the Darby Smart box that my project came in! My monitor is large but sat too low, so I gave it some height.
Once this box came, I immediately got to work and set up my supply table. I did not like the boring white of the planter, so I purchased gold spray paint and a glossy clear coat.
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| Included in the box: Ceramic Vessel, Airplant, Stonewhite Gravel, Reindeer Moss. My supplies: Schöfferhofer Hefeweizen, Thin Masking Tape, Sandpaper, Towel, Gold and Clear Coat Spray Paints. |
I decided to spice my terrarium up a bit, because the original project was:
- Soak air plant.
- Put stones in ceramic vessel.
- Arrange moss.
- Place plant.
- Look! A plant!
Too boring for me. I'm not into that 50 shades of white/beige all over the walls and decor sort of person. I love color and fun. So this is what I did:
- Soak the air plant for 10 mins.
- Sand the ceramic vessel [that name makes me giggle].
- Spray paint some of the rocks gold [this took a long time and many many coats to get all the sides].
- Tape up the ceramic vessel. I found some cute whale stickers, so I put one on the front for a nice variation from the triangles.
- Spray paint gold and remove the tape.
- Oops... make sure you press the tape down firmly and wait long enough to peel the tape off! I got a little excited and ripped some of the undried paint off with the tape. Later, I used some sand paper and a scraper to get most of the drips off. Then I wiped clean and sprayed the clear coat.
- Pour in the a mix of the gold and white rocks [I realized I really didn't need to paint so many rocks because you can't really see them later].
- Arrange the moss [there were two bags, and I only needed part of one].
...and 9. Tada! Enjoy fancy new planter with an airplant that needs a little water soak every few days.
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| The corner of my desk looks quite nice now. |
Blogging the depths of the abyss,
[a]
PS: I even reused the Darby Smart box that my project came in! My monitor is large but sat too low, so I gave it some height.
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