DIY: Cork Flower Pot Dish

Let's talk plants. I put up this beautiful glass shelf a couple weeks ago in my dining nook to hold all my plants, but hated the thought of hiding it under a bunch of ugly flower pots and dishes. Enter my solution!

Cork! It fits with my neutral/white/pops of color thing I've got going on in my kitchen and living area, and is low-profile enough to not take away from all my pretty plants! The cork naturally absorbs water that might leak out from the soil, saving your shelf. However, I definitely recommend watering your plants in the sink and letting them drain there for a few minutes.

I took a roll of cork (you can get it at pretty much any crafts store), traced and cut out circles, and that was it! I made a few sizes, so you can see some...

...and others are pretty hidden! I couldn't help but hide this little adorable little owl along with it.. 

Another good flowerpot dish? A teacup and saucer! I just plopped this little guy and his pot inside this teacup and that's it!

A Little Bit Of Friday Happiness

These little pots make me smile, nay, grin like a big idiot. Because they are just that stinkin adorable. I'm off to go purchase like 30 of them so I can have a mini garden of happy little plants in even happier little pots. (Except the shop technically only has 3 on sale right now...)

Gah it's like they all just have really fabulous hair and they know iiiiit!! Or they're really super shy about their new haircuts or just got asked by a cute girl to prom or I really need sleep.

Anyways, If there's any left over, get yours here! Yeah Etsy! And just because they're equally adorable, here's some matching clay bells.

DIY Home Inspiration Series: Part Four

PLANTS!!

I've raved about how awesome flowers and indoor gardens and outdoor havens really are before (hanging gardens here, succulents here and here), but really. Get yo'self some plants, or at least dump some flowers in a vase-like-object, and see how much better your place looks!


Some tips and helpful info:
1) Kill every plant that comes under your roof? Get succulents, cacti, or (my favorite) orchids. You seriously can dip an orchids into water once a month and they'll love you for it.

My own succulents, in DIY'ed tiny pots

2) Here's a really cool website about houseplants that help clean your air

3) And of course, Apartment Therapy (quickly becoming one of my favorite websites ever) has this great list of how you can DIY your own indoor window box

4) Plants don't have to be overwhelming. Two white roses in a tiny clear vase on a bookshelf is beautiful too!

5) Have fun and be creative with it! Flowers don't have to be pink and girly - add some action figures for extra toughness, or stick with simple greens in indoor plant boxes!

DIY Inspiration: More Succulent Ideas

Just saw another tutorial for how to make a macrame plant hanger at Refinery29, and their ceramic bowl planter got me to thinking: how cute would an assortment of teacup plant pots be?? I'd hang three or four in plant hangers by my kitchen window. I must make this happen. Goodwill here I come!

DIY: Tiny Clay Pots

Succulents are all the rage these days it seems. There are a million and a half tutorials on how to make your own succulent gardens in glass jars and vases, but when I found this adorable teeny tiny pot DIY over on Transient Expression, I finally caved to the trend.

I followed her instructions almost to a T, with the minor exception of just forming a bowl at the start, instead of rolling a ball then hollowing it out. Worked just as well! Kind of asymmetrical, kind of funky, super adorably tiny! Here's my outcome:

The one hanging on the left is a pearly, shimmery color, and the one on the right is a pretty off-white color. But just for fun, let's see what the second one looks like when I turn the lights off.

Why yes, my plant pot does glow in the dark. BOOM.