I picked up a few itty bitty succulents when I visited the gorgeous Hornbaker’s Gardens in Princeton, IL with my momma this past weekend. We need a little bit of
green added in our home.
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| Itty bitty succulents |
Blogger confession time: I did not get my dad's green thumb, so I have to resort to fake houseplants. Wait--- I did used
to have an Ikea bamboo plant. Until one night a friend snacked on it in the wee
hours of a keg party we hosted—then urged me to Google “is bamboo poisonous to
humans?". He lived. The plant did not.
But succulents only require a minimum amount of care. Just a
spritz spritz here and a spritz spritz there once or twice a week. That, I can handle. I think.
I showed the plants to Adam and explained that this time, these plants would live--pending anymore keg parties. Adam kindly picked up a bag of potting soil on his trip to Menards.
I started out with these 2 blue cream & sugar cups my
cousin Jill thrifted for me. I also grabbed piece of milk glass out of my china
cabinet.
I showed the plants to Adam and explained that this time, these plants would live--pending anymore keg parties. Adam kindly picked up a bag of potting soil on his trip to Menards.
First, I put a handful of gravel rocks from our driveway at the bottom of each one.
But, being a plant potting novice, I misjudged the amount of room in the containers I would have for planting. So I marched down to the basement to look through a crap load of boxes that still need to be unpacked for something that could hold my itty bitty succulents. I found this old Prince Albert can that came from a pick my parents’ house.
On this one I added a special touch of some artificial moss
and a little baby deer I snagged at Hornbaker’s for 99 cents. It just adds to
the cute factor.
Now they all have new homes in different parts of the house.
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| On the mantel next to Great Aunt Katie's pitcher. |
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If you are fashionably late then I'm way past the expiration date on the succulent bandwagon. I love succulents too, but I have yet to purchase my own and make cute little decorations out of them. I do have one jade plant a very good friend gave me and I haven't killed it yet. Probably the easiest plant I've come across to maintain and make cuttings from is a Pothos. (Same) friend gave me one years ago and I've made so many new plants off it I now have exactly 364,892 plants in my house. Kidding.
ReplyDeleteSo cute. I still want to do this! I will be even later to the party =( I actually almost bought a vintage tin today at the thrift store thinking I could plant something in it; love that idea!
ReplyDeleteLove the planters you used! I've been meaning to get some succulents for our house.
ReplyDeleteTotally just fashionably late! ;) I love your plants...so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to do the succulent thing. I think I'm the last person alive who hasn't..? Love how yours look!
ReplyDeleteI admit that I have a black thumb as well! I can't even keep a cactus alive. It's truly sad. Succulents may be my only friend...
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