DIY Miniature Hobbiton Garden Tutorial from Craft Tuts here. I just saw this featured on DIY with no source and so I had to post this. This is another amazing tutorial (rated easy) that’s incredibly detailed, beautifully photographed with easy to follow directions. It includes all the steps to put together this mini garden including detailed instructions on soil, moss and plants. There are additional tutorials for:
- Bilbo’s House made out of clay (with template)
- Bilbo’s Chimney made out of clay
- Mini Toadstools
- Clothesline with Little Hobbit Clothes made out of Washi tape
DIY Message Flower Pot. Tutorial from Inspirations by D here. I posted something like this as inspiration (it was $30) that I saw on Swissmiss - “I Will Survive” was written on the pot here (I never forget a post).
I suggested that someone should write the lyrics on the pot with Stevie Wonder’s lyrics from “Secret Lives of Plants” (Youtube here):
I can’t conceive the nucleus of all
Begins inside a tiny seed
And what we think as insignificant
Provides the purest air we breathe
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DIY Dirt Cheap Terrarium Tutorial. I’ve been seeing lots of expensive DIY terrariums and I’m thinking, “What? Why?” For the holidays I got my mom a $5 gorgeous heavy glass terrarium with a lid from Michaels (nice to have a lid because you never really have to water) and in winter my mom went outside and got the pebbles, moss and plants from outside her door. So I really like this tutorial from Her New Leaf keeping it cheap and easy. *My mom also put a tiny toy dinosaur in it so it looks like Jurassic Park.
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DIY Mini Spice Jar Terrariums. If you tend to kill house plants think of making a simple terrarium. My mom’s terrarium has only been watered a few times since Christmas and that’s it - and everything in it was from her yard. Excellent tutorial from The Zen of Making here. *My mom didn’t dry moss to her terrarium and found live moss outside.
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Two DIY Air Plant Chandeliers. I like both of these but they use different materials and techniques. Top Photo: Tutorial and photo from The Zen of Making here. Bottom Photos: Tutorial and Photos (plus links of where to buy air plants) from Miss Modish here (thank you to The Zen of Making for the link). *What is expensive are the plants but people who have them love them.
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DIY Modern Teacup Planter. More teacup planters! This one you can personalize by using permanent markers. Tutorial from Sew Trashy here.
