One of my goals this year is to decorate my new home. I get a little intimidated by home decor, as it’s not something that I have done a lot of in the past (mostly sharing space/apartments with friends and roommates along the way). But I’m really excited about it and have been enjoying the process of gathering online inspiration. I really liked these little terrarium displays my sister made for our store last year. And I am an avid collector of old glass and wood cheese plates, so I decided to turn my collection into mini terrariums for my room. Here’s what I did:
1. Get supplies. The cheese plates were thrifted, and the moss and other embellishments were all bought at my local craft store. 2. Arrange the moss in your display. 3. Add accents, I used gold pinecones and faux white birds (plus one of my terrariums has an old wood pipe in it!). 4. Once you’ve assembled them, display them in your home. Easy!
I actually have four of these little terrariums scattered throughout my bedroom. And once I had the supplies it only took about 20 minutes to put them all together, a fun little evening project that I really think has added some charm to my room.
Thanks for letting me share Craft #2 of 2012 with you! What have you been making lately?
xo. Emma
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that is insanely cute!
These are so cute! Terrariums are my favorite.
I love having live plants in them during the winter, it’s like having a mini indoor garden in it’s own little glass world.
AHH! I have four of the cheese glass/plates and I don’t know what to do with them! This is such a great idea… I’m going to the store today to get supplies! I love cheese glasses but never know what to do with them! This is fantastic!
Thats really nice and easy to make.Thanks for sharing with us!
These are great! Such a cool idea.
These look so cute! There’s a similar project in the Design*Sponge book I wanted to try this year, do you have that book? Such a pretty idea.
This is such a cute idea! I love terrariums and these look like they are easily changeable.
-Miranda
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
I love terrariums. Your idea is so cute!
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This is awesome! I have a TON of these plates hanging around from our wedding and have been wondering what to do with them, thanks!
One of my goals is also to decorate my home!!
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very cute!
Lovely! I would like to add a few terrarium like this to my apartment decor. Right now we are a little short on shelf space since we are renting a previously furnished apartment that was already full of decor when we moved in. Hopefully in the next apartment!
I love that it adds a bit of green to the room without having to care for a plant. I’m terrible on plants.
Catherine Denton
I’m so glad you posted this! I just thrifted a couple cheese plates myself for some kind of project.
xo
Bailey
Thanks for sharing! Love these
Definitely going to give it a try one weekend.
Love this craft! Also, I really like that lamp. It’s pretty amazing!
So cute! I will certainly be grabbing a cheese plate the next time I see one at a thrift store so I can make one too!
these are wonderful! and they look so easy!
Those are beautiful! I have a good friend that makes beautiful terrariums, I’ve never done it myself… maybe it’s about time…
{XOXO, Deanna}
{Sweet Happenstance}
Terrarium’s make my soul happy, so I LOVE THIS!!! Excellent work, miss!!! And your lamp is AHMAZING!!!
These look so pretty, Emma! My grandparents used to have these sort of things, and I remember gazing into them as a child! <3
So much fun! I love how little craft projects can add such personality to a room!
I recently painted my boring motorbike helmet to make it a bit more exciting: http://schoolteacherinlaos.blogspot.com/2012/01/helmet-refresh.html
Love the bird and the moss!
Very pretty solution!
The Life After
Oh how I wish I did not have a cluttered room in my parents’ house and had my own place to decorate and set up to suite my own taste. These are just precious
xo
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Such a great idea! They look so different from the regular terrariums in a vase or something, so much more original and fun!
CUTE! I just made my friend Star Wars themed terrariums for his Christmas gift – a scene from each movie with the appropriate Lego Star Wars characters. Now I just need to make some for myself
(maybe some harry potter scenes…)
These are adorable! I have been meaning to make a terrarium for such a long time, I think you have just inspired me to get on with it! haha
Emma x
Love these, they’re beautiful! I’m inspired to make some for my living space.
Thanks for sharing!
I’m definately gonna try this! My whole house it’s filled with plants, one or two more don’t count negatively right? =)
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The most recent thing I’ve made is this clothing-tage specimen board: http://fashionisevolution.blogspot.com/2012/01/difryday-how-to-make-clothing-tag.html