DIY Succulent Plant life Extravaganza!

Hey everyone! I am very excited to share my latest upgrade to my love for all things Succulent plants. In the past I shared my i-am-obsessed-with-succulent-plants  & diy-succulent-tier-planter this time around I am sharing what I have done to make the most of my apartment windows. All the materials come from either Family Dollar, Dollar Tree, Amazon, Michaels, Target, Home Depot or just a regular 99 cents store.

I am a huge fan of doing the most with recycled material or low cost items. I only splurge in big items such as Sofa's or mattresses within reason. These things are used on a daily so you can't be too frugal. I was excited to take this project on because I just love working with my hands and watching my visions come to life so lets begin!!!

First if some of the pics are too dark my apologies, my apt lighting really is terrible and the sun wasn't shining as bright as I would have hoped. I didn't want to use my flash and risk bounce of reflection. So this first pic is my kitchen window. I used left over wood planks I bought for my grandma's bed last summer and had a friend cut them down to fit my window sill. I Googled pics and checked out Pinterest for ideas. I will list all supplies as I move along.

I have a variety of plants working together to make this a happy home. They work well together require about the same attention and little effort. 

I have my Air plants in small candle holders and the large center one is in an upside down plastic Tropicana juice bottle I cut up in oval shape and viola!

The bowls I've had for a while now from my Terrarium project those I got from Petland Discount, they are fishbowls. The teardrop Air plant holders I picked up a set of four some time back on Amazon.

 

 These white planters I purchased at target for less that $6.00 on sale plus they can hang on the wall and the shape is beautiful, not typical round shape. I have Mother in law right along with Aloe Vera which I picked up at Home Depot again, on sale.

So this brown color boat like planter I recycled from a Prune juice bottle! I googled diy plastic planters and tons of stuff came up. I used scissors, a marker and a X Acto knife to shape and create. I drilled two mini holes for drainage. The green tubs are from Family Dollar.

The plant hangers I made with help from a tutorial I am sharing link below. I used yarn from sale bin at Michaels. The hooks come from Home Depot. I played around with the measurements that worked for me, that is the fun of DIY!

These planters came from the Dollar Tree & Family Dollar. They are actually dishes and vases.

This is one of my bedroom windows, I only did one shelf here to keep things please to my eye and space. I added some new Bamboo plants to my Meditation mantle, I got these at my 99 cents store. The vase is actually a large Bounce fragrance bead plastic bottle I recycled.

I did the yarn project for an optional fun way to display my Air plants. I used the corn starch but I found it wasn't necessary so on my second batch which are the white ones below I skipped that step. This was so much fun, glue all over the hands! Like when you are in third grade lol.

Ok so this collage has my current stash of propagation, I have an Aloe Vera leaf which I have tried several times and it never works. I've tried rooting powder and honey methods...NADA but going to give it another try and see maybe third times the charm. I have a Mother in law or Snake plant leaf cutting, those work. My small dish has 2 or 3 of a variety of my big succulents and those are coming along great. I shared link on how to. I made myself a small suspended shelf on my kitchen wall from left over supplies so I can also display my Air plants some times.

One my table you will see yarn (Michaels), plastic bowls (local 99 cent store), stones (99 cent store or Dollar store) and Succulent soil (Home Depot). Below are the links to some of the tutorials I used. Sometimes I watch more than one and combine the methods. I say your creation your home, your way.

I bought some new plants this year and added some Cactus I used this site thesucculentsource.com for my purchase. The prices were awesome! You can also go to Etsy but the prices are not as low.

Well loves I hope you enjoyed my share. I don't take pics as I go along with a lot of my projects because I just love being in the moment of doing my projects. To stop and take pics or video takes away from my creative flow. But I will try moving forward to try and share more. I just redid my storage & shoe closet I'll see if I do a how to with that. Enjoy, have fun creating in your own space and if you would like to try something I shared feel free to email me and I will be happy to help you along.

Always stress free xo

Mari

DIY Succulent Tier Planter

Good Morning loves, hope everyone enjoyed their 4th safely. I've been working on this project lately and I finally put the pictures together so I could share it with you. Summer time always brings out the green thumb in me. Though I don't have a home yet where I can go out to my backyard and get creative I do make the most of my NYC Apartment living.

You really can't go wrong with again my favorites, Succulent plants so here is my latest addition...

Tier Planter!

materials:

-variety of 2" succulent plants

-bag of miracle gro cactus palms & citrus potting mix

-tin planters variety of sizes (michael's craft store)

-glue gun

-drill

-chalk paint

-white paint

-decorative stones

I order a few new plants from Amazon.com they have numerous selections so that was a great choice for me. I headed to Michael's craft store and bought 3 tin planters on sale about $6.00 total. I had my potting soil from previous planting. I had to purchase a glue gun that was about $8.00 but its an investment for future projects so I was ok with it. I also had available my handy chalk paint which I just love!

I arranged the tins as I wanted them placed then I drilled several holes in the bottoms and sides for water drainage then I glued them together. I set them aside for a few minutes and then I used a small paint brush to chalk paint the tins. I used 2 coats and let them sit for about 2 hours.  

I made my labels with Word program at work and since I don't have a label printer at the moment I used the old fashion method of tracing. I used color chalk in the back of the paper and traced with a pencil. This was a trick I used back in the day in my sewing class as well. I find that making things with love for your home is very relaxing and when you use your imagination to bring a project to life that is the icing on top! Use what's available to you!

Once I was done tracing I used a white crayon pencil for outline then lightly dusted off remaining chalk then I used white paint to color my letters in.

Now came the fun part! While I let the paint dry which was about a 1/2 hour I began to sort my plants and work out ideas of placement. I wanted to include another favorite of mine "Mother in Law" plant or "Snake" plant so I chose to use the top tier for that one and work around her. I used this opportunity to also Propagate some of the leaves that came off the plants. I had some rooting powder handy as well.
The 2" pots the plants came with came in handy for some of my tricky placements. I cut them in half so the plants could stand upright better. This process for me was very soothing I invested about 2 hours and didn't even realize it. Planting to me is like therapy, it helps clear my head and helps me to step away from a stressful situation so I can find clarity.

I added some decorative stones as my finishing touch. Watered just enough to wet the new soil but not soak. The plants already came prepped for replanting. I used and old dish as water catcher and I was all set. Here you see my new babies!

Hope you enjoy today's post and it sparks some ideas of your own. I found that tier planting is an awesome way to make the most of your space and also its great eye candy. What do you think?
Please let me know what you think and if I wasn't clear on something please feel free to comment and I will be happy to walk you through it.
Happy Planting!

Always stress free xo.