Supplies:

• 4 air plants, available at many plant nurseries or online
• 3-4 glass ornaments, available at stores like Michaels, Hobby Lobby, etc.
• twine
• gold spray paint
• blue painters tape

The cool thing about these glass ornaments is that the silver hanging top meant to hold an ornament hook comes off easily and creates a small hole to fill the ornament with. Simply stuff your air plant inside the ornament and replace the top. You know, like putting a ship inside a bottle. You could spray paint the silver top gold so that it matches the bottom of the glass, I didn’t.

Wrap blue painters tape around the bottom third of the ornament, take it outside and carefully spray the bottom. You could also wrap the parts you don’t want sprayed in newspaper and this would ensure gold flecks didn’t get on the top part of the ornament. It’s handy to have a drinking glass that you can set the ornament upside down on until it dries.

Figure out the length at which you’d like to see your vessel hung. If you are doing three it is best to stagger them a few inches apart in height. Cut twine to double that length and loop through the silver part of the ornament, then double knot at the top. Now hang and admire your cool plants.

These fillable glass ornaments also lend themselves well to terrariums as well, but of course they would need dirt and more water. Here is a tutorial on how to make a terrarium.

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When I’m working I tend to sit at the kitchen table, but I have a few spots around the house where I do different business related tasks. My official “studio” is in the garage and doesn’t look nearly as nice as some other areas which is an understatement to say the least – think piles of boxes, supplies and papers. It’s a slow going work in progress.

And since you don’t really want to see pictures of that space here are a few snippets of some of the more aesthetically pleasing creative zones around my home.

You can see more pictures of my space at the gorgeous blog Dearest Nature.

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I actually heard Ben Silbermann talk about his company at the Alt Summit I attended in January. He was so genuine and down-to-earth that his sincere business ideals moved me to tears. The conference was for design bloggers, so for most of us, long cataloging our visual inspirations in journals, magazine tear sheets and blogs, the launch of Pinterest was an intuitive answer to something we’d been waiting for.

I use Pinterest for cataloging my inspiration: color palettes, shapes and patterns, pretty interiors, trends, ideas to incorporate into my styling work.

I find it fascinating that you can watch of the minute trends emerge as other people are pinning what they find appealing. And, I like to see what you all find interesting by the pins you post from my site.

I thought the museum did a great job hosting the event. Here are some cool centerpieces that were on the tables.

Since the new wing of the museum opened I’ve had my eye on that branch art and have wanted to do a photo shoot in front of it.

My panel mate (and neighbor) Amanda, of Wit & Whistle humored me for a short second. I was also joined on the panel by Cynthia of Ornamentea and Lee from NC State. Are you on Pinterest? If so, leave your page in the comments section. I’d love to see!

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Setting up, taking and posting the photos once a week is just enough of a fun exercise for me to grow as a photographer and stylist and not feel that I am overstretching myself with the other facets of my life and business. And though I do plan on keeping this up, this week I wasn’t able to carve out the time. Instead, I’ll leave you with this bowl of fruit about to make its way into a yummy recipe that you can look forward to reading about next week…

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1. Rent a camper via Poppytalk 2. Things I’m afraid to tell you via Creature Comforts 3. 15 Clever Ideas for Instagram Photos via Decor8 4. Matt Wisniewski via Miss Moss

And a recap of this week’s posts:

1. Easy Sticky Buns recipe 2. Port Fonda Airstream Food Truck 3. The Art of Instruction book 4. Peter Fasano

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Peter Fasano makes hand-silkscreened, hand-painted fabrics and wallcoverings in western Massachusetts. All aspects of his production work take place in his environmentally-friendly studio.

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The Art of Instruction is a book filled with vintage educational chart illustrations from the 19th and 20th Centuries. From Chronicle Books.

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Port Fonda is a food truck/airstream/mini restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri with a small table on the inside. They serve gourmet Mexican food. Awesome!

** Image Credits: ink & Port Fonda

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** Recipe by Ina Garten, image by me

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