If you’re into the classic, Victorian, and vintage style Halloween decorations, then you’re going to love this tutorial from DIY Home Sweet Home where you can make your own Halloween themed cloche using the simplest of materials. The tutorial only covers making the cloche itself, so filling it will be up to you and your imagination. If you need ideas, then try looking at these terrariums to start! Use your homemade cloche to display Halloween scenes, vintage inspired ephemera, miniatures, and anything else you can think of.
Tag: terrarium
Tatooine (and Other) Terraria
I love tiny things and I love Star Wars and I therefore find this Tatooine Terrarium terribly endearing. In fact, I rather like a bunch of The Wonder Room‘s offerings. Need a teeny Stonehenge? They’ve got it. A mini Moai? Got that, too. Also, unicorns!
Star Wars Terrarium at Powell’s Books for Cooks and Gardeners
Imagine my happiness when I was buying some books at my favorite Powell’s for Cooks and Gardeners (in SE Portland) on Tuesday, and saw this huge, super amazing Yoda-with-a-leashed-dinosaur terrarium in the shop window! Megan Walsh and her Powell’s co-workers made this Star Wars-meets-Land of the Lost world inside a large antiqued glass box with ferns and lots of other plants. It’s beautiful in person and they will even open the hinged doors so you can see the scene more closely!
I also got word that Megan has been working on a Star Trek: TNG terrarium (starring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, of course) and I’m sure hoping to see that one too… stay tuned.
- Yoda-Dinosaur Terrarium at Powell’s Books for Cooks and Gardeners
Geek-Friendly Air Plants
When it comes to plants, I have a total black thumb. Okay, maybe it’s more greyish than pitch black, but still. Any plant that isn’t a succulent or a spider plant has a very short life expectancy in my household.
That’s why I’m excited about these adorable little air plants. They’re super easy to take care of, and can be kept in almost any type of container.
You can see what I mean by looking at the selection available at Tortoise Loves Donkey. Housed in simple glass containers ranging from itty bitty terrariums to geek-chic beakers, these air plants are perfect for livening up spaces of any size.
Perhaps they’ll help me change my thumb to more of a greyish-green color…yeah, no. Gross.
World of Geekcraft
Today is an exciting day at Geek Crafts! Our own Susan Beal, who blogs here every Wednesday, has a new book being released this week. The fittingly titled World of Geekcraft is making its debut appearances for the Official Blog Tour both here at Geek Crafts and over at Craft!
In addition to doing an incredible job with coordinating and designing this amazing book, Susan also was able to contribute several of her own projects. Of her contributions, my favorite is the Star Wars Terrariums. I believe when Susan told me she was making these I replied with a hearty, “Hell, yeah, I can’t wait to see those!” Here they are for you to see:
Our Renee contributed an awesome essay called The Resurgence of Atari and Nintendo.
Here’s an excerpt:
A big part of the renewed popularity of Atari and NES games lies within the breakthrough idea that it’s actually cool to be geeky. The word “geek” has transitioned from describing someone wearing a pocket protector to someone who is hip, in the know, and totally capable of keeping up with technology. With new video game consoles, cell phones, and computers coming out faster than most people can keep up with, being a geek has its advantages. As loads of average Joes jump on the geek-chic bandwagon, it seems the hardcore geeks feel the need to separate themselves; perhaps wearing an old Atari logo is a way of saying, “Yeah, I was here first.”
And I was lucky enough to contribute a fuse bead portrait of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Doing these portraits is a long process and I like to do them row by row. Here you can witness Buffy gradually showing her face:
Over 10,000 beads later, I had a complete portrait:
I know 10,000 beads seems like a lot of work – and it is! – but it’s totally worth it to see the finished product.
Krys and I headed out today and spotted World of Geekcraft in its natural habitat, Barnes & Noble:
If your local bookstore doesn’t have World of Geekcraft yet, you can buy it online at:
After poring through the whole book, I’ve decided my absolute favorite project is Garth Johnson’s Planet Commemorative Plates. I’m totally going to make these for my husband’s computer lab.
Continue following The Blog Book as it makes tracks to the following websites:
- Tuesday, May 3 – Cathy of California
- Wednesday, May 4 – Average Jane Crafter
- Thursday, May 5 – LindaMade
- Friday, May 6 – Easy Crafts Wiki & Patterns by Figgy
- Monday, May 9 – CraftyPod & Craft Gossip
- Tuesday, May 10 –Quilter Geek
- Wednesday, May 11 – Indie Fixx
- Thursday, May 12 – Not Martha
- Friday, May 13 – House on Hill Road & Public School
Also visit the official site for the book – worldofgeekcraft.com.
And last but not least, we have a copy of World of Geekcraft to give away to one lucky reader!
Leave a comment telling us your favorite geeky thing by midnight, Friday, May 6th, and we’ll pick a winner at random.
Glass Jar Terrarium
Winter blues are starting to set in, and the snow just keeps on coming!! My solution for seasonal depression is to craft and just pretend it’s already spring. I need some green in my life, so since I’ve been obsessed with terrariums for awhile, and have an overload of mason jars from the holidays and canning…. I present to you, Jenny Ryan’s tutorial to make your own tiny terrarium in a jar!
If you make one of these, please let me know. I’ll be posting mine as soon as I finish collecting supplies! And better yet, have more ideas for my overflow of various sized mason jars? Send me ideas for those too :)
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