Living succulent wreath tutorial

Hi!

It was only this summer that I started noticing succulent plants, and immediately felt in love with them, there are so many varieties and colours, the internet and Pinterest are full of pretty arrangements and lovely ideas, one of my favourites  has to be the wreath... and it's so easy to maintain! after hanging it on the wall, you will only need to spray it with water in winter, and when the weather gets hot,  sink it in a container full of water once a week or when it starts to look a bit dry...

started it by collecting loads of different succulent plants, and when I say loads, I mean lots of them...it actually depends on the size of the wreath, but the more plants you can fit on it, the better it looks,
the ring below was done by my mum with wicker shaped into a circle, covered with moss and tied up with a cord, but you can buy the ring floral foam oasis in any flower shop, or the internet.

 the succulent plants had been cut a few days before, so the stem was a bit dry, by doing this, we will help the plants take roots quicker once we've watered them

pinch the oasis with a long stick and move it in circles, I used the end of a paint brush

 pop in the first stem

 make sure you place them as deep as possible into the oasis, this is going to be hanged on the wall so don't want plants falling down from the wreath

 once finished, put the wreath in a container with water, let it soak for a couple of minutes and leave it for a week on a flat surface, this will allow the stems to start taking roots

 once all the plants are stable and with roots, it's time to hung the wreath on the wall!

this picture was taken a couple of months later

remember to trim the plants every now and them to keep the round shape, and place the cuttings in a flower pot, a new succulent plant will grow from them! :)

night night! x

How to make lavender sachets (tutorial)

Hi!
It's starting to get chilly on this side of the planet, and with the change of seasons comes the change of wardrobes, while packing away all the summer clothes and getting out all the coats and thick jumpers I thought it would be a good idea to make lavender sachets for the wardrobe

Materials
fabric scraps
cushion filling
needle & thread
dried lavender
thin ribbon
trims for decorations

heart template made out of paper

Started sewing the heart from one of the sides

Turned it inside out

to fill it, what I did first was to put on the top and bottom of the heart some cushion filling and the remaining space left it for the dried lavender, an other option is to fill it only with lavender.

  I finished it with more cushion filling and sew the side with an invisible stitch.

Finally, all I had to do was to sew the ribbon and a tiny bow to make it look prettier

...and done!

night night!

Butterfly tea light holders

Hi!

This summer my mum and I decided to make tea light holders out of glass pots, 

very important to make sure the pots are wide, so it's easy to put the tea light / candle inside without getting burned.

materials we used

glass pots/jars

paper

scissors

thin wire & tools for cutting the wire

glue

paint (watercolors, acrylic..)

baking/parchment paper

tea lights

cut the butterflies out of paper, as many shapes and sizes as wanted

color the butterflies, I chose for mine a pink color

cut a piece of wire and put it on the top of the jar with a hook, like the pictures below 

 glue the baking paper to the glass jar

 glue the butterflies to the baking/parchment paper, hung one of them with a thread from the hook

and done! 

we were well pleased with the result, the butterfly hanging from the wire looked like it was really flying!! :)

night night x

pretty flowers & Maurice

Hi!

This year I went back home to sunny Spain for my holidays, and loved every single minute of it!

had an amazing time catching up with friends, and spent lots of time with my family, which is great, as I miss them terrible

in one of this photos Maurice the cat decided to sit down just when I was taking pictures of the vase full of flowers( love the bright yellow color they've got)  he must be like 14 or 15 years old, his whiskers are turning white and can be very stubborn , so I decided not to interrupt his nap and add him in the picture.

night night x