moss terrariums: round two

[amezri]

While out and about today, I found myself looking for more terrarium containers. Ugh, I know. It's a disease! At Joann's I found plastic flower beads, Christmas Tree Shop had a cheap apothecary jar ($5!) and a set of 3 small hinge lid jars for $5. Also went back to Target and bout the rest of their salt shakers. So before meeting up with smashedrecords, I put them together!

Photos in the flickr gallery, or see some under the cut.



Today's batch of containers:


New batch of salt & pepper shakers. I left empty areas in two of them to see how well they fill in.


I don't have pictures of the jar after I added the crystal points, but it looks pretty good:


Largest of the hinge lid jars from the set. I don't know what I'm going to put inside... a figure perhaps? Or maybe I'll try my hand at those clay mushrooms.


I LOVE the landscaping on this one with the hills and such. I want to make a little Stargate to go in it. Like, just part of the ring, not the whole thing.


Smallest of the hinge lid jars. I added the plastic flower beads (used jewelry glue to attach them to a head pin) and then my mother added the jade rabbit and stones. It's going to be a gift:



I added flowers and a crystal point to one of the sugar bowls I made yesterday:


And sealed the holes in the shakes with hot glue:



I really hope I'm over the making terrarium phase. Now I need to work on the keeping them alive part.

Comments

[punslingerr.livejournal.com]

It's too bad that Hasbro decided to cancel it's Stargate Titanium line. One of the things they were supposed to make was a little Stargate, which I imagine would have been just about perfect. :(

Hm, would those 3 3/4 inch Marvel Universe figures fit in any of those decently?

Ooooh, maybe a hand/arm sticking up out of the ground? :)

[machinistm.livejournal.com]

Do the containers have to be airtight? I'm really curious about how they will be kept alive.

[katydidmischief.livejournal.com]

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I think I'm going out today to the dollar store & Michael's to see if there's any good terrarium jars I can afford.

And I'm using the icon because just seeing the pictures is enabling! XD

[juri-anne.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous! Those look so awesome. I'd love to make one myself, but I have no idea where to get the moss. >.<

Can I just buy it somewhere? Plus, the hubby would prolly kill me if I started making little dirt jars {as he would call them}.

[katkel.livejournal.com]

wow they look great