Roses Are Blue...

It's terrarium time!

I have been wanting to make a terrarium for ages now and I finally remembered to write down a list of supplies and bring the list with me on my errand run. An important detail. Turns out to make a terrarium is incredibly simple (key word make. Time will tell if it lives). Now that I have done it I'm not sure what took me so long. And I am fighting the urge to turn every covered glass container in the house into a little mossy diorama. I already have plans for the little Matchbox VW microbus I have although I went with an Easter theme for this one.

So I followed the beginner instructions on the Terrarium Man website but there is an easy tutorial here too. The only difference is Craftzine adds a layer of activated charcoal while Terrarium Man adds a layer Spanish moss. And they had Spanish moss at the dollar store so I went with Terrarium Man. I also just used sheet moss on top but you can add all kinds of plants and ground cover. I am going out in search of a larger container so I can try one of those.  I need to plant something tall for my hippies to hang their clothes up to dry on...

How I spend my free time...

What? Are you going to try to tell me you don't make roach dioramas when you are bored? Because I'm not buying it...

So it was just Alana's 40th birthday. You might remember Alana, my sister...we, ahem, share this blog. She last posted back in 2008. That sweet little baby is 2 now... Anyway, although you wouldn't know it here, Alana is pretty big into the blogging world  (Letter B and Momku) so for her birthday Matthew, her husband, started a secret birthday blog where her family and friends could all post videos, photos, letters, haikus and what not. So, because Alana hates roaches and I am her little sister, my idea was to make a video of a roach birthday party with a roach jumping out of a cake. Actually, my original ideas was to use Peeps Bunnies but then I found my pack of rubber roaches in my sock drawer (what?) and had this minor stroke of genius...I have since made a full recovery, thanks for asking. See the cute little puppy? I'm not all bad.