terrariums

alex and i built terrariums last week! i absolutely do not have a green thumb; alex and john are my resident gardeners. but i like terrariums and they are more resilient than other gardens (although i have managed to kill bamboo and cactus before which i hear is kind of hard to do.) we shall see how long i can keep these alive. we made three different terrariums. i bought my jars over time from different sources like joann's and online and such. i also bought the little figures and such over time from different sources. then i bought the rocks and charcoal and soil and moss as a kit and i bought a few succulents and a violet for the largest jar. for the scenery figures we had some zombies for the largest jar, a tardis for the tall skinny jar (the tardis lights up, but the switch is on the bottom so we probably won't ever get to it again), and a deer and ladybug and plastic trees for the little mason jar. i created the zombie and tardis terrariums while alex built the deer one. first were the rocks, then the charcoal, and soil. then i planted the succulents and the violet to the large jar and then (water soaked) moss to all three jars. after they were all planted we added our figures. they're supposed to be easy to take care of, but as i say that i realize i haven't checked all week on them to make sure they're wet enough! haha, i'll try to remember tonight :)

zombie plush set

i had so much fun creating these zombie dolls. i have two other sets of dolls like these that i will share at another time: a carnival set and a sasquatch and yeti pair. they are a simple cut 'n' sew fabric that you can buy on spoonflower. you could fill these with stuffing/polyfill, but i filled these with bean bag material. the fabric is kona cotton pre-washed. they're fun to toss around and right now i have them sitting up on our mantel with the rest of the halloween decorations - they fit right in. there's the woman with her pearls, the man with a stache, the ginger businessman and the cat. mine and alex's favorite is the ginger with his brains showing. i've also entered these into spoonflower's weekly contest this week - the theme was zombie plush. make sure you go sign up for a free account and vote for me here: http://www.spoonflower.com/contests/158
this is what the image will look like when voting, but you can vote for as many designs as you like. and if interested, buy it as a fabric, they're super easy to make.