terrarium
My sister Becky made me this little terrarium for Christmas and I could not be more pleased with it.
It’s in a hand-blown Victorian fishbowl that has a ruffled edge and all sorts of beautiful little bubbles and imperfections in the glass. She collected the little mosses and plants for the mini landscape over the summer. It’s truly spectacular and a perfect home for this tiny donkey I’ve been saving for something for years.
I’ve been in kind of a wheel spinning, non productive post holiday fog. I’ve got lot’s of stuff I should be doing, would even like to be doing, but instead of really focusing on any of it I keep doing stuff like spending HOURS making a new pin cushion.
*Thanks to everybody who’s bidding at the Kim Benefit on Ebay, people are being incredibly generous*
January 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
i know exactly what you mean about the fog. i am wandering around hoping for that big lightening strike of inspiration to hit me and so far…… nothing. i am hoping some sunshine and tea will help. your terrarium is lovely, what a good sister.
January 6th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
beautiful pincushion!!
January 6th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
What a wonderful terrarium with perfect container and dear little friend. My husband is a plant scientist and a real moss man. We brake for bogs. He keeps his terrarium in a vacuum flask. I had to call him over to get a look at yours!
January 7th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
The terrarium is beautiful. I, too, have been sucked into the fog. I made a bid on the Fortitude, but it sailed out of my price range….congratulations!
January 8th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I love this terrarium and all your creations!
January 8th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
the terrarium is beautiful! what a special present. it is a secret little eco world. .
xoj
January 10th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
hello! i’m new to your blog and your art. i saw the fortitude for the kim family…it’s beautiful. so glad that the auction went well.
your art is so inspiring !
January 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I should make one for myself!!!!
It looks nice!
January 26th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
oh ann, that terrarium is so sweet and fantasy-inspiring… i have been wanting to make one for years. i have a little pipe-cleaner lion in a jungle of rosemary that i look at as i sew… you can see a peek of him in my last post on my blog. hope the fog is lifting, and i hope to see you again soon!
May 14th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
[…] It’s way more than I neede for one little fish bowl (the terrarium becky made me didn’t survive a couple environmental challenges and a persistent mold problem) so I’m going to make a few other terrariums and arrangements. The first one is a thoughtful little man in a garden. […]
July 26th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
[…] There are tiny mushrooms growing in my terrarium! […]
August 9th, 2007 at 10:59 am
I am completely fascinated by your terrarium tales! My mom used to make these for us when we were little. I forgot all about them! Thank you for the great memories!
May 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am
these terrariums are so, so, so, so, so, so neat! what is your basic method for making these? do you get the soil and rocks from the forest and then forage for various mosses and lichens? how do you collect the mosses and then get them growing in the bowl? i really want to make one of these now!