March Snapshots

The month of March can be defined by the words plants and wedding.

Spring has sprung in Arizona and I am enjoying seeing some of my own plants and seedlings grow as well as the beautiful blooms outside. I took a few days to head back to New York for my sister’s wedding too. It was such a great time seeing so many family and friends.

As always – these are through my insta-lens.
And, I used one of this month’s images for the iPhone backgrounds too!

Images  ©Amy Tischer

Macrame Hanging Planter

One of my oldest pins is for macrame hanging planters. The project seemed really simple to do but it took me a few years until I actually got around to making one!

My poor plant looks a bit ragged but it was a gift from my momma and it does keep growing leaves so I wanted to try and keep it around. I only have one window ledge for plants in my apartment and I was getting nervous that the poor guy was not liking the cold window during the winter. Solution — craft up a macrame hanging planter to hang it further from the window so it can still receive sunlight but not be so cold.

I had a good amount of rope laying around and a hook I screwed into my ceiling so it was a no cost project for me. The instructions were easy to follow and I definitely see myself making more and different variations in the future!

Original Pinned Link  |  My Crafty Ideas Board  |  My Pinterest

Springy Monday {5}

Spring flowers for a springy Monday.

1 – Gorgeous floral wallpapers from Hanna Werning

2 — A lovely arrangement by Sarah Winward

3 — Paintings by Laura Jones
(via The Design Files)

4 — An identity for Emporium Pies – delish!
(via The Design Ark)

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Did you know that you could get a sweet potato to grow roots? I certainly didn’t!

When a sweet potato sitting on my counter started to grow a few leaves I wondered if I could encourage the growth along. I decided to chop it in half and prop it in a glass with a few toothpicks. I kept the cut part submerged in water and after maybe two weeks, roots started growing! The root growth you see here happened in a week and a half, if you can believe it. I was so surprised one, to get roots – and two, that they grew so fast after they started. They started grow up and out of the water so I figured it was time to pot the ‘plant’.

Not sure what you are supposed to do from here to potentially get more sweet potatoes, but for now I just stuck it in some dirt. I think it looks pretty funny! I’m going to see if a friend might plant it in their garden this season and see if anything comes from it!

Has anyone else done this before? Multiplied sweet potatoes? I am so fascinated by growing things – I think it’s so fun!

Wooden Desk Organizer

Pretty sweet wooden desk organizer from Karolin Felix Dream!

Flora & Fauna {4}

Flora:
Featuring a lovely arrangement by Amy Merrick — you MUST check out her site!

Fauna:
Paired with these adorable orange chick candleholders from CB2.

DIY: Terrarium

I built {planted?} myself a terrarium!

Now, I will admit a few plants have passed on since these initial images were taken — but it was super fun to do and I still love the 4ish plants that survived. They have actually started to overgrow the vessel so you can’t really notice the absence of the other plants now!

I grabbed myself a planter when they were on sale at West Elm that I had my eye on for awhile and then just used some fish tank gravel in the bottom for a little drainage. My little succulents were purchased at the Wal-Mart {yes, I shudder to admit it – but how can you beat $2 tiny baby plants?!} and now they sit on my window sill.

Images  ©Amy Tischer

Sending Sunshine

It seems that this winter is, well – warm.
But just incase you are feeling a bit of the wintery chills wherever you happen to be I figured a few warm and sunshiney shots couldn’t hurt!

Images  ©Amy Tischer

Botanix

I picked up a card from artist Milly Acharya and her botanix works when I was home a few weeks ago. Milly is based in Ithaca, NY and creates the most detailed and exsquisite botanical illustrations.

“I work exclusively with live specimens, investigating form, structure, texture and distinctive characteristics which determine the shape of my chronicle… I peek and probe and discover many a hidden secret concealed beneath the surface. The vascularity of leaves and petals, the units within a cluster are counted, mapped and numbered in order to understand structure, texture & source of color. I detect worlds within worlds and the journey within is always an adventure—entrancing, delightful, endlessly fascinating.”

Bright and Happy

This photo just makes me smile.

Lovely Monday: Hotel San Jose

Ah, let’s take a trip to the Hotel San Jose. Doesn’t it look like a lovely place to stay?

Does anyone have any fabulous plans for this week? I’m getting things started with a Snow Patrol show tonight and then Thursday is my birthday! Which makes this weekend my birthday weekend!

Shot by Nathan Michael via SF Girl by Bay

Etsy: Miles Of Light

It’s Friday!
The work weeks have been pretty long lately it seems. These prints from Miles of Light bring a bit of calm and organization to the craziness.

Plus they’re having a sale right now!