Ah-ha! Finally I am participating in a Monthly DIY Challenge again with my bloggy buddies! It feels like forever since I have partaken in this fun event!
This month it is all about dollar store creations! How fun, right? I have to admit though, I waited until the last minute on this project and in doing so, the dollar store did not have all of the supplies needed for my project I had envisioned. Damn you Dollar Tree! Or wait, I guess I should be cursing myself as I am the slacker around here that waited until the very last minute to get my supplies needed for a project that has been planned for months… So with all that said, let’s just say that my dollar store creation went a little beyond just your typical dollar store items and budget. O-well lesson learned, I need to get crack’n on this stuff earlier!!!
Now on with the project in hand! I decided to create a faux succulent garden using dollar store frames as the shadow box. Adding a little twist into the mix by incorporating a votive candle! Here is how my little succulent garden all came together!
DIY Faux Succulent Garden
Supplies:
- 3 5×7 dollar store frames
- moss
- faux succuletns
- faux twigs
- paint
- dark wax (optional)
- paint brush
It all started with these three dollar store frames.
I painted the frames using Americana Decor Chalky Paint in color primitive with two coats.
Once that was dry I applied some dark wax in certain areas with at lint free cloth to give it a rustic look.
Then I glued the sides of the frames together in the shape of a triangle and let it completely dry. I applied some duct tape to help hold it tightly together while it was drying.
Of course after gluing it all together I noticed that I forgot to paint the inside…DOH! So back to painting it was. Then while waiting for that to dry, I traced around the bottom of the frame shadow box on to some white foam board that I purchased at the dollar store. Then it cut it out with an x-acto knife.
After cutting the triangle shape out, I had an ah-ha moment! I thought why not add even more spunk to this succulent garden with a flame-less votive candle inside. So I simply cut a circle in the middle of the foam board that I had just cut for the bottom/base of my succulent garden. Making it super easy and convenient to turn the votive on and off.
to make sure it stayed secure I glued it to the bottom. This foam board was an easy and cheap way to close the bottom part of the frames keeping the moss and succulents inside.
Then I added the moss, succulents and a few little branches inside and my faux succulent garden was complete! I have to say for putting this all together at the last minute, I am pretty happy with how this all turned out!
These Monthly DIY Challenges are so fun! We have some great ideas lined up for our future challenges so make sure you continue to follow along with all of our blogs so you don’t miss a thing! To make it even easier to follow along with all our Monthly DIY Challenges, we have created a Pinterest board where we will all pin our projects!
Now lets check out all the other awesome dollar store creations from my friends!
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What a cute idea! The votive candle was a really nice addition to it. Love it.
Thank you so much! The votive candle really was the perfect added touch!
This is beautiful, Tara! I am so making one. I can’t even keep succulents alive, so this will be perfect for me, lol. Love it!
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Thank you so much, Sarah! I am the same way, I can’t keep any plant alive haha! Although I have managed to keep my succulents alive 🙂
This is seriously cute, Tara! I love succulent and love this display using picture frames! Super neat idea! Hope you’re having a great week!
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Thank you so much, Kendra! Have a great weekend my friend!
I would’ve never thought to use frames for this. What a great idea! The candle was the perfect touch! It really adds so much bling! Nice job, Tara! 🙂
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Thank you, Christina!
This is incredible! I would have never guessed that you came up with this at the last minute! It’s absolutely brilliant!!!
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This is too cute! I totally want a terrarium but am too cheap to shell out for one. Maybe I will do this! I love it!
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Ah-ha! Terrarium! When I was writing my post, I could not for the life of me remember what they were called. I am sure it didn’t help that it was late and I was tired when writing the post. Thanks Bre!
LOVE THIS! I’m such a sucker for succulents! This is perfect!
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Oh my gosh the little candle!! Such a great addition. This turned out so cute!
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Thank you so much, Bre!
I love this!! Such a cute idea to use the frames and the little light in the bottom is genius!
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You are just too clever! I would have NEVER thought to use frames to make a container! What a brilliant idea 🙂 And I love the little candle – makes a nice soothing addition 🙂
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This is so cute!! I love easy, inexpensive projects. Hope you’ll share this project over at the Motivational Monday link up this week: http://makingitinthemitten.blogspot.com/2015/04/motivational-monday-april-12th.html
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This is so creative and original!! Well done. I can’t believe it’s supplies from the dollar store. Thanks for linking up to The Creative Circle!
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Awesome idea!! I’ve done things like this with photos and those frames but the terrarium idea is new to me — LOVE it!
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This is a fantastic idea. But can you tell me where u got the succulents from? As well as the flameless candle. Thanks a bunch!!!
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It really adds so much attractive for who person see this
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Awesome idea!! I’ve done things like this with the same small plants or Chinese bamboo and those frames but this terrarium idea is totally new for me…I am gonna try it!!!
I love this idea for a terrarium and the candle was the perfect touch. Great job. Did you find the candle at the dollar store too?
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This is pretty cool. I still can’t believe you used the stuff from the Dollar Store Frames! Such a great post and ideas. Thank you for sharing!
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I love gardening so much and I your diy garden has inspired me so much. I’m so happy that I see upon your post. Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas.
What an amazing piece of diy innovation Tara. I wish I had such patience to create something this nice as a DIY enthusiast. The true beauty of this master piece will come out at night with it’s battery operated dimmed lighting.
Thanks for posting
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