Making a plant....cheap

{Spring Mantle Idea} 

So I have a problem with house plants.......I kill them.....never on purpose, but pretty much without fail.  Even my husband has better luck with his plants.....(but then it's really his Administrative Assistant that keeps his alive!)
 So when I saw Liza Mae's mantle idea, I wanted to copy it, but she had living ivy on her mantle and she confessed that it was one of the most expensive parts of her mantle.

Did I really want to spend a lot of money on a plant only to have it die in a two weeks???


So, I went to my favorite store....The Dollar Tree!

Moss Sheet: $1.00

Fake Ivy:  2 @ $1.00

Ceramic Vase:  $1.00

Floral Foam:  $1.00

So easy.....cut foam to fit into your container.  Cut the moss sheet to a shape that matches the top of your container.

I just cut apart my ivy vine into pieces......I started by putting larger pieces on the outside edges and then I put smaller pieces coming from the middle.

At the last minute, I remember that I had bought an old tin container for about $1.50 at a craft store and put the floral foam in there......

And those burlap covered books.....

...nothing but old books....

.....hot glued with burlap!  Total cost:  FREE!!!

The bottles were thrifted at a cost of about $1.00 each!

It doesn't have to be expensive to be beautiful!



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