I dug up some dirt, and microwaved it. I learned that microwaving anything in nature for 2 min. kills the living things in it. Not that I like to kill nature, it's just that this is going in my house.
I know I left you hanging with the end result.
I made faux mushrooms out of Sculpey. If you are unfamilar with Sculpey it's a clay that can be baked in your oven to harden. It turns into a hard plastic. You can paint on it with oils, or acrylics. They do have colored Sculpey to.
I put paper clips in the faux mushrooms, while I made them. Why? Because the paper clips would A) Help support them. B) Give me something to hold onto while I painted them. C) When the mushrooms were all said and done, I could cut off the ends, to give me something to stick in the sand and dirt.
I painted them with acrylics. I had them done for awhile, but it's been so rainy here. When it's not raining, it's muggy. I took everything outside to shoot once, and the glass on the Terrarium, and on the lens of my camera kept fogging up.
Here's the end result:
Why a faux terrarium?
I wanted something fun in my hallway. I've had a thing for terrariums lately. There is no light there, and I needed something that had a lid. I want to be able to dust it. Making a fake one just seemed like the right choice for this spot.
They turned out great! I like to play with colored Sculpey, though I haven't broke mine out in a while.
ReplyDeleteI know a disabled Toad who would like to move right in.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter's horse stepped on a toad last week and injured the old fellow. She took him to an exotic pet specialist, who fixed him up but he has a broken leg. So now he has his own two level home at her house, with a fake log to live in, a nice pool with a toad sized fountain to soak in, and all the crickets he can eat. Your terrarium is very nice though, and the Toad wants it for a second home. All the uptown toads have country villas, you know. ;-)
It is so cute. I like working with sculpey.
ReplyDeleteThat came out awesome! You must be so happy with the way it came out.
ReplyDeleteOh wow Alissa what an awesome creation!!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great. I like the color you selected for your 'shrooms too.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the way it turned out ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it, so creative. Super idea!
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brilliant!...I love to have terrarium, too..but never have enough time to start..bhaah, my bad :)..yours is so lovely...and so colorful as well..
ReplyDeleteI love how it turned out, it looks so sweet :)
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ReplyDeleteIt looks so pretty! What a fun thing to make.
ReplyDeleteI really like the way it turned out. So pretty.
ReplyDeleteI think it was facebook or somewhere I seen the finished product. Turned out great.
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