Succulents, Succulents, on the Wall

If you a) live with me or b) see my posts on Facebook, then you know that about oh, every Saturday I venture out to our local flea market and usually end up coming home with a succulent or twelve.  So when I saw my cousin Amy (who also designed all of our wedding paper goods) had posted some watercolor succulents I drooled all over my computer knew I had to get me some.

So just about a month ago these beautiful 8x10 watercolor succulents came in the mail. I also found some cute globe wall terrariums from Urban Outfitters to add into the succulent collage.

After picking up some frames from Garden Ridge I popped in my prints and laid my arrangement out on our floor to see how I wanted everything to hang. I popped in some make shift (fake) succulents along with an air plant I picked up to fill in the globes.

I wanted the globes to show off everything that was going on inside so I crafted a few items to stick in with the air plant and succulent. Here is some leftover sheet moss that we used for the wedding. I thought of sticking this towards the bottom but it blocked too much of the view.

So for the air plant I just went with a small amount of Spanish moss and a small moss rock for the plant to rest on. This guys are so easy to water. They require no soil (in fact it kills them) and only need either regular misting or a good soak in water about once a week. Low maintenance = my jam.

Here is the whole shebang. The top photo is the collage all together and the bottom shot is a close up of those globes. For the succulents I just added small amounts of dirt then placed the succulent in and then added a thin layer of pebbles to hold everything together. The pebbles will also heat up from the nearby sun and help keep the succulents warm. To water these guys I just pop in two small ice cubes about once a month or so. If I notice them getting a little too dry I do about every three weeks, but the thing with these guys is that people usually over water them which makes them look wilty.

The succulent on the far left will grow in strong, tall chutes which I think will look really cool against the wall. Oh, and these are all hung in the dining room across from the bigo'mirror.