past midnight but here's some succulent pix!

 Tiffany Blue Succulent Garden - love the color of the dish & the powdery blue succulents!

 These Japanese tea cups with mini cactus trees 

would make great little take home gifts for a dinner party!

 Vintage glasses made adorable Cactinis!

These would work great for a garden/dinner party too!

You can see my collection and watch it grow on my FB page:  Lucky 7 Gardens by ArtistCG

All are available for purchase if you live in West Michigan!

If you live elsewhere in the U.S. it's possible to ship, but there would be added cost, 

and I'd have to disassemble them to make them safe for travel!

Gettin Dirty!

I made oodles of little to medium cactus gardens today, and started a bunch of babies in a tray.  I decided that I'm going to call my terrariums & succulent designs Lucky 7 Gardens by ArtistCG.  I am using 7 layers of natural materials, and including special items to bring Peace, Tranquility & Good Luck to whoever's home they will reside in.  :)

I'll shoot pix of them tomorrow.  Here's an album on my Facebook fan page with images of the terrariums & mini Bonsai Jades:  Lucky 7 Gardens by ArtistCG
I'll add to this album once I shoot pix of the newbies!

5 terrariums & 3 bonsai jades

I made these terrariums & mini jades today!  Yay!  & I already sold the large one in the fish bowl on the right!  Yay!  They are like little Zen gardens, they bring peace to me in the process of creating them, and the serenity is passed onto the receiver.  :)  If you live in West Michigan and see something you like shoot me an email at theartistcg@gmail.com to inquire.  I will begin the cactus & succulent gardens tomorrow (the jades fit into that group).

Moist & Dry

I'm going to make terrariums to sell!  Some with plants that like a moist environment, and some open with succulents!  Yay!  It's gonna be fun!  I picked up the goods for the soil & drainage, I have some containers & picked up a few more, and I bought some plants--but am looking for sources for more.  This will take a while to evolve, because I will need to have a base of plants that I can take cuttings from to have a ready supply as I create new little environments.  It wouldn't be practical to pay full price for these plants with each project, because I'd have to ask too much money for the designs.  Once I've got a system going, I will attempt to make some living art!  Yep, that's right, using succulents of various colors, I will plant them in a certain pattern and once they are settled cozy in their new home, I will attempt to turn the piece vertical for hanging on a wall!  I love combining my arts!  Painting with plants!  Yay!  Coolness!

Onto do more research.....hasta mañana, buenas noches!