Winterlicious Glass Bubbles

Volleyball got canceled this morning so I'm catching up on some blogging time.  It rained all day here yesterday so I finished up some projects and caught up on my taped shows.   

Most rooms in my house are getting a little Winterlicious makeover.

The mantel is complete. 
I made the stockings yesterday, but haven't had a chance to take pictures yet.   
To see how I did the mantel go here.

To further bring in some winter sparkle,
I moved my glass bubbles from outside to in and gave them a seasonal sprucing up.

I emptied out the sand, succulents, shells, and tillandsias and hung them on the curly willow branches next to my vertical pallet garden and my metal hanging basket light.  So far the experimental vertical garden is doing awesome and it's growing.  I added some Christmas balls to the light for some Holiday bling.

I filled the glass balls with faux snow, faux greenery, and a Christmas ornament. 

Gold birds, a snowman, and a Christmas tree. This was a free makeover, I used what I had.

The bubbles make me feel like it's winter here in San Diego, 

Sometimes it even looks like it's snowing inside.

Stay warm birdie.

I don't really use too many snowmen in my Christmas decor, but I like him contained in the bubble.

I tend to put things in glass containers and change them out for the season.

Here's one of my giant Winterlicious snow globes. 

To see more of my snow globes go here.

These glass containers sit on my kitchen counter.

More glass on my island. 

We don't get much snow in San Diego so I have to pretend with my vignettes. 

The glass contains the snow so we don't end up with "snow drifts" all over the house.

Still need to work on my picture taking and getting rid of the glare off the glass. 

Hope your Holidays are warm and cozy even though it's snowing at my house.

Bubblicious

I saw these mini glass hanging bubbles last year in Garden Design Magazine.   It was love at first sight, but I didn't like the price tag. I tucked them away in my memory wish list and thought, well "someday" I'll find those glass bubbles at a price I'm willing to pay? 

I think they are bubblicious!

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While poking around in one of my favorite floral supply stores last week I found the glass bubbles for a great price, about a third of what I found them on line for.

I went a little cuckoo crazy and bought a collection.  I bought six bigger ones and five smaller ones. 

I thought they would look great with my 70's inspired

macrame rope hanging planter.

I added some sand, tillandsias, shells, faux pearls, and moss to the bubbles.  I hung them at different heights with thin twine.  I harvested (stole) the tillandsias from my outdoor entry mirror.  

I made another macrame rope hanger and fit two larger round glass bowls in the ropes,

double decker style. 

 I added candles, sand, and shells to the larger glass bowls.

Repeating the same round shape in different sizes gave the collection a cohesive look. 

Hanging the bubbles at different heights created a "bubble curtain." 

I added some of my succulent cuttings to two of the bubbles. 

We'll see how they do?  See the top two bubbles.  This succulent is called "Fish Hooks."

I moved my original macrame rope planter to the corner of the patio.

It's really beautiful at night.  My pictures don't do it justice.  I made this area of the yard the candy bar for my husband's 50th birthday party.  I never buy candy, but it was his birthday so I bought all his favorites and set them out in glass jars under the bubbles. 

Sorry about the bad night pictures.

I tried real candles in my test run inside the glass bubbles, but wow they got hot!  I thought they might explode or burn someone who inadvertently touched the glass? 

I traded the candles out for battery operated lights instead. 

Exploding glass is bad.

I made some curtains for the party with drop cloths from Big Lots, gromets, and more rustic rope. 

Here's the view from the kitchen.

I'm loving the bubbles with my macrame rope creations.  The possibilities are endless with fun things to add to the bubbles.  Fall leaves for Autumn, spiders for Halloween, snowflakes for Christmas, etc.  For now I'm loving the green. 

Have you found any inspiring items from your wish list lately?

Thanks for checking it out.