Spring In A Bubble

It's 75 degrees and gorgeous here in San Diego today. 

Is it Spring yet? 

Maybe not, but I'm adding a little spring to my hanging glass bubbles.

Here are my Christmas bubbles.

Here is their Spring debut. 

Tillandsias with a side of mushroom, served on a bed of hot pink and purple moss, garnished with a sprig of lichen branch.

I call it it "Spring In A Bubble."

I've been in love with these little miracle air plants since back in the day when I used to make and sell table top fountains. 

I'm not the first to stick them in a bubble.
I found this Christmas ornament on Pinterest from Floragrubb

Here are some of mine from last September. 
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I found the pink moss and mushrooms at a great store called Pigment in North Park, San Diego.

The little faux mushrooms were inspired by the real thing.

This little guy appeared in one of my terrariums all by itself.

It was love at first sight.

 I think I have a case of "fungi fetish." 

I appologize if my humor tends to be juvenile. 
I used to teach middle school and I thought Beavis and Butthead are funny. 
They reminded me of some of my students. 

That's about my level of witty sophistication.

Come to think of it, Beavis and Butthead would probably try to smoke my faux "shrooms."

 

 Those prepubescent teenagers made me laugh everyday.

Enough of my trip down memory lane, back to the bubbles.

One good thing about having a neutral color pallet in my house is that I can add any color, at anytime and it pretty much goes.
Perfect for a changeaholic like me.

I'm loving the pop of hot pink right now.

It's a nice contrast with the adjacent succulents.

 

The wood pallet vertical planter is doing awesome.  If you would like to see how I made it go here. 

I've only had one succulent casualty so far and the weight of the soil hasn't pulled it off the wall.

Are you ready for Spring yet or am I too early?

Thanks for checking it out.

I'm In The Mood For Gratitiude

Halloween came and went.

My skeletons have been put to rest till next year.

Sleep tight my little friends.

The flock has flown away. 
Come back soon my dearies.

Can it be that Thanksgiving is a little more than three weeks away?
The Thanksgiving Tree is here. 

I don't just put up a Christmas Tree early and call it a "Thanksgiving Tree."
This isn't one of those, not that there is anything wrong with that.  I just like to have some separation between my Thanksgiving decor and my Christmas decor.

Here's what I do.
I start with my urn that I converted into a tree stand way before I ever heard the word "blog." 

When it isn't a tree stand it doubles as an end table.  A little Quikcrete and some PVC pipe and you're done.  I put a painted paper plate with a hole cut in the middle to create a shallow dish.  It can be filled with seasonal decor (I usually have shells in it) and I just put a piece of glass over it to create the end table.

I added pine cones to hide the PVC pipe for the Thanksgiving Tree. 
I placed the urn on a wood palate to add some height and covered it up with a tree skirt.

Kmart special 7' slim Martha Stewart Tree.
 It looks like a Christmas Tree you say, awe but it's not.
 After Thanksgiving it gets a complete makeover.

I like to decorate my tree by going deep. 

Just a personal preference, I don't like seeing the fake tree trunk so I pack the decor all the way back to the stem.

I like elements you find in nature for this tree.

White pumpkins, birds, pears, grape clusters, and Autumn leaves are all part of my Thanksgiving Tree.

Halloween crows are switched out for friendlier fuzzy pine cone owls. 

I forgot I had these little guys on my tree when I painted this owl for my family room.

A new addition this year are a Marshall's find.  White glass owls. 

 I think they'll transition into Christmas nicely.

I like the price, six for $6.95.

Owls, mushrooms, and faux cabbage.

I'm into mushroom decor at the moment, so I added them to the tree.
Weird I know.

Everything else is stuff I already had.

Next I need to make this year's gratitude tags to hang on the tree.  I started a tradition of having everyone that comes to our house write something they are thankful for on the card. 

We hang the cards on the tree and read them during the Thanksgiving meal. 

We are so blessed, it's a way for our family to take the time to remember how lucky we are.

This year I put the tree in the window by the front door. 

The neighbors are probably thinking I've lost my mind putting a tree up the day after Halloween?

Oh well, I like it. 

It gets me in the mood for gratitude!

Do you have any Thanksgiving traditions you break out the day after Halloween, or am I the only crazy one?

I would love to hear about them. 

Thank you for checking it out.