Today’s contributor is Emma from Crafting{E}! All posts written by Emma for Make It and Love It, can be found HERE.
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Hi everyone! It’s Emma from Crafting{E} again!
Does anyone else have the blackest thumb ever? I definitely do, I’m as far away as you can get from a green thumb. The problem is I LOVE plants, well I guess it’s more like I love the IDEA of plants. I have tried every kind of plant from flowers to succulents and I killed them all. Guys, I killed succulents… Those are supposed to be the hardest thing to kill.
Now that we’ve officially entered spring, I’ve had, I guess you could call it, a craving (that sounds really weird but just go with it, okay?) for plants. That’s sounds strange, I know. I just really want to be able to grow plants without killing them and have a super awesome garden. This time around I decided to start with the hardest thing to kill: cactus.
I live (and have grown up) in southern Arizona where there are cactus EVERYWHERE. Not even kidding, there is a state park dedicated to cactus really close to my house. Because of this, I’m not a super huge fan of cactus. However, when I walked into the garden center at my local home improvement store I just knew that these cactus were meant to be mine.
Are they not adorable? When I came home with my cactus, my four-year-old sister lovingly named the pink/red cactus Cherry and the yellow cactus Banana. Because what else would you name a cute little cactus than a fruit that corresponds with their color? Ha ha.
Okay, now lets talk about the actual planters. I don’t have a lot of time for crafting and building anymore, so for me simple is key. These planters are SUPER simple, but once you add the stain and paint on a pattern it transforms into something amazing!
I LOVE how the stain looks on the plywood… SO PRETTY! I also love how the white paint contrasts the dark walnut stain. I decided to go with a very simple pattern on these planters because I am definitely no artist. I think it turned out pretty well! Now, on to the tutorial!
MATERIALS (per planter):
DIRECTIONS:
That’s it! I had so much fun making these and I hope you guys will too! Now, I just need to keep these adorable cactus alive. Fingers-crossed I don’t over water them (the struggle is real) ;).
Okay, is it just me or do you have a really hard time keeping plants alive? For those of you who don’t do you have any tricks for keeping plants alive? I would love to know!
If you enjoyed this post you should check out my blog for many more like it!
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