Coleus

I finished my own variety of an elephant ear plant. Then I made some coleus. Not an easy task, but I love how they turned out. :D

I have a few left over to make little plants to sell in the garden center. Now I just have to make more pots. This one I purchased from Beautifully Handmade on Ebay.  She has the most lovely miniatures!

There is a pottery class here in Birmingham that I am thinking about taking?  I emailed the instructor and he said he could help me learn how to turn real clay miniature pots and dishes. It is a six week course. I'm temped, but it would take me away from finishing the garden center.

That is the next thing on my list of things to do. These plants take a long, long time to make!  I really need to decide what I want to do with the interior walls and floor...

Hope you like my latest plants. The next one will start with an "F." Not sure what that will be yet?

Floor Sample

I made a little floor sample today. I found this brown kraft wrapping paper at the Dollar Store. I thought it could look like a painted floor?

Poke the photo to see. 

I'm not quite happy with it yet. I scored lines then went over them with a brown colored pencil. The lines don't show up as much as I would like. I may need to cut the paper into strips and glue them down instead.

I'm also working on some plants for the yellow glazed pot on the right. The larger one will be an E for Elephant Ear.  :D  The smaller ones will be coleus.

I have lots more of them to make! This is some paper I painted to get started. Coleus comes in so many colors. Here is my inspiration photo from Amazing Seeds.com.

Hope you have a lovely day!