Dang, three posts in a row now where I’m featuring a grid pattern. I told you I was getting into it! I mentioned recently that I wanted to do something with the pattern, and you guys know planter DIYs are a favorite around here, so this had to happen, naturally.
Really though, this one kind of fell on to my lap. I had gotten these plain white planters a while ago thinking I’d repot a couple of my plants, but with a lot of them dying on me recently (is it the heat??) I’m pretty much looking at starting over with my “indoor garden”. So yay to new planters and plant friends (RIP previous plant friends).
The materials list will tell you how easy this DIY is.
Materials:
–1/8″ black tape (one roll was enough for both of my planters)
-ruler
-scissors
-planters
I started by vertically taping down pieces of the black tape about one inch apart, making sure the ends of the tape overlapped both the top edge and bottom of the planter. I used a ruler between each piece to roughly measure each inch. This planter was perfectly 14 inches in circumference, so one inch increments were easy to fit in.
Then I taped down the horizontal lines, also one inch apart, which was made conveniently possible by the four inch height of this planter. When the tape came back around to the front end, I overlapped the end of the tape on top of it just a bit to complete the circle, then cut off the the rest of the roll.
Bam.
The measurements on the larger planter were a little less perfect, so I went for keeping a slightly larger than one inch square grid pattern to the middle two rows, then left the top and bottom rows a little longer/more rectangular. Still good!
I really didn’t need to include this many photos, but I couldn’t decide which plant I liked more, so let’s have a vote.
Do you like plant #1 better?
Or plant #2?
You know what, I actually made my decision just now while asking you guys to vote. Plant #2 for me. I brought it up to the cashier and I was like yo, tell me more about this strange fuzzy plant because I’m intrigued. She told me it’s a staghorn fern (oh that’s it, I remember now- a great name always steals my attention) and gave me some tips on how to care for it. After she rang me up and handed it over, she mentioned that they’re very fickle and hard to care for. Hm.
I still love plant #1, though I didn’t catch the name of it (anyone know?). The graphic lines on the leaves pair so well with the grid pattern of the planter. Really happy about that combo. Boyfriend is too, seeing as though I made him vote and he picked that one.
So what’s it gonna be, guys- plant #1 or #2?
PS.
Art print is from my friend Britt Castellano’s amazing shop: A Handcrafted Home
The intros to these Friday Finds posts are turning into a bit of an update session, which I don’t mind, and maybe you don’t either! If you do, just go on and skip to the links, it won’t break my heart <3.
I’m obsessed with this shibori grid pillow and how it fits in so well with a more traditional living room. Really I’d love to just have this entire room. That continuity with the grid wainscoting though daaaaaang.
A box hasn’t excited me this much in a long time, and I’m really into boxes.
Iron mesh organizer/moodboard… Love this for a work space, and so cute to have to hang things up with clothespins., amiright?
If I go too long without doing a DIY related to jewelry organization, send help- something is wrong with me. Good thing today’s post confirms nothing is wrong since I’ve got yet another jewelry tray DIY to share with you guys, and it is SO. EASY. and terribly exciting for how pretty it is.
Two major discoveries here. 1) Crate & Barrel has 
All I did was trace half of the plate onto the back of the adhesive mylar sheet with a pencil.
It’s best done in one shot. An air bubble got into mine, so I peeled back that section of the mylar and smoothed it back on to be air-bubble free, but it messed with the chrome finish of the mylar just a bit. In the photo above, you can see a little cloudiness in the gold where I had peeled back the adhesive, which is hardly anything to get bent up over, but I’m just saying- it’s better not to peel and re-stick!
I love it. A lot. This is everything that I mean by simple ideas with big impact. And how the heck am I going to resist sticking this gold stuff onto everything? I’ve done a lot with gold spray paint, but it doesn’t come near to achieving the shiny finish of this mylar. What should I do with it next??
Whoever decided that brunch would be a Mother’s Day tradition deserves a plate of waffles. Is this a part of your Mother’s Day tradition? I’d want this for myself every week for no reason, and if it came adorned with a garland like this served right in bed, my heart would soar. Always the little things, guys.
If brunch isn’t happening at home, this could work for a card, or it can be made in a larger version to hang up, or it could be done for a completely different occasion. This is really just my basic recipe for a garland sign, for whatever size or whatever message. Other messages to consider: “You da best”, “You’re my favorite”, “Mother of Dragons”.
See the how-to 