Hobby Lobby has a few of these, but I don't like them.
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The whole thing is maybe 5 inches tall, with 4" of it being the big porcelain planter. It's $9.99. The containers are uncreative, and the fake plants in them are too small.
So I decided to make my own, of course!
I bought a small glass container, flower foam, river rocks, and a fake succulent.
Glass container $2.99
flower foam $1.99
succulent $4.99
river rocks $2.99
flower foam $1.99
succulent $4.99
river rocks $2.99
Total: $12.96 *floral not on sale*
I wasn't patient enough to wait till they were all on sale...but if I could have waited until the floral department was on sale, it would have been $7.99 for everything.
Hobby Lobby has a whole succulent section, so you can customize the size or type of succulent(s) you want, which I just love.
I had some jute and hot glue on hand, so to add some texture, I wrapped the bottom quarter of the glass container in jute (instructions here):
I trimmed some flower foam to fit in the container (only about halfway to the top):
...with room to fit the little river pebbles around the sides...
I pressed the stem of my succulent into the center of the foam, and covered the rest of the foam with the pebbles!
I like this little guy on top of the toilet, it adds color and it's just so attractive...
And I never have to water it! It looks so real!!
You can use a bigger planter and add several succulents for height and variety too, and it's so much cheaper than buying arrangements.
I'm thinking of doing a mock-terrarium thing in my kitchen window at some point too.
