Ten Minutes+Free=HAPPY ME!

I practically RAN across the thrift store
to grab this fake topiary. Pathetic.
Hey - if you had a black thumb, 
it could have been YOU, too. 

Then when I grabbed it, my heart sank...
just a bit. When I noticed this:

Even though I love shabby, worn, rusty things...

I sometimes draw the line at broken things. 
Well, MOST broken things. 
I review them on a case by case basis.

Anyway, this topiary in its existing 
condition was not something 
I could proudly display as is. 

But...then again, the pot was not my favorite thing.

I decided to ask if they could reduce the price. 
When they said I could have it for FREE, I was a happy girl.

Why was I happy to get a broken fake topiary?

I had a much better pot waiting at home.
I little larger, rustic, authentic, not faux.

Tip: A faux topiary always looks better
in a REAL weathered terra cotta pot. :)

 

So I took a hammer to the 
broken pot and finished it off.

After freeing the styro form insert, 
I used the broken pieces to elevate the it, 
since the new pot is deeper.

I used even more pieces to wedge it 
in tightly, so it wouldn't wiggle around. 

The insert is a bit smaller 

diameter than the new pot. 

I stuffed some moss around 

the edges and piled more on top. 

It was free. It took three minutes to
take out my frustrations on a broken pot.
 A few more to stick the broken pieces
inside the new pot and plop some
moss on top. 

Now, if you squint really hard,
from a couple of rooms away, you might think
I have a green thumb...like Loi Thai's. 

To see authentic, amazing topiaries at 
Tone on Tone, you can click HERE.

But for a black-thumbed gal in
a semi-arid town where topiaries are
scarce as hen's teeth...it will work. For now.

Word for the Day:
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. 
And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

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