Photos: Lantern Terrarium Assembly Part 3 Adding Air Plants

[ysabetwordsmith]

Recently I finished assembling the lantern terrarium. I installed the branches, air plants, and other decor. \o/ (Start with Photos: Fairy Garden Lantern Deconstruction, Photos: Lantern Terrarium Assembly Part 1 Gathering Materials, and Photos: Lantern Terrarium Assembly Part 2 Testing the Fit.)


The first couple photos come from earlier. I've been gluing bits of wood together for several days.

Gorilla Construction Adhesive is similar to caulk, a white paste that dries to a rubbery texture. I used this to glue on some extra wood chips to make more places to put the air plants. It would've been nice to have a clear or dark adhesive, but this is what I had available. It does work pretty well.




Here you can see that I've glued a couple of new chips to the main branch.




The main branch and the extra branch have chips glued on to hold more air plants.




I put the branches into the lantern terrarium.




I added the air plants to the lantern terrarium.




This is a back view of the air plants.




I added some melted marbles to the glass dish for stability. Most are green or clear with a few aqua ones.




Here is a back view with the melted marbles.




I added the glass egg to the dish. This is handmade art glass, and the yellow stripes flare orange under ultraviolet light.




Here is a closeup of the glass egg. I like how it looks there, a nice little accent.




The leftover melted marbles include turquoise, aqua, and cobalt. I'm saving these for some future project.




These are the leftover air plants. I need to figure out a home for them. I may try attaching them to a branch of some sort.




Today was too cloudy to see where the light falls in the planter window, so I wound up setting the lantern terrarium on a table with other terraria for now.




It snowed a little, leaving enough to collect in small patches, so it counts as the First Snow. This is the view looking out the door toward the lilac bushes in the house yard.




Here's a closer view of the snow in the leaves. Most of those leaves are mulberry that fell overnight. The yard is mostly covered with them.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Very pretty 🏮 lantern!

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm pleased with how it turned out.

[yourlibrarian]

That's a nice idea. My partner had air plants a few times but never kept them alive. I suspect he just didn't keep them moist enough. I imagine the terrarium helps with that?

Yes, the egg is a nice accent. I have a dish with those glass pieces as well and have also added various odds and ends to it over time. Makes a good catchall!

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>My partner had air plants a few times but never kept them alive. I suspect he just didn't keep them moist enough. I imagine the terrarium helps with that? <<

That's the idea. They don't need to be wet all the time, but do like higher than average humidity. I figure the terrarium will help. Some folks keep theirs in a bathroom or kitchen.

>>I have a dish with those glass pieces as well and have also added various odds and ends to it over time. Makes a good catchall!<<

Cool! I've seen glass pebbles pressed as sea life shapes, that was cute.

[adafrog]

:)
I like that last photo.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy to hear that. I like photographing nature, the patterns that it makes.