The Easter Grass IS Greener...

Aside from all the knitting blogs, I dearly love to indulge in the many design blogs out there. My favorites include How About Orange, swissmiss, Cool Hunting, core-77, and pan-dan, just to name a few.
Clicking on any of these leads to worlds of wonder and creativity that makes my head spin and gives me a daily dose of inspiration.

Recently, I noticed a simple white ceramic ring planted with prairie grass. The planter sold for $150.00. Wow, I remembered that I had a set of Crate and Barrel ceramic pieces that I have never used to serve anything. Perfect for my planter. I always wanted to have an Easter basket planted with real grass. This is just the ticket to satisfy that childish urge.
I secured two pounds of rye grass seed, courtesy of my neighbor, a bag of vermiculite, a plant mister, and some empty egg shells to start with.

First, I tried planting egg shells to great success. Here are they are in an old German Easter egg holder.
I've started the seed in the white ceramic and they've already germinated. I hope to have several small tabletop lawns by next week. Please, try this at home for some instant gratification.
Added bonus, the cats love it! Now to go and trim the grass...

Comments

[Julie]

Cute cute! I really like the bunny hiding in the grass.

Any of that two pounds left over?

[Terri]

What a great idea. We are not giving chocolate this year as no one in my family wants the extra calories or temptation, so this is nice 'easterish' type of gift. I'm looking forward to seeing your grass dishes. They will be great. Make sure you post a pic please!

[Kristen]

That is a great idea for spring, as is Terri's no-calorie gift giving idea. I'll start saving my eggshells. :-D

[Beth]

Very cool! I really like how your grass looks.

[Rima Aranha]

Such a great idea!

[Linda Beyries]

Love your shaw! Going to use your heart's pattern for decoration for a hat I'm making. Should make a great decoration. Linda

[Kris]

Very nice use of your ceramic pieces and egg shells.

[Valerie]

That is a cute and very neat idea! It also might help a person with any feelings of cabin fever. If you can't go outside bring the outside to you.

[dharma]

You are SO damn clever!