custom terrariums

i am super backed up in the custom terrariums showing off department. but trust me! i will do my best to catch up because there have been some good ones with magical lions, fire spinners and afros and much more! these two terrariums featured below are from awhile ago, but i had to show these to y'all because i made those crazy dirt bikes, gear and helmets and it was not easy! i was so proud when i was done with those two! they looked just like the guy's i was portraying in their own gear but in miniature.
sometimes when i am working in my studio on these teeny tiny things going crazy trying to make the most perfect mustache, i think, yup, this is good times, crazy, but good times.

bad little blogger bee

hi gang, i have to confess. i have been a very bad blogger. and i KNOW IT! see the issue is: i got myself a puppy, moving to a new place, fulfilling custom orders, prepping new projects, shooting / styling old home and that ol thing called life...

i super appreciate your patience. i promise as soon as i move, this blog, its gonna get good, i mean real good! lots of gardening projects ahead!

in the meantime, miss elsie did a gorgeous job documenting and posting a terrarium i made special for her and her husband. the best part of the job was getting to meet their cat when i dropped it off. she talks. please check out her blog. elsie rocks!

custom terrariums

in the midst of all the packing and puppy prepping i am still a terrarium making machine! terri planty must not stop! taking breaks to visit the studio to stick my hands in the dirt and paint a mustache on a mini man is always a good stress reliever, not to mention a good time.
below are a couple recent custom terrariums for a photoshoot. thats right art directors, you can rent my terrariums for your sets, interiors etc etc! hit me up!

custom terrarium

custom terrariums are keeping me movin'. sadly i don't always remember to document them all. or if i do, sometimes the photos don't quite do the piece justice since i am rushing them out the door and not holding the camera steady, intoxicated with that feeling of "must get this done and on to the next project now...". but fortunatly i had a moment and the memory to document this lovely little treasure. it was made for a husband to be to gift to his bride to be. it depicts them at their upcoming wedding in yellowstone national park. and by the groom's side (as he lifts a proud fist to the air) is his loyal pooch.
i am always grateful for the custom work i get to make for my clients. they send me photos of their faces and furry children, details about their lives and we get to know each other all for this little moment in the vessel filled with greenery. this particular couple really touched my heart. yes, i am that corny. i love love. :)

ter-ra-ri-ums

i have so many posts that are halfway there, i gots to get myself busy posting. these recently made terrariums being on that same to do list. wanted to share with you some of my recent plantings and scenes. i have also been very busy with custom work - i just wrapped up a wedding! yes thats right! a wedding! within each terrarium was a scene of the couple doing their favorite activities - such as  club dancing (the title of that piece was "(fill in the name here) dropping it like its hot" - and by the way the dude was the one with the fancy low riding moves in that piece!

custom terrariums and more...

it is custom terrarium city up in my studio right now. busy busy busy making mini portraits of folks, building tiny landscapes and scouting out for new and old vessels. tomorrow morning a much needed a trip to the flower mart.
with that said, i have some photos to share with you of a few of the recent customs and newbie terrariums i have made. i am working on updating my shop, but be patient please, i have other jobs pulling me here and there too! i promise to come through! in the meantime some visual peeks..

i am especially excited about this batch of vintage brass and glass collection. i feel there is a certain magic and whimsy that is really starting to take presence. its funny how you make something over and over again, but with each experience you learn how to make physically possible a real version of what you imagined - make sense?

(the one above with the naked dude bringing the feather to the lady sitting pretty on the crystal quartz rock, well that one is titled "the grand gesture". it was a result of a big fight with the lover. i explained to him ladies need grand gestures, thus this terrarium. watch and learn boys! its now his favorite scene.)

these little treats will soon be available on the shop. no mini people, but gorgeous materials. vintage bottles from the mojave desert and elsewhere filled with treasure like quartz, agate, drift wood, feathers, vintage marbles and more - you have to shake the bottle to find the goods inside. and a buddha nut housing a gorgeous large, pink tipped tillandsia (air plant).


recent custom orders... a lady in her landscape, just taking it all in...



this was for a rocker and an artist who just got married. i added all kinds of cool surprises in this one, like crystals and mushrooms...



a new interview with a gardener coming soon! its a good one! we got edibles to see!

custom terrarium

i met up with my dear friends greg and angie the other night and made them this custom terrarium. i was especially excited to present this planted treat to them because aside from being a designer and an artist, they have become quite the urban farmers! soon i will be revisiting their space with my camera in tow and will do a feature on their hard work. i was most impressed by the quantity of cilantro they were growing. i always struggle to grow that good stuff successfully. they had and abundance, we enjoyed it in the fish tacos they made for dinner (YUMMY!) so this terrarium features the outdoorsy couple on a desert hike with their dogs. i am working on quite a few custom terrariums at this time, hopefully i will get around to documenting them all. the scenes are getting to be more and more challenging and fun. keep 'em coming gang! i am so grateful for all the biz...



p.s. that crazy looking tall succulent plant is called a maternity plant or mother of thousands (kalanchoe daigremontiana). it drops babies like crazy and spreads. i have these in my garden and they will drop from one pot down to another. very cool when a plant is so eager to grow! grow! grow!

custom terrariums

i have been a busy lady this week. i did a set decorating gig (yes it involved plants!), worked the regular, and made 4 BIG custom terrariums and one little. 3 of which were for some fancy clients. yup! terri planty is creating mini hollywood for big hollywood! i won't name names but i think the images are pretty obvious.
all of these terrariums were made to look like the people they were gifted to. so not just kind of look alikes, i am talking total cosmetic surgery had to be performed, mustaches were painted (SO HARD TO DO) and outfits that were classic to the characters being portrayed. fun times! i really do love challenges like these and welcome more to come (especially when the people who hire you are super rad and kind).



ping pong anyone? custom table baby!