Nature and Rugs

I'm hoping for rug inspiration.

 I've been working on some penny rugs, 

nothing exciting to show and tell currently. 

So, the garden beckons, it's that time of year.

I'm a bit of a junker.

 I've been yearning to make a succulent planter from an old lamp.

I saved a pin on my Pinterest board ages ago.

Is this not gorgeous!?
(I've been searching and can't find the true source of this photo.)

 

I finally got my hands on a rusty old lamp.

It's a work in progress, succulents in the photo above don't grow well in our cooler climate. 

 My version will have less colour.

Cut and remove the cord and unscrew the bulb base from a rusty old lamp.
Break off the chandelier bulb sockets.

Strap a lined planter basket to the chandelier arms, trim.

 

Mound dirt up, I used an overturned plastic pot. I cut a big opening in the bottom of it first.

 

Fill with beautiful succulents.

 

Find a great place to display, wait for compliments.

It will fill in and reward you.