My Little Tea Cup Garden

I got this idea from my friend Angele.  I thought it would be a good way to get me into gardening...I have to start somewhere, right??

So, I have collected these tea cups over the last little while and I thought they would be perfect for my little indoor garden.  I wanted to make them more secure, so I bought some Weldbond from Michael's (apparently it would glue anything together) and glued the cup to the saucer.

I applied the Weldbond to both the saucer and bottom of the tea cup.  I was kind of nervous to use the glue because it seemed pretty heavy duty, but it worked really well and dried clear.

Then I found the perfect platter for $10 at HomeSense that fit all three tea cups.

Now, when it came to the flowers/plants that I was going to use, I really didn't have a clue.  When I went to my friend Robin's flower store, Pistil Flowers, she suggested I plant some "succulents".  They looked like cacti (plural of cactus?) to me, but when I looked into it, a cactus is the most popular type of succulent - you learn something new everyday! Anyways, I bought three different succulents from Robin.  I like how they are all spiky and rough-looking with the delicate tea cups.  I also like that you only have to water them once a month!!!! They are fool proof!!!

So far my little garden is doing really well.  Once I get a real backyard, I definitely want to do an outdoor one...but now I'll just stick with my cute tea cup garden.