A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon this hanging succulent garden on Pinterest.  I pinned it.  I Facebooked it.  I obsessed about it for days. Yep, I had to make one, and it had to be done immediately.

The only problem was that I have two black thumbs and wasn’t willing to sacrifice the lives of a few dozen sweet little succulents for what would end up being a gorgeous, but temporary, display.  Luckily for me, Hobby Lobby had all of its faux succulent picks for on sale for 50% off last week.  I’ve already used some in my office, so I knew that they are very realistic looking – the only kind of fake plant I will allow into my house.

So, I built a display frame and added what seemed like eleventy billion fake succulents.  The result was pretty awesome.

My faux succulent hanging garden took longer and cost more to complete that I was expecting.  I put together a tutorial on the project as I was going along, and I will give you some tips on how to save money if you choose to put together your own….

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You guys may have noticed that I’m pretty lazy when it comes to seasonal decorating.  I love to decorate the rooms in my home, but the thought of decorating just to take it down a few weeks later makes me crazy.  I usually do a pretty good job with Christmas, but decorating for the other holidays gets pushed to the back burner when other, more permanent decorating is in the works.

I’m trying to change that.

This year, I’m continuing my partnership with Glidden as a team member for their My Colortopia site. There, I’ll be providing original blog posts and reader advice on all things color {my FAVORITE subject!}.  A little tutorial I wrote on quick and easy Valentine’s Day decorations is up and running on the My Colortopia blog, so head over there and check it out.

Are you a big seasonal decorator or not?  If you are, please share with me your quick and easy tips!