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an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

Category: plants are my fave

  • 100 plants on fabric.

    108 days ago, I joined in on the public creative challenge #the100dayproject. The annual project is hosted by artist Elle Luna and takes place over 100 days. This year we started on April 4th and ended on July 12th. The idea is to pick something creative, work on it every day for 100 days and…

  • adventures in succulent propagating / part 4.

    see part one, part two and part three! In mid-April, following this awesome tutorial, I trimmed the leaves off my "leggy" succulent plant in an attempt to propagate (grow tiny new plants) from the cuttings. I am sharing my progress in real time, to give you (and me!) a REAL idea of how long this…

  • adventures in succulent propagating / part 3.

    see part one here! and part two here! About two months ago, following this awesome tutorial, I trimmed the leaves off my "leggy" succulent plant in an attempt to propagate (grow tiny new plants) from the cuttings. I am sharing my progress in real time, to give you (and me!) a REAL idea of how…

  • adventures in succulent propagating / part 2.

    see part one here! About a month ago, following this awesome tutorial, I trimmed the leaves off my "leggy" succulent plant in an attempt to propagate (grow tiny new plants) from the cuttings. I am sharing my progress in real time, to give you (and me!) a REAL idea of how long this takes. I…

  • adventures in succulent propagating.

    So this past weekend, my sister-in-law, Kristen, shared this tutorial from Needles + Leaves with me and I had to stop everything rightthatsecond and attempt it. I had a "leggy" succulent that was starting to outgrow itself so I followed the tutorial and carefully plucked off the leaves. And layed them with the tiny top…

  • a simple but life changing indoor plant tip.

    I have five hanging plants in my house right now. Three in our bedroom and two in our office. I love them an inappropriate amount. But they were always a hassle to water until my mom came up with the most genius idea. Just throw a few ice cubes in there. It's perfect. The ice…

  • jade plant ampersand.

    So the good news is, the jade wreath is still doing great on my front door. We're about eight weeks in and it looks the same. The great news is the jade plants in my backyard are still triving. Above and below you can see photo of the new growth that's popping up in the…

  • a mounted air plant.

    So apparently it's Plant Week on the blog. Like Shark Week except much more fast-paced and thrilling. I shared my take on a succulent wreath Tuesday (so far it's still alive though the moss seems to dry out super quickly so I've been misting it with water often). And today I am sharing how I…

  • jade plant succulent wreath.

    When we lived in Oxnard, there was a lady at our local's farmer's market that was always selling succulent wreaths. I was obsessed. They were gorgeous and seemed so complex. How'd she put them together? Did they actually last longer than a month? Where did she get all the succulents? Then when we moved to…

  • simple tips for raising indoor plants.

    I've had a few requests to share my tips for raising house plants. At this very moment I have 31 plants in my house. 28 of which are thriving. (One I really need to throw out, the other is a totally dead airplant, and the third I am not sure if it's going to make…