#decor diy

I took out my kitchen blind which was becoming a bit tatty and decided to start a window display.

The rustic crescent moon actually arises from a huge fail on my part. I confess... I'm one of the few people to have actually managed to kill a yucca. This moon is actually made from the yucca roots after it became root bound in its pot and withered away. I wrapped some twine around a bundle I collected, tightly at the ends and progressively looser towards the middle to give it shape.

The ivy in the picture is a freebie from a neighbourhood walk, this sucker was crawling along the footpath and clings to whatever with a shallow root system. Much cheaper than the $5 fake ones at Kmart. Because of their roots they're easy to grow in a cup. I sat mine in water for a week to encourage root growth then plonked some potting mix in a cup and its growing pretty well. I'm going to train it to go around the windowsill.

DIY EYE PILLOW