Tillandsia Beach Landscape in Bamboo

We cleaned out the garage yesterday and found more bamboo tucked away in a dark spider infested corner. Today we sat here looking at it wondering what to do with it…. We kept thinking planters but we wanted to do something different than your run-of-the-mill planters, so when in doubt, use tillandsia (air plants)!

Simple Bamboo Business Card Holder

Yep, more bamboo but it’s just so darned versatile! We promise, more plant stuff soon although, this idea can work as a planter just as easy.

A Bamboo Christmas Tree

“Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we’ll be seeing six or seven.” -W. C. Fields

Tropical Bamboo Incense Burner

“Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere.” — Mieke Gerritzen We love burning incense but we hate those crappy, narrow incense burners

Easy Bamboo Planters

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” -Bruce Lee We think you’ll like this idea if you’re into that rough Robinson Crusoe style. It’s a no frills, all natural, simple idea, but as you know, that’s kind of our thing.

Orchids on Bamboo Lattice

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson The inspiration for this project came from wanting something nicer to display the orchid on instead of the plastic basket the orchid was sold in…  Not exactly attractive.  This is what we came up with…