DIY - Crystal Terrarium Necklace

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Guys, do you know that plants have been here since before we were? I mean duh. Of course you KNEW that but had you really thought about it before? I hadn’t really, and now I need to take a moment to return from mind blown-ness. 

Cool, I’m back. So, I am a true crazy plant lady and nothing and I mean NOTHING, makes me want to touch dirt more than making a new plant babys' home. I have a few fairy gardens, a few terrariums and by golly, I can’t quit.

The only thing that helps me calm down a little with the plant baby buying is the idea that someday we might pack up and move this family of ours all the way across the pond and the mean terrible plant hating custom officers won’t let me bring my plants. Do you know how many tears I will shed over leaving my plants behind? MANY. So every time I think about bringing a new plant baby home I think to myself, will this plant baby be worth the limited time we may or may not have with each other? More often than not, the answer is yes but sometimes, in the rare case that Plant VS Cost VS Happiness equation just doesn’t equal out, I make plans (and usually a pinterest board) of how I will have said failed equation in a future home one day.

That really took you deep into the mind of a crazy plant lady, you’re welcome. #NOREGRETS

I DIGRESS. Now, my friends, you can have a pretty little terrarium around your neck all the time and no one, not even the customs people can take that away from you. Mostly because its a) human made moss, and b) a crystal, not a plant. 

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Artificial Moss - Can be found at your local craft store, mine is from dollarama because y’all know how much I love dollarama. 
• Miniature Glass Capsule - Again, craft stores have your back here but you’ll never guess where I got mine.
• Quartz Point (or any shiny thang you want) - I got this little gem (literally) from the bead section at Michaels. But any new age store or craft store will have these.
• E6000 Glue, this dries clear and easy to rub off of the glass. Highly recommend.
• Eye Hook (matching chain)
• Silver Chain (or whatever colour metal takes your fancy)
• Optional: Pliers
• Optional: Craft Tweezers or a toothpick for poking things with. 

MAKE THAT TERRARIUM

• Apply some E6000 onto the bottom of your capsule. This is indeed tricky BUT once E6000 dries you can use a toothpick to peel off any excess on the sides of your capsule. #SpeakingFromExperience
• Put some moss at the bottom of your capsule, leave a gap if possible, in the middle for around your crystal. My chosen capsule was too small so I basically just crammed it all in. Yours will probably be prettier and I’m ok with that. 

• Place the crystal inside the capsule, near the middle. You could do so with your craft tweezers. Hold it there for a few seconds to catch some of that E6000 goodness.
• Let it dry! 

• Grab your pliers, eye hook and cork lid and place some e600 onto the end of the eye hook. Now, slowly screw the eye hook into the corks centre. I like to start with my pointer finger and thumb then move onto the pliers for extra easy grip.
• Now let that puppy dry! 

• Once everything seems as dry as you can possibly tolerate, put some E6000 on the sides of the cork lid, and squish that cork down into the capsule. Feel free to leave a gap between the crystal and the cork. It’s your choice friends.

• Thread your chain through the eye hole and its all D-O-N-E. I had to use my pliers here to unhook the jump hoop on my chain to fit through the eye hook but thats life. 

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Voila, Isn’t this the most lovely thing you have ever seen ever? I agree.