[teaser] the beauty of growing

 I'm going to post some of my projects with plants. Relax, it's not about my experiments, although this is an experiment. :p

I'm playing with plants and use them for decoration. Let's just say, I found the beauty of watching my plants grow. I hope you will find that beauty too.

Wait until I have enough time to arrange my photos (and in the meantime, also waiting for my plants to grow).

Tie dye

 My second chance of playing with tie dye.

We went to a tribe in Taiwan called Shi-bi, which actually means canyon or stone wall. They have a fabric art center, where we went for a tie dye experience.

This time, I tied it like this:

and this is after the cloth was dyed, before I opened the knots.



And this is the result:



I think I should do this again sometime :D

tiny cactus can be pretty too

 Lately, I've been fond of a song called Ugly from 2NE1. One of the sentence was "Just like her I wanna be pretty."

So, under that theme, I learned from a cactus park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, that tiny cactus can look pretty too.

What you need is:
- a tall glass, or any size that can fit the cactus
- colorful stones, or you can change them with colorful sands
- chopstick, to put in the cactus
- spoon
- and a cute cactus in a small pot. The size of the pot that I am using is 2.5 cm (diameter).



First, put in the stones, any color you like, until it reached about 1 cm thick.



Put in the cactus, and carefully put it in the middle of the glass.



Start to add in more stones, using any color you like, and carefully not to drop the stones on top of the cactus, because it will be difficult to remove.



Redirect the cactus using chopstick when needed.



Stop adding stones until the pot, soil and bottom part of the cactus is fully drown in stones.

  And voila!