Projects You Should Totally Do: Tiny Succulent Cork Planters

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UPDATE: We finally tried this project and it's as easy as it looks! Check out the simple tutorial.

I must admit when a friend mentioned this idea to me a few weeks ago I crinkled my nose, all I could think about is moldy cork with a plant growing out of it.  Of course a few days later this beautiful image floated across my computer screen, and I was immediately smitten by this sweet cluster of succulents.

While I'm still adhering to my doctors orders for more bedrest, I thought I'd try to convince you that you should totally take on this project partly because it's awesome and partly so I can live vicariously through your creative endeavors!

After a little time with google I found a handy tutorial online supplied by StyleBaggage.  The cliff-note version goes something like this;

• Choose a pretty cork
• Hollow it out
• Slap a magnet on the back
• Fill with a pinch or two of dirt and a succulent of your choosing

Of course for more detailed instructions check out Nellene's helpful hints to the process on her blog. The only step I would try to add is some sort of sealer to the outside of the cork, to help prevent other living organisms (mold and mildew) from taking up residence on your sweet new planters.

I can't help but think of so many great ways to display a project like this, of course they are darling as cluster or all lined up in a row but you could also incorporate these little planters into some of the other popular recycled cork projects like the ever so popular upcycled cork board.{Image Source}

Or make cork disco balls:

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And seriously don't you just swoon for these massive planters used in an Anthropologie display?

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Maybe not for the home, but if I came across these in person, I would definitely stop and ogle.  So many possibilities, so little time where shall we er I mean you begin?