I Dream Of Moss Terrariums

I saw this moss terrarium in Blithe Gardens Etsy shop the other day, and fell in love. I instantly wanted a moss terrarium of my own, and rushed to Michaels with 50% off coupon in hand. However, I was dismayed to discover that I could not find the jar of my dreams. Only delicate, ultra-breakable jars were to be found, and I knew without a doubt that such fragile bottles would not survive my accident-prone nature.

V. and I stopped by the thrift store next, only to discover that it was closed on Sundays. Nooooo! How could it be closed on the one day that I needed a vintage jar! I went home with a heavy heart. It was then that I remembered that my mother liked to recycle. So off the recycle stash I went, and found this! The former Citron-tea jar! I tore the labels off the sides and top, scrubbed off the glue with eye-makeup remover, and washed the whole thing down with sudsy soap. Ta da! A jar ready for terrarium making!

But when I returned to Blithe Garden's store to examine her moss terrariums, it occurred to me that she would never make a terrarium from a run-of-the-mill citron tea jar. I felt saddened, and resolved to continue my search for the perfect jar another time.

Luckily, my mother had just the tasty dinner to wipe all my sorrows away. Mmmm!

And my brother surprised me with something he found at Daiso that day - some Lilo and Stitch cotton swabs which are really too cute to use. Can you believe these things? They are individually packaged too! The Japanese make the cutest things.

After such a fun time with my family, I went downstairs to find my jar looking rather empty. Blithe Gardens had little toadstools in her terrariums, and it occurred to me that I had just such a toadstool in my arsenal of made things. I popped my bottlecap pincushion felt toadstool in the jar, and thought it looked very amusing indeed.

I think this should tide me over nicely until I do find that dream moss terrarium jar. What do you think?