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If you would like to read my review on this beautiful book, please click here. After you’ve read the eye candy within its pages as well as the fabulous tutorials, you will definitely want one! So Timber Press, Inc. is offering one lucky Craft Gossip reader a chance to win a copy of their own!
TO ENTER:
1) Leave a comment on this post telling me why you’d love to have this book!
THE PARTICULARS:
1) You must have a U.S. shipping address (that means if you live outside the U.S. but have a relative or someone else willing to accept your package, that works!)
2) One entry per person
3) Giveaway ends on January 25, 2012
Winner will be drawn via random drawing from all qualifying entries. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond or an alternate winner will be drawn. Please allow 4-6 for delivery of your prize.
By Amanda Formaro
- Winner: Terrarium Craft!
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Comments
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Over the holiday season my boyfriend and I took up crafting to make a way to make some small change and also craft gifts for the people we love. That’s how I found your page. It has taught me…how resourceful I can be. I have since taken up making small terrariums, starting with using recycled light bulbs and moss I’ve found around my area, tiny pine cones, little shells, pretty much anything I can use but I feel like my ideas are stagnating. Here is a picture of my first terrarium. I hope I can learn to expand on this. I like sewing, I’ve liked learning to build paper crafts, but this…this is alive, and I can give these microcosms to my friends and see how excited they get to have a living craft I made with my time and imagination. Thank you for reading my wordy comment…sorry, I got carried away. Here’s the URL
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So love terrariums! Desperate!
I love having plants all over the house and creative ways of showing them off.
Way back when (don’t look, but it’s perilously close to a quarter of a century) I actually made a few terrariums–and loved, loved, loved them!
Depending on materials, plants, container and location, they can evoke so many different moods and emotions–and with living plants, they evolve and grow as you do.
Then there’s my adoration of miniatures *sigh*
Pretty, pretty please, enter me in the drawing? Thank you!
Always wanted a terrarium since my friend’s mom had plastic globe one on a stand in the 70s
I would love to find an interesting way to have some plants in my home. My home is small so little worlds of plants would work great! Plus I’ve always wanted to learn how to make one.
To learn how to create miniature worlds seems like a fabulous means to express my desire to be a creative spirit. And as an added bonus, I can focus on the recipient while designing their terrarium(s).
I would love to use the book with my children and the youth group at church. Little terrariums would make such great gifts and really add a little bright spot in people’s homes.
I want to try having a terrarium but Ive been scared to try. if i hadthis book i would try my hand at it!
My dad used to make these! How I would love to try my hand at it and put to good use the many trinkets of nature I seem to squirrel away.
I would love to win this book because I love miniature things and plants! thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to have this book so I can make these beautiful terrariums with my son!!! Such a great family night craft night ideas!!!
I bought a wall globe terrarium about 6 months ago and have done nothing with it. This post have given me the inspiration do to something about it. Thank you!!
OH MY GOSH I LOVE IT I LOVE IT ! I WANT THIS BOOK SO BAD BECAUSE I JUST MADE MY FIRST TERRARIUM EVER THIS PAST WEEKEND!!!!!
I was saying just yesterday I wanted to make a terrarium to add to my plants! REALLY!! I would love to have creative ideas…beyond my idea of “plants in a big pickle jar”.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
I have been looking for an unconventional and interesting way to showcase some of the shells and shark’s teeth my children found while we were vacationing in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday. I think this might just be what I was looking for.
Love the zen-like quality of terrariums. They are so unique and amazing. My husband has started a shelf dedicated to zen and they are a beautiful accent to any room.
I would love to have this book. I love terrariums and I just took up doing crafts to help me stop smoking,something to keep my hands busy. So far its going great. I’ve been cig free for over two months.
I would love to have this book! I’m fascinated by all things miniature. It makes me feel nostalgic for my childhood!
I would love this book to get the how to’s on terrariums b/c a have really bad luck with other house plants
The book looks wonderful!! Would love new ideas, thanks!
These groovy little mini- worlds take me back to the 70’s when we would make terrariums in wine bottles! I would love a copy of this beautiful book!
I’ve always loved terrariums. We used to make them in pickle jars. I would love to make some as gifts for friends and family.. Please pick me.
I’ve always admired terrariums, and people have gotten so creative with them in recent years! I’d love to learn how to make some to hang in my front window… I’ve actually killed (on accident) several air plants I bought many years ago, so maybe there’s some tips in there for “black thumbs” such as myself =)
Ooo…I would love this book! I just recently got hooked on air plants and they are so cute in terrariums!
My daughters have been looking for something like this to create. They are 17 and 14 and love plants but I myself seem to kill everything. These would work great for them and our samll living space. They each want things to care for of their own and where we live pets are not an option. this would be great for them and relaxing for all.
For me as a hudge fan of gardening, who can’t have her own one, this guide of making littles plant art, can give inspiration and make everyday smile
I always wanted to make these. They are so cute! Thanks, mamatkins@hotmail.com
I have been dying to make miniature terarriums. I love creating with plants. This book would be so helpful.
It wasn’t until I read this post that I thought of a terrarium as a DIY project. The possibilities are endless. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
wonderful little creations
I made terrariums in the 70s and would love a book on them to make some different ones! thanks!
I’ve got a bell jar that needs to hold some tiny plants!
Looking @ your tutorial pics and the different containers you’ve used, it looks easier than I was expecting. I have been wanting to learn how to properly do these. The glass containers you’ve used have really given each piece such personality. Would LOVE to win your book and try something new this year. Thanks!
I have many large plants on my sunporch. These would make a great addition and a good way to start and share plants!
I have always loved the “miniature world” of terrariums…would love to win this book but if not I intend to purchase it anyway……….
Would love a chance to win – terrariums have come a long way. I can remember making them as a child with plastic sofa bottles.
As I get older smaller gardens are better. This is the ultament small garden. Yes, Indeed I would love to win this fantastic book to use making miniature gardens in terrariums….
I have always been fascinated with Terrariums and always wanted to make one! I would also make a great teaching aid for my daughter!
Great idea for little ones to have their own plant to take care of. This would be a play date for sure!
Yes, I would love to have the book. Why, we are moving to a coastal city soon. And, well one knows the heat and humidity that goes along with it. Having a correct guide on making these terrariums, they would add so much to our new home. Love the idea of have greenery in the house in such a fresh and fun way.
Love Love the mini’s I got lots of ideas. Now I need to get busy. I have 4 in my craft room now. But you can never have to many. Thank you for all the ideas. Kathi
I love moss, all kinds. I would like to have this book to show me how to make a terrarium properly.
I been thinking and reading up on terrariums for 2-3 months now. This has come as a delightful surprise. I hope I’m the lucky one
Radhika
I have wanted to try doing this for so long! This book would be a great way to start!
This book would be perfect for me who has tried several times to create one with bad results. This will help I’m sure.
I loved terrariums as a teen. I was learning about plants at my local conservatory and from a friend. She had a greenhouse, complete with a chameleon on a leash. Now that terrariums are back in fashion, I look at every glass container as a potential terrarium. I would love to get some ideas from this book. Thanks for the opportunity.
I love terrariums. My mom made/kept them when I was a child, and they always look so clean and fresh. This book would be a great start for me.
I have been wanting to make a terrarium for months now. This book has just jump started me that much faster. Love to have it. Thanks for the chance.
I would love to win this because I love anything crafts and anything plants. I have a lot of moss around our house. Plants are my passion and anything to make with my hands is my passion and the two shall meet with this book. Thank you for the chance to win this book.
I have a huge aquarium terrarium already filled with carnivorous plants… I have started making smaller ones for gifts. Would love to get some more inspiration from this book!
I’m a home-made crafting gal – I love to make things out of whatever it is I find laying around whether it came from my basement, the garage, a park, the woods, or the beach and I would love to have this book to create from ideas that I haven’t thought of before on my own
chichijunk at cs dot com
I have loved terrariums since they were big in the 70′s. It’s like creating a little world on its own. This is my pet project for the long winter. Finding information on great technics though is the hard thing. I would love the opportunity to use a book like this to help me create “little worlds” for others to cherish and enjoy.
I’d love to have this book because I am looking for a new craft to try.
I love terrariums. They are so pretty in the winter months.
I made my first terrarium in a pickle jar when I was five, with moss from a creek bed, and I have loved them ever since. I’d enjoy seeing ideas that might help me introduce my five grandsons to this idea. I’m sure this book has suggestions that might make it boy-interesting.
I have an urge to make another one for myself, too.
I would love to decorate my new home with terrariums. This book looks like a lot of fun!
I have been seeing this pop up all over the place. I love different ways to bring the outdoors in so I would love to see this book. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to add some terrariums to my new home.
To be able to bring a little bit of the outdoors into the house is a beautiful thing. My favorite color is green and I’d love to have this book to help cherish that beautiful.
I’d love this book to help me come up with terrarium ideas to make with my kids.
Have had many terrariums and love them. Would like some new ideas.
Oh how I love that book!!! Reminds me of my dad. I remember him making those when I was kid, he didn’t have a book or any kind of guide, but he wanted to make one and darn if he didn’t! Great memory for me.
I love this book! it is so inspiring. I work with teens with special needs and think they would really enjoy making these!
Cari
thx
I love growing indoors and am always looking for ways to reuse/repurpose and terrariums help keep the snoopy cat out
I love terreriums- I Keep pinning them on Pinterest, and I have made one or two in my time… plus, it helps satisfy that gardening but that I always get at this time of year when I can’t garden outside.
thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter wanted to make these little treasures for all her college friends this year, but we couldn’t find a guide book for a “beginner” crafter. This book would be just the inspiration she needs to create these little works of art for her friends–oh and of course, for me!!
I have recently been looking at terrariums in various garden centers, but I would like to try to make my own, as it seems both fun and personal! Also, I very much want to have more plants inside, but, sadly, I don’t seem to have a good touch with traditional houseplants. Thank you!
I always wanted to try to make a terrarium but couldn’t gathered enough guts to do it…I think it will be fun to learn along with my pre-school class.
I was thinking about doing terrariums as our craft for our mom’s group at our church but need a little guidance. This might just be that perfect guidance I need to get it all planned out.
When I was younger I used to create these. They are very beautiful to have around decorating you home. I would love to get back into doing these with some fresh ideas from this book. Indoor planting can be lots of fun.
Gave me great memories of creating terrariums in the 60′s and mum-in-law’s lovely, healthy terrarium that she has had sealed since the mid-1960′s. Thanks for posting the lightbulb terrarium pic!!
What a lovely book! I’ve never had or made a terrarium, but I really like the idea of creating a miniature world. Dollhouses don’t appeal to me, but adding in the natural element in makes a completely different situation.
Thank you for the chance to win this book!
I would love to have this book because we are a fairy loving household and my three little girls love anything miniature and crafty for them to do!
Since we got two kitties, the plants in our house have disappeared. Those two get into everything. But I think I could still have plants if I had little terrariums and put them in strategic spots around the house! I hope I win this book! YAH!
Looks like Gloria has the same kitty trubs as we do.
These are so cute! I would make a bunch of these for my friends.
terrariums are the only plants I can seem to keep alive. I would love this book!
I have always been facinated by this wee world. I would love to have this book so that I too could delve into this magical world.
My kitchen has the perfect window to start a terrarium garden. This book is what I would need to get started.
I did a couple of terrariums before Christmas, with mosses from my woods- I even found a discarded bottle with a bit of moss growing inside! I’d love this book, as I’d like to make some more. Fun!
This looks like a fabulous book!! Something that is definitely going on my must-have list so I can make these. They’d be wonderful all over the house and make perfect gifts, too!!
For some reason, plants don’t do well in the apt. I’m in now. I’d never thought of terrariums! And I do LOVE the small ones … so cute. I also have some tree branches (hit by lightening) in one corner of my living room where I think some tiny terrariums hanging on the branches would look wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win this book!
I’ve been wanting to make Terrariums for a while now and would be a big help!!
I would add this book to our public library shelves. There’s great interest in desk gardening as houses and condos are built smaller. Mahalo for the op to win.
oh adorable. my four year old loves to collect little things and it would be great inspiration for us to make little homes for all the goods.
thanks!
I would love to have this book because I plan on making something along these lines. I need some inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win.
I have loved terrariums for about 30 years now. I’ve never made one personally, but have sent many for different occasions from Birthdays to Funerals, which sounds morbid, but it was in style. I would love to have one of my very own, and make some to give out as gifts. You have a great eye, and make some of the most beautiful terrariums I’ve ever seen!! I would be honored to own your book!!
I live in a tiny house (under 500 sq. feet) so space is limited, the idea of miniaturizing crafts and plants etc. to make these – would love to win the book!
It would be such fun to help my granddaughter make these little terrariums as gifts.
I am a plant addict and I am always looking for new ways to display them. I also happen to be a book addict. I would love to add this one to my collection
I would love to win this as i have never tried to make them but have always been really interested!!!!!
My love of gardening has allways been from sed or terrarium size. You can wath it grow and keep it small(like my kids didnt). It needs you to come and visit stay long enough to clip , spray etc.Ive tried to use my late granmas favorite Vase (Irish it came). Doing good A book. sorry! Susan J
I can remember making a terrarium with my mom when I was little and I’d love to do the same with my daughter.
I have made different terriariums since the 60s. I love them. It would be nice to have your book for some different ideas.My favorite right now has faries in it.
I’d love to give this book to my mum as a gift!
I would love this book coming from Humbolt County and having sooo many plants to fill
I would love to have this book because it is something I could do with my kids (4&5). I think they would really enjoy making little terrariums
Terrariums are the (second) greatest craft! They’re gorgeous, make great gifts, and fit about anywhere! Want!
Oh dear. I’d love this. I love to make miniature things – books, shadow boxes, knitted things… I have plans to make some terrariae in a couple of old, perfectly round lightbulbs and this book would be so useful.
That looks like a cool book that could really hold a lot of inspiration! I just recently moved and I think making one of these terrariums would be really fun and a cool way to brighten up our new home! Also my 4yr old could help!
I’ve been eyeing up the moss patch by my house on our daily dog walks with increasing lust. This must be a sign!
I would love to win this book.
I think it would be great for Bible School or Sunday school crafts.
Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I have been wanting to do this. It looks fun. I can not afford to spend much on my crafts so winning this would give me a step ahead. Thank you for offering a chance to win this wonderful book.
Love this, it looks easy and dooable, I could do this and keep them alive!
I participated in a workshop at my local library a while ago on making terraria. I made some. They look like I jammed a bunch of plants in an odd collection of jars. I need help on making them attractive, and some tips on plant care to cross over into the magical worlds I see here.
Would like to win this book due to being unemployed for over a year and a half. Looking for things I can make with ‘found’ objects or economical items. Have been crafting most of my life (cards, jewelry, crochet, etc.). I’m also partially disabled w/Fibro, hemi-facial spasms, and 6 ruptured disks in my back and neck.
I’m excited just from the pictures on the cover! So cute, I would love to make little terrarium crafts for my friends.
I’d love this book because my sister and I have been talking about making some of these! so cute!
Would love to win and use this book!!I work with tropical plants in a greenhouse and am always looking for new ideas.I also teach classes and think some of the terrariums would make beautiful fairie gardens.
This book looks wonderful based on the cover picture. I love to make tiny things so this would be a wonderful addition to my library and skills!
I love nature and science and terrariums are the perfect combination of both. Plus they are a great way to bring the outdoors in.
This book looks so awesome! The cover is amazing!I would love to try these as I live in a small apartment and this would be perfect!
I would love to win this book for my sister! She is really into terrariums right now.
I just love making terrariums.Use to make them when I was little and still do. Thanks for chance to do this again.
This is a great looking book. What wonderful gardens you would be able to create during the winter months. Winter gardening opens a whole new fun craft. Debbie
The book really is magical. It would be the perfect gift for a special friend that could use some magic in her world.
I work in a small office where everyone has plants that when on the edge of dying they bring them to me. So I would like to try my hand at terrariums. They look so amazing when I see them at art shows but I would like to know how to start and keep my own going. Thank you! SummerRae
I think learning how to make these wluld be great so i could give them as gifts, & i think its important to have green spacee in the home!
I’m a very earthy girl, absolutely ADORE nature.. However I live in a small apartment surrounded by concrete, so terrariums I believe would help me bring nature into my seemingly cold place…
I would love to get this book! I just learned what terrariums are, and I really want to make one now.
I would love to own this book so that I could learn all the various ways to make my own lil’ terrariums! Thank you for the chance to win!
My young son is really into science these days, and plants in particular; this would be a wonderful project for us to do together!
I have always loved terrariums, and always wanted to make some. I’m a plant lover, and nature lover. I love all things artsy and beautiful. I love reading craft books of most kinds. I REALLY want this book! I will definitely use it if I get it. Sooooo beautiful!
i remember friends moms having them as i grew up in the 70′s. I adore plants n gardens and tried one a couple years back n ……….killed it, need some help!
I would love this book! I find terrariums so interesting and would love to try one…. or two…. or three… of my own! :O)
I am an art teacher at Red Bank Regional High School in NJ and I’m obsessed with terrariums! Recently I organized a Terrarium Project for our school’s media center that was fantastically successful. I would be so thrilled to win this book!
My daughter loves growing things, and since we can’t be out in the garden in the winter I think she would love to do this with me!
soluckyducky at gmail dot com
I’ve done some experimenting with terrariums before – I’d love to dive deeper into it. This book looks full of great ideas and I’d have fun!
I have been wanting to build a terrarium for a year now. You have inspired me to try again. Hope I win this book so I will bud a mini world of my own
This looks like a fun craft to do a rainy day, (which are a lot these days !) I could also use something to brighten up my kitchen.
I would Love to win this book to learn how to do it. It looks so pretty fun!
Oooooo … Thy are tooooo cute! I love to grow things … Esp in small spaces!
I work at a senior center and am always looking for new ideas for classes abd this book would be great. Allowing them to make something that is fast and easy and most important they can be proud of the end result. Plus it will be something they can care for
I’ve been wanting to make one of these and would love detailed instructions to help.