lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2009-09-14 11:31:00
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TERRARIUM WORKSHOP





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[info]egosumbarb
2009-09-14 03:37 pm UTC (link)
The lab apron never looked so good! And the tie simply throws it all together.

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[info]spiralred
2009-09-14 03:44 pm UTC (link)
You really do look dashing, a mad botanist!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Sadly, I'm more of a botanist advocate than a botanist.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 03:46 pm UTC (link)
The ladies seem to like the 'barbarian florist' look.



The Missus playing with the sepiatone.



Our friends Les and Laura brought an entire tray of moss!

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[info]abinka
2009-09-14 04:02 pm UTC (link)
Loving the outfit. Wish I were in town for the demo!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-15 12:46 am UTC (link)
The apron went great with my clear heels.

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I'm asking this in a slavering tone ...
[info]calamityjon
2009-09-14 03:40 pm UTC (link)
Where are you finding these excellent jars and bottles?

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Crappy discount chains like Marshall's and the like. They practically give them away. Pier One will have clearance sales on occasion, too. I absolutely hate these places, but that's where they are. Thrift stores will sometimes have good finds, but even in this part of NJ they tend to be picked over.

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[info]calamityjon
2009-09-14 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Well, that's astonishing, I will keep a beady eye trained on those stores, thanks!

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Happy hunting!

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Re: I'm asking this in a slavering tone ...
[info]ladykalessia
2009-09-14 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Thrift stores have been my traditional source. I've found a lot of really nice "decorative" apothecary jars that way, on the super-cheap. Nothing like getting a giant $60 Z-Gallerie jar with a little bit of floral residue in it for $5.99 plus tax. :D

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[info]a_kosmos
2009-09-14 03:59 pm UTC (link)
Indeed, "barbarian florist" is a yummy look!

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[info]wildbirdcall
2009-09-14 06:14 pm UTC (link)
i need a terrarium workshop in my life. i have started a couple, but they aren't exactly flourishing.

and i agree, the outfit is really fantastic.

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[info]ladykalessia
2009-09-14 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Are there notes available from the class (online or for purchase) for those of us on the wrong side of the country?

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 11:25 pm UTC (link)
Next book!

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[info]flying_squid
2009-09-14 08:39 pm UTC (link)
Next time, this needs to be recorded, so it can be uploaded on Youtube.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 11:27 pm UTC (link)
Not sure that level of mediation would be good or bad in my case. I've never been pleased with my earlier attempts at it.

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[info]karinmollberg
2009-09-14 10:03 pm UTC (link)
Har! You look the Perfect Mad Scientist. Love The Look. You should keep it up.

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[info]anyaxstrindberg
2009-09-14 10:35 pm UTC (link)
I don't know why it's never occured to me, but a lab apron would be the perfect way to protect my big skirts and tops and such from cricket guts and algae (I eschew lab coats because they're too damn hot)

I concur - the mad scientist/barbarian florist/Frank Kingdon Ward look is a good one! (also I was inspired by previous posts to put my VFTs in terrariums, midwesterners can find worthy vessels on discount at Old Tyme Pottery Barn on the cheap)

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-14 11:04 pm UTC (link)
http://drjosephrock.blogspot.com/2008/03/in-footsteps-of-frank-kingdon-ward.html

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[info]anyaxstrindberg
2009-09-15 10:24 pm UTC (link)
What a wonderful blog! I'm mildly obsessed with Tibet for the wildlife and pockets of animist religious culture, and the Franklin Kingdon Ward books are always a wonderful escapist getaway to the time when biology and botany were romantic endeavors instead of sterile and sort of dull (Watson and Crick, I am looking at YOU)

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[info]charaxinae
2009-09-14 11:15 pm UTC (link)
I wish I could have made it, as I had hoped to!

I did however find some red indian pipes and chicken of the woods in my travels this weekend!

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[info]thesetiredeyes
2009-09-15 12:22 am UTC (link)
I wanted to go to this so badly but alas I was touring Southwark Community Garden in Queen Village instead. Will you do another terrarium workshop??

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[info]lord_whimsy
2009-09-15 12:45 am UTC (link)
Depends on if I'm asked, really.

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[info]xjimenezx
2009-09-15 06:16 am UTC (link)
i wish i lived closer, i so would have taken your terrarium class :(

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[info]simplesue
2009-09-16 05:53 am UTC (link)
I love terrariums, and bet you teach a fabulous class. I get inspired just looking at these photos!

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