Vintage Tea Cup Garden

Upcycled Tea Cups

When Carole of Garden Up Green invited me to be a part of this tea cup challenge alongside some pretty awesome, creative gals…I couldn’t say no!

My mind swirled around with creative ideas, but I could not let go of the fact that I love succulents in vintage tea cups.

I think it is the delicate simplicity.

So I let myself do something simple, something I love.

Vintage Tea Cup Garden using succulents.

After restocking my booth at The Depot at Gibson Mill I wandered around looking for inexpensive vintage tea cups.

I asked a friend and fellow vendor and she led me to a booth that had several…only $1 each!

Vintage Tea Cup Garden. Easy DIY using vintage tea cups purchased for a dollar and succulents.

Now the challenge in front of me was not in my creation, but rather finding succulents in the middle of winter.

A few stores had some long neglected fall leftovers…I don’t think anyone had watered or looked at them for quite some time.

I never thought that the toughest part of my challenge would be finding succulents!

The next part of my challenge was when I was taking photos.

The wind picked up and knocked over my backdrop breaking the bottom teacup you see above!

Luckily, I had a few backups!

Vintage Tea Cup Garden. Simple DIY using vintage tea cups and succulents

This vintage tabletop garden is a simple, inexpensive DIY.

It will only take you a few minutes once you have your…

Supplies

tea cups

small rocks

soil

water

I first filled the bottom of the tea cups with a few small rocks for drainage.

Vintage Tea Cup Garden. Using vintage tea cups found at a flea market and succulents.

Then I gave the succulents some fresh soil and water.

Vintage Tea Cups and Succulents

All I could think about was a vintage wedding…mixing and matching tea cups filled with succulents.

You could add names and have them as gifts to remember the special occasion.

Hanging Tea Cup With Succulents

The image I had for this challenge came to life when I hung the tea cup on our old antique goat gate.

You often see sap buckets filled with succulents hanging from a hook.

These will be the perfect backdrop for our booth as we head into the garden season and the arrival of spring.

I hope you enjoyed my version of a vintage tea cup garden 🙂

Now it’s time to grab your coffee and see what my friends have created for you

Kindly, xo

Jane

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