Sometimes it’s just great to spend the day with a friend. I’ve been friends with Michelle (LSU Friend) for... like 7 years??? and I still never get tired of just doing mundane things with her. That might sound weird, so let me explain... I have a blast with this girl when we go all out. Super dressy New Years Eve parties, road trips to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, and Mexican drunk fests are always great. At the same time we can run errands together to HEB, Target, and the dry cleaners and I still have a great time. Sometimes you just meet people who you are comfortable with and Michelle is one of those people to me. I love her because she is no nonsense. Girl tells you like it is. If I’m being loud and obnoxious she lets me know I might want to bring it down to an 8. If you bring your friend from middle school out to the bars with your other friends, she takes him aside and says, “Look dude, she isn’t into you and you’re not getting lucky tonight”, when Kevin and I broke up she was the first person to look me in the eyes and tell me that I was being brave and she was proud of me.
Girl is pretty awesome.
Anyway, last Saturday was a great day and to start it off I got to spend the morning with Michelle. To start the day she accompanied me on a search for a new place to live. House hunting seems to be a tradition for us. (Do y’all remember the creepy cockroach story?) After finding a great new place (more on that later) we decided to waste time shopping for things we can’t afford at Anthropologie and West Elm and then splitting a cheese plate and burger at 24 Dinner because if you’re going to get fat, you might as well do it with your friends. Beside my fab new house that I found. Going to West Elm and watching Michelle and David make a terrarium for Michelle was the highlight of my day.
Let me explain...
This is West Elm
West Elm is like the cool urban version of Pottery Barn - seriously they’re own by the same company. Our super awesome buddy David works there so of course we had to go see him and make him show us pretty furniture we can’t afford and bother him for a while. After catching up and commenting on all of David’s Burberry... accoutrement, David showed is this...
It’s the make your own terrarium station. So a random nook in your house can look like this...
So, ovbi Michelle had to make one.
And, obvi I had to document it.
Okay, so first David had Michelle and I search the store to find the perfect planter and succulents while he went and actually did a few minutes of work. West Elm had a pretty good selection of both. Planters were as cheap as 12$ and the succulents started at 7.50$. Michelle picked a cute fishbowl like planter that would be a great size for her dresser and two cute plants.
First David filled the bottom of the planter with gravel and then Michelle added a thick layer of dirt for Spike and Sofia (her plants names) to nest snugly in. As you can see making a terrarium is super fun!
After the gravel and dirt, West Elm provides a fabulous assortment of stones, rocks, sand, and different color mosses to make your terrarium pretty and "natural" looking. Oh, and the paint brushes are for brushing any dirt of your plants in case they dirty during the process. Isn't that nice?
Look how good it's looking. After a few more additions, Michelle's terrarium is done!
Here's the final product...
Yay for Michelle being all artsy! I'm not quite sure how long West Elm will have the terrarium making station available in their stores, so if you're interested in making your own I would go sooner rather than later. It seems like a pretty good deal because you only purchase the plants and planter. West Elm provides, dirt, gravel, stones, sand, and moss all in store for free. Plus you can get an awesome manager like David to help. :)
