12'x6' pine board - 5 pieces (3 for stepping out and 2 to be already finished)Wood stain⅛" wide black tape1" black adhesive numbers and letters - 2 packs3" black adhesive numbers and letters - 2 packsClear poly sprayInstructions:
• Small Staghorn Fern• String of Pearls plant• Old pantyhose• Sphagnum Moss• Coconut fiber planter liner• Fishing wire (25-50lb capacity)• Black metal fruit basket• Metal plant hanger• Bucket of water• Spray bottle Wrap the roots of a small Staghorn fern with wet sphagnum moss and place inside a piece of pantyhose. Secure with wire. Cover the exposed pantyhose with decorative sheet moss or coconut fiber, wrap with wire. Place inside of metal fruit basket and secure plant to basket with more wire. Fill the inside of the basket with sphagnum moss and plant the “string of pearls” succulent into the moss. Secure to basket with wire. Use a metal plant hanger to hang it! After a couple of years, the fern will grow and fill in the basket. You can relocate it and hang it on a wall or outdoors on a tree limb so that it can spread.
Gather the items you plan to include in your arrangement. Using a large sheet of kraft paper (or grocery bags), place each item on the paper, then trace around the items individually. Remove the objects and cut out the tracings. Mark where the hook on the frame is with a pencil on the kraft paper. Tape the paper cutouts to the wall with painter's tape in an arrangement to your liking. Rearrange the shapes until a final layout is reached. Hammer the nails into the marked paper, then remove the paper cutouts. Hang the art or photos on the nails. For more, visit Ken Wingard at KennethWingard.com and follow him on Twitter @KennethWingard.
Mark's 1st Tip - Scout In Advance! Because… You want to make sure you don’t block the shot (lightpost photo). For reference of size, think of incorporating cityscape or putting the lightposts strategically in the composition.
