On our way home from the bay beach last week, we stopped at my brother’s house to say hello. And you can imagine my excitement when I saw how great my sister-in-law’s monstera adansonii was looking! I gave this to her as a cutting, and then I added this plant stake earlier this year to help tame this trailing plant. (Letting it trail isn’t an option with two boys under five and two dogs.) Since then, she’s been wrapping it around the plant stake as it grows, and the result is a full-looking, happy plant!
my best selling vine plant stake in the wild!
Whenever I launch a new collection, it’s always a fun surprise to see what the best-sellers are. And it’s really exciting to see that, for the plant stakes, the early front runner for bestseller status is the five leaf double vine! This was definitely one of my more wild designs, so it’s fun to see how much people are loving it.
sneak peek of a new larger indoor plant trellis
In my last post, I mentioned that I was working on some new, larger plant stakes. So today, I thought I’d share a sneak peek of one of the biggest!
some thoughts on scale
I’ve been thinking a lot about scale lately. I think many artists and makers have a scale that’s comfortable to them. Sure, most of us can and will work at different sizes throughout our careers. But most of us also have an ideal scale, one that feels like home.
portrait progression with plant stakes
When I was photographing this pair of new plant stakes, I decided it would be fun to put myself in a few of the pictures. While I’m really happy with the end result (pictured above), what I actually love about these images is they show my thought process as I work through image ideas. Because this was an impromptu photoshoot, I didn’t start with a fully formed image in mind. Instead, I responded to what I was working with and adapted from there.
A simple stake for a trailing plant
It’s pretty common knowledge that if you invite me to come stay with you, I’m probably going to bring you jewelry. And I guess that includes plant jewelry now too! Last weekend I went to Delaware to visit my brother and his family and I couldn’t resist styling a few of my sister-in-laws plants with my new plant stakes!
Of course, it was a pretty even trade, because look at these gorgeous images my brother took!
staking my Hoya pubicalyx
I picked up this sweet little Hoya pubicalyx at one of my local plant shops and of course I couldn’t resist staking it with my new seven leaf arch plant stake.
Jewelry for your plants!
Let’s file this one under, why did it take me so long?!? A couple weeks ago, I looked at one of my plants and realized it needed a stake. The next thing I know, I’m in my studio, going off the plant stake deep end! I’ve been having so much fun taking my signature jewelry forms and turning them into plant stakes. (Or as I like to think of them, supportive jewelry for your plants!)
And because these are too good to keep to myself, you can get your own in my online store!