Air Plant Wall Decor with Basswood Shield Plaque

Air plants are everywhere now!  I recently saw some in the grocery store that were hot glued into their planters.  I felt a little sorry for them.  So I came home and designed a simple holder for my new air plant.  I chose Walnut Hollow’s basswood shield style plaque.

Supply List

• basswood shield style plaque
• air plant
• drill
• 14 gauge copper wire
• tin snips
• dark walnut stain
• brush & rags
• sawtooth hanger
• tiny nails
• hammer

First I laid the air plant on top of the plaque to get an idea of where to drill the holes.

I actually left the plastic wrap on the plaque, marked where I wanted to drill, and drilled the holes.  Then I removed the plastic.

I used my tin snips to cut the copper wire and bent it around a bottle.

Before staining or glueing I double checked to make sure the fit was right and my air plant would fit.

I added a sawtooth hanger on the back to make it easy to display.

Usually, I water down my walnut stain but I wanted this to be really dark so I brushed it on full strength and wiped it off with a soft cloth.

Air plants are so easy to care for and display.  All I did was gently set the air plant on the copper wire.

 

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Thanks for reading!  Leave a comment and let me know how you display your air plants.

I’m Ann Tatum from Duct Tape and Denim.  I’m a jewelry designer but I can’t contain my creativity to just jewelry!  From childhood I’ve loved just about every craft I’ve ever tried.  And my studio currently looks like I’m enjoying every craft!  I especially love upcycling vintage finds.  I raised two daughters who are now married, have one grandson, and live with my musical husband and the boss of our house, the cat.  Follow our adventures on DuctTapeAndDenim.com.