{"id":9944,"date":"2022-01-27T07:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9944"},"modified":"2022-01-19T13:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T18:53:35","slug":"finally-potting-my-alien-crochet-succulent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/27\/finally-potting-my-alien-crochet-succulent\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally potting my alien crochet succulent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/1642448188250\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1054\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1642491638&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1642448188250\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-258x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-387x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-387x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9937\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/1642448188250\/\" class=\"wp-image-9937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-387x600.jpg 387w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-258x400.jpg 258w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448188250.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/1642448185425\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"630,884\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1642491659&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1642448185425\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-285x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-428x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-428x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9936\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/1642448185425\/\" class=\"wp-image-9936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-428x600.jpg 428w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-285x400.jpg 285w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1642448185425.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A while ago I made a kind of free-form crochet succulent sculpture.  At the time I was super inspired by amigurumi and food and plants that were made out of non food and non plant materials.  I still love things that look like something which they are not.  Anyway, this little plush thing has been beating around various cupboards until I had a realization.  I am terrible at house plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I try to keep some houseplants.  I had a succulent display on my desk for a short while until I transitioned to work from home.  Once I had that plant at home it died superfast.  So, I decided to pot up my plush crochet sculpture as a replacement for an office succulent.  All this really entailed was carving up a left-over Styrofoam ball from a Christmas ornaments project, cutting and gluing some felt, and cleaning up a used tiny succulent pot from a long deceased house plant.  Voila!  a desk plant\/house plant I can&#8217;t kill!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago I made a kind of free-form crochet succulent sculpture. At the time I was super inspired by amigurumi and food and plants that were made out of non food and non plant materials. I still love things that look like something which they are not. Anyway, this little plush thing has been&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/27\/finally-potting-my-alien-crochet-succulent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finally potting my alien crochet succulent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-9944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-crafting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9946,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/02\/16\/loom-weaving\/","url_meta":{"origin":9944,"position":0},"title":"Loom weaving","author":"leems","date":"February 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"If you happen to have a similar internet bubble to me, then you'll have seen loom DIY and loom weaving rise in popularity. 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