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TINY WORLD TERRARIUMS A Step-by-Step Guide to Easily Contained Life
From the creators of Twig Terrariums
MICHELLE INCIARRANO & KATY MASLOW Terrariums are a vibrant, unique way to bring the outdoors into any home. In Tiny World Terrariums (STC Craft | A Melanie Falick Book; May 2012; U.S. $24.95/Can. $27.95; ISBN: 978-1-58479-964-1), authors Katy and Michelle of Brooklyn’s celebrated Twig Terrariums offer step-by-step instructions for building your own, from selecting glass containers to layering soil and filtration to adding moss, succulents, and other plants. Katy and Michelle demonstrate how to give each terrarium a quirky, personal touch using tiny figurines and toys to create to-scale scenes. Unique project ideas, ranging from a country wedding to a CSI crime scene to Central Park in the spring, are presented alongside detailed instructions and plenty of gorgeous photos. With this complete guide from the trendsetting “Terrarium Ladies”, anyone—whether green-thumbed or not—can create their own small verdant world.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS Katy Maslow and Michelle Inciarrano own the Brooklyn-based company Twig Terrariums, through which they run popular terrarium workshops and sell DIY kits and finished terrariums nationwide. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, Real Simple, and Every Day with Rachael Ray, and on websites Design*Sponge and Apartment Therapy. www.twigterrariums.com
Tiny World Terrariums By Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow STC Craft | A Melanie Falick Book May 2012 U.S. $24.95 | Can. $27.95 ISBN: 978-1-58479-964-1 Hardcover 144 pages | 8 ½” x 9" 100 color photographs
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