Hey guys!! I have a SUPER fun and simple tutorial ! Leather Strap Planters for my budding cactus garden (I have a serious problem with cute cacti).
To make these planters you will need:
A vessel, bowl, or vase of your choosing
4 pieces of Leather Cording that is the length that you want your planter to hang (or leather that you can cut into cords) *they sell bags of leather scrap at craft stores with cords in them!
Small piece of Leather
Scissors
Start by cutting out small square donuts from your leather. You will need 3 per planter. 
Next take 3 pieces of your leather cord and tie a knot at the bottom. These cords will be known as the vertical cords.
Near the bottom of your cords (maybe about 4 inches from the knot) hold a leather square behind the cord.
Take your last piece of cording (this will be known as the horizontal cord) and thread it underneath the leather, through the hole, over the first piece of cording, and back through the hole. See the picture below? The horizontal cord is holding the entire thing together.
Repeat 2 more times. Place your planter inside the vertical cords, resting on the knot. Adjust the vertical cords so that they are evenly spaced and tie a knot in your horizontal cord. (It is really easy to slide the squares up and down to make them level)
Trim your knot if you want (or leave it, because that is adorable as well.)Â Tie all of the vertical cords together and you are ready to hang it!
Such a fun 15 minute project right?!
I have three empty fish bowls, previously to our dining table centerpiece, that I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with (leftover from my thesis!). With a lack of horizontal display places, this is perfect!
I am always so in love with you leather and planter combos. My one question is… where/how do you hang these? Are you putting a hook into the ceiling? I live in a rental that is from the 1920’s and the is ceiling plaster… so don’t wanna mess with that! Any tips for how else I could hang these beauties? Thanks!!
I love these. Really Cute Idea.
What a clever idea! I love it!
I would like to know how you hang these from the ceiling! Do you just screw in multiple hooks? My ceilings are very old; it’s wicker with plaster over it and I’m very hesistant to make multiple holes so these ‘hanging planter’ tutorials are kind of lost on me.
So the way that I would hang these is in one big cascading cluster on one hook, but it doesn’t have to be from the ceiling, it could totally be on the wall too!
xo
m
those are so simple…i wonder what else you could put in a little clear vase…since I kill every plant in sight 🙂
Love these, simple but classy.
In fact I love all the planters on VR, of which there are many.
But, how do you hang them?
Hey Laura! Usually I have a hook that comes out of the wall or the ceiling, but I have a special place for these ones that will hopefully be on the blog this week…if I can get away from the computer and get to work!
xo
m
These are so cute Mandi! Gotta love a quick project! xoxo
You just rocked my cacti world! I have all of these supplies in my craft stash and now I just need to get some glass vases from Goodwill.
Janeane
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This is something I could totally do ! I wonder if it would work with some freaky wine glasses ? Super cute 😉 A x