What a fab­u­lous orb!

Isn’t this lamp ter­rific!! What a con­cept! Designed by archi­tect Kara Bartelt, it is sold on Etsy​.com (www​.etsy​.com/​l​i​s​t​i​n​g​/​5​1​3​4​4​198). The fol­low­ing is from the website:

LIVE LAMP, which debuted at de LaB in Los Ange­les Cal­i­for­nia June 2010, is a glow­ing nest of eighty live Fuschii v Gracil­lis tilland­sia air plants mounted to a blown glass orb. Illu­mi­nated inter­nally by a CFL grow lamp, these epi­phytic plants sur­vive with no dirt — just UV, air and a lit­tle mois­ture. Remove the dome and run the plants under water or mist lib­er­ally once a week.

This is a lim­ited edi­tion from toHOLD — LIVE LAMPs are avail­able by spe­cial order via toHOLD’s etsy shop this sum­mer. Note each Live Lamp takes a 7 – 10 busi­ness days for pro­duc­tion, some cus­tomiza­tion avail­able. All LIVE LAMPS are signed and num­bered by toHOLD.

Santa, please, I’m beg­ging you!!!!

If you haven’t dis­cov­ered Etsy yet, you are in for a treat (lit­er­ally, as they sell the most amaz­ing candy and baked goods). Fol­low­ing is a state­ment from the website:

Our mis­sion is to enable peo­ple to make a liv­ing mak­ing things, and to recon­nect mak­ers with buyers.

Our vision is to build a new econ­omy and present a bet­ter choice.

Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade.

Another view of the tilland­sia lamp.

On the web:

Santa at Roger’s Gar­dens in Orange County: Santa will be avail­able from 12 — 6pm on Sat. ¹²⁄₁₈ and Sun. ¹²⁄₁2301 San Joaquin Hills Road, Corona del Mar, 92625 /​800−647−2356 /​www​.rogers​gar​dens​.com

Los Ange­les Arbore­tum: Sat. Dec. 18:

• Franken­plants /​on genet­i­cally manip­u­la­tion of plants, from 10am — 11:30 am
• Orna­ment Mak­ing, from 10am — noon

to reg­is­ter call 626−821−4623 /​www​.arbore​tum​.org

• Fyi: the Arbore­tum has ongo­ing classes through the year in paint­ing, tai chi and ikebana.