Putting Plants In Bird Cages: Kind Of A DIY

I have a lot of these smaller vintage bird cages tucked in corners around my home.  When I found this bird cage this weekend, my first thought was to leave it behind because HOW MANY bird cages does one person really need around their house???  I continued to stare at it... it was just so cute and so cheap, I wanted it to have a purpose.  Then I thought of one.  Duh.  Plants.  Right now my brain should go straight to plants.  I've been spending enough time on/with them.

I wanted a plant that would eventually spill through the side of the cage, so I found this delicate purple something-or-other (I can't remember what it's called).  I cut the bottom of a plastic container to fit inside the cage and jammed it through the slats.  Then I potted the plant in the container.  This really didn't need written instructions.  If you are still reading, you are a good sport.  ;))

We made these plant hangers at work using Elise's tutorial, so after I got the bird cage hung, I made a little companion for purple planty.  They became fast friends.

Notes on this project:  if I were to do this again in the future, I would use a solid color container.  From far away you don't really notice the printing on the sides of the plastic container, but in these pictures and up close in real life it is noticeable.

My front porch still needs a little TLC, but these new additions to our plant family are helping dress it up.  Now I just need to decide on a paint color so we can do a little painting!