• Work
  • Pet Portraits
  • Etsy Shop
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
Menu

Amy Chen

  • Work
  • Pet Portraits
  • Etsy Shop
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact

DIY Cement Pineapple Planter

April 23, 2015

As the weather is starting to (finally) get warmer, I find myself having a serious case of green thumb syndrome and wanting to hoard ALL the succulents. As a graphic designer, I feel like I'm a bit OCD when it comes to potting my plants. I look at each plant as a design prompt (LOL) - and always set out to find the perfect "home" for each. Salvation Army and Goodwill have been great for cheap $1-$2 finds, but sometimes I have something specific in mind and no matter how many different thrift stores I hit - I can't find what I'm looking for. I've really been wanting to plant my newest purchase (a little zebra haworthia succulent) in a geometric cement planter, but haven't really found one that I really love (at a price that I also love, lol). So when you can't find the right planter - what's a girl to do? Welp, make one - DUH!

Read More
In diy Tags pineapple, planter, cement, crafting, succulent, plant, green thumb, spring

AMYVENTURES

substack

CATEGORIES

design, diy, food, photography, real talk, sustainability,
wanderlust, wellness

Archive
  • March 2025
  • December 2024
  • September 2024
  • March 2024
  • December 2021
  • August 2020
  • April 2020
  • April 2019
  • February 2019
  • December 2018
  • October 2018
  • August 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • May 2017
  • March 2017
  • January 2017
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014

POPULAR POSTS

Blog
Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
Solo Day Trip to Seaside Heights
about 2 months ago
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
Reframing a "Mundane Chore" as an Adventure: Visiting a New Grocery Store
about 2 months ago
Creating In Community
Creating In Community
about 3 months ago
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
A Sunny Sunday for the Soul in NYC
about 3 months ago
Christmas Cookies 2024
Christmas Cookies 2024
about 5 months ago
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
5 Life Lessons From The Garden
about 9 months ago
Pet Portraits!
Pet Portraits!
about a year ago
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
3 Sustainable Christmas Crafts
about 3 years ago
New to the Shop: Vintage!
New to the Shop: Vintage!
about 4 years ago
Kindness Rocks
Kindness Rocks
about 5 years ago

INSTAGRAM

@AMYVENTURES
so glad I made it to @longvalleypeonies this year ๐Ÿฅน the fields are a dream to walk through with over 65 varieties of peonies to see / smell โœจ๐ŸŒธโœจ

I believe today is the last day of the season to visit this year, so stop by if you can! ๐Ÿ’•

#longvalle
the most joyful + sparkly little shop I ever did see ๐Ÿ˜ ty for existing @susan_alexandra ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฆ‹โœจ 

#susanalexandra #nyc #nycshopping #lowereastside #les #thingstodoinnyc #orchardstreet #orchardst #charmjewelry #joyspotting
the matcha stop of the day was @12.matcha ๐Ÿต (expect a line no matter what time you go, but I thought it was worth the wait) - quite possibly the best and smoothest matcha I’ve ever had ๐Ÿฅน (zero clumps, not bitter, not too sweet, sooooo green)
still dreaming about this rose pistachio croissant from @libraebakery ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒน (pretty sure the birds are too ๐Ÿ˜‚)

next time I’ll have to order a few more things to try so I can take them home in a cute butter yellow box ๐Ÿ˜ (was trying to pace my
a little camera roll dump from last saturday morning’s walk up bowery in pursuit of sweet treat(s) & matcha ๐Ÿ™ƒ

#nyc #igersnyc #bowery #eastvillage #noho #joyspotting
sunday reset by the sea with my best girl ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿพ๐Ÿšโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฆ had to visit one of our favorite places before the summer season fee kicks in mdw ๐Ÿฅฒ - we walked nearly 10 miles (from lot c to the lighthouse and back + a bit of the bayside beach ๐Ÿ˜…)

a much need
cake club last weekend at @reccreate_collective ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ“ with @sarabryn for โœจdog moms day outโœจ

got to decorate mini cakes in this hidden gem of a creative community space just a short walk from @prattinstitute (where I graduated 11 years ago) ๐Ÿ˜… so mu
got matcha lattes from @matchaful ๐Ÿต and ogled over the stickers and fun things at @greenwichletterpress ๐Ÿ‘€ and @bignightshop ๐Ÿ… 

(a few stops and sights along the way in the west village before heading to brooklyn to decorate cake ๐Ÿฐ)

#westvillage
saturday at @unsqgreenmarket ๐Ÿ˜ (forever one of my favorite farmer’s markets to walk through; it doesn’t get old) โœจ stopped to smell the flowers (duh) ๐Ÿ’ and then grabbed a chocolate croissant for breakfast ๐Ÿฅ

#unionsquaregreenmarket #un
some photos from saturday’s plant & seed swap at @thelilliehouse โœจ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒธ I made little origami seed packets to share some from my collection, and picked up some new things to add to the garden this year ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ - I think I’m most ex
a recap of last weekend - where I spent saturday listening to and reading @thealiciacook’s poetry at @chapteronemendham and sunday in a cemetery in PA ๐Ÿ™ƒ I wrote a poem on grief (a glimpse of it written here on slide 3, but the whole thing didn
mentally still here ๐ŸŒž

wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! ๐Ÿฆ

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
me going on a self directed โœจlittle treatsโœจ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience ๐Ÿ™ƒ

๐ŸŒฎ - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio
always stopping to smell the flowers ๐ŸŒป (even if they are fake ๐Ÿ˜‚) 

and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today โ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„โœจ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today ๐Ÿคฃ)

#rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi
stopped to check out @kasia.market after the shibori food scrap dye workshop a couple weekends ago โœจ

had a lot of fun going up and down every aisle selecting different goodies to try (and then proceeding to make a collage out of the food packaging I
happy first day of spring! โœจ๐ŸŒทโœจ 

some photos / videos from last year at @hollandridgefarms that I never got around to sharing (oops ๐Ÿ˜…) - better late than never! 

#spring #springflowers #happyspring #tulips #springequinox #tulipseason #tulipfestiva
friends who match(a) together ๐Ÿ‘ฏ‍โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿ’–
pancakes on a random week day (for lunch at 2 pm) because why not? ๐Ÿ˜ peanut butter between the layers, served with maple syrup & coconut whip, and topped with strawberries (cooked down with a little lemon juice and sugar just til they’re s
so glad I made it to @longvalleypeonies this year ๐Ÿฅน the fields are a dream to walk through with over 65 varieties of peonies to see / smell โœจ๐ŸŒธโœจ

I believe today is the last day of the season to visit this year, so stop by if you can! ๐Ÿ’•

#longvalle the most joyful + sparkly little shop I ever did see ๐Ÿ˜ ty for existing @susan_alexandra ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒˆ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿฆ‹โœจ 

#susanalexandra #nyc #nycshopping #lowereastside #les #thingstodoinnyc #orchardstreet #orchardst #charmjewelry #joyspotting the matcha stop of the day was @12.matcha ๐Ÿต (expect a line no matter what time you go, but I thought it was worth the wait) - quite possibly the best and smoothest matcha I’ve ever had ๐Ÿฅน (zero clumps, not bitter, not too sweet, sooooo green)
still dreaming about this rose pistachio croissant from @libraebakery ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒน (pretty sure the birds are too ๐Ÿ˜‚)

next time I’ll have to order a few more things to try so I can take them home in a cute butter yellow box ๐Ÿ˜ (was trying to pace my a little camera roll dump from last saturday morning’s walk up bowery in pursuit of sweet treat(s) & matcha ๐Ÿ™ƒ

#nyc #igersnyc #bowery #eastvillage #noho #joyspotting sunday reset by the sea with my best girl ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿพ๐Ÿšโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿฆ had to visit one of our favorite places before the summer season fee kicks in mdw ๐Ÿฅฒ - we walked nearly 10 miles (from lot c to the lighthouse and back + a bit of the bayside beach ๐Ÿ˜…)

a much need cake club last weekend at @reccreate_collective ๐Ÿฐ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ“ with @sarabryn for โœจdog moms day outโœจ

got to decorate mini cakes in this hidden gem of a creative community space just a short walk from @prattinstitute (where I graduated 11 years ago) ๐Ÿ˜… so mu got matcha lattes from @matchaful ๐Ÿต and ogled over the stickers and fun things at @greenwichletterpress ๐Ÿ‘€ and @bignightshop ๐Ÿ… 

(a few stops and sights along the way in the west village before heading to brooklyn to decorate cake ๐Ÿฐ)

#westvillage saturday at @unsqgreenmarket ๐Ÿ˜ (forever one of my favorite farmer’s markets to walk through; it doesn’t get old) โœจ stopped to smell the flowers (duh) ๐Ÿ’ and then grabbed a chocolate croissant for breakfast ๐Ÿฅ

#unionsquaregreenmarket #un
spring in the garden state ๐Ÿฅน๐ŸŒท๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

#spring #newjersey #jerseycollective #njisntboring #njisallgood #locallivingnj #flowers #april #northjerseyadventures #gardenstate
some photos from saturday’s plant & seed swap at @thelilliehouse โœจ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒธ I made little origami seed packets to share some from my collection, and picked up some new things to add to the garden this year ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป‍๐ŸŒพ - I think I’m most ex a recap of last weekend - where I spent saturday listening to and reading @thealiciacook’s poetry at @chapteronemendham and sunday in a cemetery in PA ๐Ÿ™ƒ I wrote a poem on grief (a glimpse of it written here on slide 3, but the whole thing didn mentally still here ๐ŸŒž

wrote a bit about this solo day trip over on my substack (icymi) - link in bio! ๐Ÿฆ

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
the only place I wanna to be on a 75 and sunny saturday is down the shore ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿญ๐ŸŽก๐Ÿ•๐ŸŒ…

#seasideheights #jerseycollective #njisallgood #njisntboring #jerseyshore #islandbeachstatepark #boardwalk #seasidepark #southjerseyadventures
me going on a self directed โœจlittle treatsโœจ tour after a morning of minor inconvenience ๐Ÿ™ƒ

๐ŸŒฎ - lunch at @centraltaqueriaofficial (I ordered the portobello and nopal tacos)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - picked up a cannoli bombolione and loaf of fresh bread from @coniglio always stopping to smell the flowers ๐ŸŒป (even if they are fake ๐Ÿ˜‚) 

and yes, yes we were the most colorful girlies at the park today โ˜”๏ธ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿฆ„โœจ (also, we were the only girlies at the park today ๐Ÿคฃ)

#rainyday #rainbowumbrella #ihavethisthingwithpi stopped to check out @kasia.market after the shibori food scrap dye workshop a couple weekends ago โœจ

had a lot of fun going up and down every aisle selecting different goodies to try (and then proceeding to make a collage out of the food packaging I happy first day of spring! โœจ๐ŸŒทโœจ 

some photos / videos from last year at @hollandridgefarms that I never got around to sharing (oops ๐Ÿ˜…) - better late than never! 

#spring #springflowers #happyspring #tulips #springequinox #tulipseason #tulipfestiva friends who match(a) together ๐Ÿ‘ฏ‍โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿ’–

All photos / content were created solely for / by
Amy Chen (unless otherwise stated). If you decide to reference anything from my blog / website, please give proper credit. Thank you! :)


back to top โ†‘

ยฉ 2025, Amy Chen. All Rights Reserved.