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How to Make a Soap Dish Garden Place Setting

Create personalized mini gardens to add a touch of the outdoors to your next dinner party! They’re easy to create -- and they make great gifts for guests.

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This is all you'll need, this cute little project takes less than 10 minutes!

This is all you'll need, this cute little project takes less than 10 minutes!

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Head to the fashion bath department at your local Lowe’s store and grab a clear plastic soap dish like this one. Peal off the interDesign sticker and clean the dish.

Head to the fashion bath department at your local Lowe’s store and grab a clear plastic soap dish like this one. Peal off the interDesign sticker and clean the dish.

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Next fill the dish about halfway with cacti potting soil, leave a little shallow spot on one side for your succulent.

Next fill the dish about halfway with cacti potting soil, leave a little shallow spot on one side for your succulent.

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Next pick out you little cactus or succulent. Mix it up if you're making a few place setting for a party!

Next pick out you little cactus or succulent. Mix it up if you're making a few place setting for a party!

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Now, carefully tuck the plant into the dish, making sure to get all the little roots in there.

Now, carefully tuck the plant into the dish, making sure to get all the little roots in there.

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Then add a layer of small decorative stones…gently packing them into the dish. I found these cool little rocks in the decorative pond section of my local Lowe's garden center.

Then add a layer of small decorative stones…gently packing them into the dish. I found these cool little rocks in the decorative pond section of my local Lowe's garden center.

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Top it off by writing a guest’s name on a black polished stone using a silver metallic Sharpie.

Top it off by writing a guest’s name on a black polished stone using a silver metallic Sharpie.

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1 interDesign Eva clear soap dish

½ Cups Pearl stone decorative soil cover

1 Cup Premium Cacti potting mix

1 Small succulent plant

1 Silver Metallic Sharpie

1 Black polished stone

Justin Lanier

Here's a video on how to make one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEDKwkQ6gTI

(author) 5 months ago

JoyGirl Live

Lovely idea!

JoyGirl Live 7 months ago

Esty Shpigel

Can I use it with real soap as a soap holder? Hmm maybe the soap will kill the plant? In any case nice idea :)

Esty Shpigel 8 months ago

Justin Lanier

These little gardens also make cool gifts if you write inspirational words on the stones; like- Love, Hope, Joy...

(author) 8 months ago

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