Friday, March 22, 2013

Marimo

I decided to get my friends and I some marimos, which are cute little balls of moss that grow in certain rivers around the world.
They are pretty durable and apparently easy to take care of, which is wonderful for me.
picture i used in my little card belongs to myurliscreative
For my friends, I made little cards which I will give out to them when they get their little marimo with tips on taking care of them.
I purchased my marimos from eBay [click] which came in in just a week and all [9] perfectly healthy.
I find them very intriguing and calming to look at on my coffee table.
I'm kind of excited to see them grow~

It also seems like a common thing to do with the plant is to personify them and give them names so I named mine Princess Patoot and Roots Dadoot.
Have you heard of marimos? Do you have one?
<3CarisseIris

28 comments:

  1. So cute!

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  2. Aww they're so cute!
    I want one :33

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  3. This was my first time to hear of marimos:3 they are so cute!

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  4. Ahhhh! I always wanted to have a marimo. Where did you get it?

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    1. Hehe~ ebay, I linked the seller in my post :3

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  5. Marimos are really getting popular! They remind me of the soot balls in Ghibli films :3

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    1. I noticed, so I jumped on the bandwagon hahaha<3<3<3
      Oh my gosh, I didn't even think of that! They really do look like them~

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  6. This is the first time I've heard of them! The little waterbowl you made for them is so cute. Who knew simple mossballs could look so cute, haha!

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    1. Thank you!
      Seriously, I'm just as surprised as you one of the quirks of nature<3

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  7. They are really really cute!!:D I want one since they look so low maintance... lol. I wonder if I can buy them in Australia though....

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    1. Same here, that was my breaking point to getting one [I am really bad with plants so if this can survive me, it can survive anything!]
      But maybe you can, I've been seeing them at the big chain pet stores recently too so you may see them around locally[?]

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  8. I've seen them before but didn't understand what they were. So cute!!

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    1. Same here, I did a lot of research before purchasing them [I thought they were animals or something...]

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  9. Oh this is just too cute! I love it, would totally purchase one or two of these cute little things!

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    1. Haha!<3
      I think that sounds like a good plan~ ;3

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  10. Awww I love how it's in a cute decorative glass! I had them before but when I moved I had left them behind :(
    Makes me want to get sum now ^^

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    1. Hehe~ I'm glad it comes off looking nice<3<3<3
      But eep! Oh noes, poor marimos! [I'm sure they're being loved]
      0.0

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  11. woow i havent heard of the marimos and FINALLY you made a video, please let us know when you upload in youtube Ill love to see a hair tutorial take care from Yuli Mexico

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    1. Wee, I'm glad to show them to you!
      And yepp~ I finally updated my camera and got a new DSLR with video capabilities<3
      I uploaded one today and I'll try to do a hair tutorial in the future :3

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  12. Looked at the link. They were pretty cheap on ebay. I love how low maintenance they are. I might consider getting one.

    ~Meggo
    http://thesedriftingthoughts.blogspot.com/

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  13. Huhuhu~ when I saw the price it was an instant reaction to just order some AHHAAH;;;;;;

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  14. "New world of interesting plants" You are right!
    I never has hear of marimos, they are so cute!
    How a simple mossballs could look so cute? Is really lovely!
    I'm definitely getting some!

    Thanks 4 sharing this!
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    1. Hehe~ I'm glad you find them cute!
      <3
      MY friends got theirs and they keep telling me that they keep expecting them to suddenly have eyes haha [like a soot sprite from Spirited Away]
      Yay, I hope you enjoy them!

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