Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus 1
Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus 2
Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus 3
Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus 4
Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus 5

Planter - Reboot Robot Planter Made From A Martini Shaker With Cactus

$30

I've had a pair of vintage sears 1950's drink shakers kicking around for the last year, and I knew in that creative part of my brain that I just had to save and transform them. Even through my annual freak-out-because-I-have-way-too-much-stuff cleaning spree, this pair made the cut and stayed. Finally, last week, I picked one up and immediately knew what I wanted him to look like and voila - a robot planter with a cactus! I love the alien feel that the cactus gives it, but if you don't, it's still in its plastic pot and can be swapped out :) Want to know what the parts are? It's made from one of the shakers I mentioned above, a t shaped mending bar, a pair of header bolts, a handful of washers and nuts, and a little cactus I grew myself from another larger cactus I've had for years. All items were collected at thrifts stores, yard sales, and my local second hand building materials supply store (including the cactus, whose mama was a cutting from a friend!). Height: 9" Width: 4" Depth: 3" Thanks for looking and please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Send request to maker
Laura Hale

Laura Hale

Found Beauty Studio

Burlington, VT
Member since: 2013
  • Long-time member

    A Maker who has been a valued part of this community for several years.

  • Fast shipper

    Customers say that this Maker ships promptly after completing a project.

  • Great service

    This Maker has consistently demonstrated excellence in craftsmanship and customer service.

Welcome to Found Beauty Studio! This is my one woman attempt to bring a little fun back into the world with bright and functional recycled found object art. I've always been a maker of things. Always. But if you'd told me when I walked out of college with a bachelor's in theatre arts a decade ago in Massachusetts that I'd end up running my own art studio in Burlington, Vermont, I would have called you crazy. I had plans to go on to a successful and illustrious career in costume and set design, and then took a u-turn and worked in program direction and fundraising for nonprofits, and then as a community organizer for local government, and then burned out on the whole 70-hour-work-week-in-a-cubicle life and headed back to art.

Life takes funny twists and turns, and here I am, happier than I could have imagined in the upstairs of a house in the Old North End with my wood worker husband, three fluffy cats, and two turtles (one of whom is fast approaching 30 years old), using my maker-of-things skills to upcycle found materials into new creations. While I do create fine art pieces, my primary love is creating functional pieces - lamps, tote bags, jewelry, furniture, clothing, home goods, planters…the list goes on. I find great joy in taking a used up, forgotten and discarded object and turning it into a one of a kind piece that someone will use and love.

Maker MarketPlace Background

Maker Policies

Discover true craftsmanship each week

A guide to the best items from the best makers and the stories behind them.