Tillandsia Hat and Earings?

[Vivian Tristesse]

Hello!

I recently purchased an excellent Tillandsia xerographica specimen whom I have decided to name either Yvonne, Yvette, or any other dignified, 'foreign' name (suggestions, please!) which seems fitting for such an elegant specimen.

I am thinking about mounting her on a straw hat. I will not constantly, or even usually, wear her, but I would like to mount her on a straw hat, perhaps adding Tillandsia usneoides, Tillandsia ionantha, and Tillandsia stricta in the future. I will mount the hat on a stand and place it near a southern window.

The Tillandsia usneoides earings are simply hoop earrings draped with live Spanish moss.

Has anyone on these forums attempted to grow plants on items which might occasionally be worn? Is this a terrible idea for the plants?

I would only consider wearing them if I knew the weather was not going to be too upsettingly sunny.

Has anyone here