Simple Spring Wreath

If you've got 7 minutes and a couple bucks, you too can make this Simple Spring Wreath!

You'll just need a couple supplies from your local craft store. 

I purchased mine at Michael's.

• 1 sprig of flowers (or something like this)
• Embroidery hoop
• Florist wire 
• Jute Twine
• Scissors

I started by separating the hoops and only using the middle (the one without the little screws).

I also separated my one stem of flowers, into several stems to fill around half of the hoop.

You can see here how I took apart my floral stem. 

You can use a wire cutter or scissors to cut them apart.

I ended up using these wire florist sticks because it's what I had (and worked great), 

but regular florist wire is perfect too.

I started by making a small cluster of my flowers and wrapping it around the wood hoop.

I continued to do this overlapping the flowers to cover up the wire 

until I had gone half way around the hoop.

I found some small jute twine (in my collection of "stuff") and wrapped that around the end, tied a simple little bow and hung it on my kitchen wire frame (another blog post for another time).

Quick and Easy Simple Spring Wreath done in no time and it didn't break the budget!

I love it over my mantel, would look cute on your front door or maybe even over your kitchen sink!

Simples Moss covered Balls

Spring is here (at least it is in my neck of the woods!) 

I needed a couple additions to my spring mantle. 

And I just love moss and moss covered balls. 

What I didn't like was the price!

So of course I decided to make my own!

I started out with these supplies:

• wiffle balls (found this pack at Target)
• glue gun and lots of extra glue sticks
• a sheet of moss (found mine at Hobby Lobby)
• green thread to match the moss

 I cut a huge square out from the moss sheet, about 1/4 of it.

 I started putting hot glue on a small part of the plastic wiffle ball and wrapped the moss around it. 

I continued adding glue and wrapping the moss around the ball until I had covered the whole thing. 

It's a good idea to keep a scissors handy, 

you will need to cut off some of the moss as you wrap it around the ball.

 You may end up with some "holes" but that it easy to fix. By using some scraps, 

I added hot glue where the ball can be seen or where you can see a seam. 

It's easy to press the moss into each other making it naturally mold together.

 When I was finished covering the whole ball with the moss, 

I wrapped some green thread around the whole thing. 

Tucking the beginning part of the thread and the end of the thread under a small piece of scrap moss.

 My new simple moss covered balls are a great addition to the tin containers on my mantle.

All three of these moss balls took me less than 30 minutes, total.

 I created this Easter Subway art a couple years ago,
there are a couple different colors to choose from and I'd love to share it with you...

Head on over to my post here to download my Easter Subway art.

Decorating with MOSS

Welcome Spring! 

We've had some beautiful weather the past couple of days.
So naturally it was time to change the look on the front door.
I'd been looking around for a new idea and here is the result:

I started out with a simple wood letter I found at JoAnn's

  And a package of Instant Green 16 x 18 sheet of Moss. 

A hot glue gun in hand...

....the creating began! I loved working with this moss, it was so easy!

Here's how I did it:

 Lay the moss face down and with the letter on top, face down.

 Add hot glue so it sticks to the face of the letter.

Cut about 1/2 inch all the way around the letter.  

And cut at an angle on the corners.

Like this:

 Wrap the moss all the way around the letter.
Hot gluing along the way.

 Add some hardware to top for hanging. 

These are nice because they screw in and I was able to do it by hand without predrilling any holes.

Depending on your letter, you may need only hanger.

 I added a little bird as an accent.

Use a little piece of moss to cover to stick. 

 I used twine like this:

Ribbon would look cute too.

 I added a bow and tied it a little off-set.

 I had some leftover moss...

 ... and a vase that I just wasn't ever using.

So I hot glued various pieces all over the vase. 

And it turned out great!

I was having so much fun with the moss.

I searched through a bin of balls in the garage and covered one of them!

And then another vase, until I ran out of moss. 

Time to make a trip to JoAnn's!

Until next time...