Spanish Moss Wreath

Do you ever feel like a room or an outdoor space in your home is missing something or it just doesn’t feel right to you?  Well, that’s how I’ve been feeling about my little chalkboard easle I made a few weeks ago that sits on my front porch (I’ll write more about the easel project in a future post).

I already had the little star-shaped grapevine wreath and just stuck it on there to cover up the top-half of the chalkboard space (for lack of anything clever to write there) but it didn’t really “wow” me.
Then I started seeing some cute little wreaths on Pinterest and it got me thinking.

I already had a small straw wreath form that I bought awhile back to do a project that never materialized so, I got motivated and bought some green Spanish moss to get started.  I dug up some leftover burlap webbing,  Mod Podge glue, my hot glue gun, some twine and an old button and, voila, a quick, easy little wreath that fits right in with my front porch decor.  And, it only cost me about three dollars to make!  Love that!

Here’s how I did it:

First, I unwrapped the plastic wrapping off of the straw wreath and coated it a section at a time with Mod Podge.

Then I took “hunks” of the moss and wrapped it around about 2/3 of the wreath form not worrying about full coverage on the back of the wreath. 

I used my hands to gently squeeze it so that the glue would adhere to the moss.  Spanish moss does not come afixed together on a sheet.  It is already somewhat tangled together but it will hang a little loosely on the form when you glue it.  Giving it a gentle squeeze helps.

Then I used some green floral wire I had on hand to wrap around the moss.  I went around the entire wreath but wrapped the wire about and inch or two apart from each wrap around — hope that makes sense.  I couldn’t take a picture of myself doing this step!  The point of the wire is to just give it a little more “support” so the moss that’s dangling will not fall off so easily.  I felt this was especially important for mine since it will be outside and subject to wind.

Then I took my little burlap remnant and pinched it together in the middle and tied it with twine.  I kept the end of the twine long so I could then wrap it wround the wreath and tie it to the back. 

Then I hot-glued an old button to the front of the “bow.”

There you have it!  A little moss wreath that fits any season.  I love the green for my porch because everything in Texas is so brown this time of year (which explains the sad state of my potted plants!).

 Happy crafting!