a tutorial: moss filled urns

I don't know how it is at your house, but around here it seems like April and May rank right up there with December in terms of busyness.  Recitals, school programs, soccer games, plus throw in working on house plans (and all those deadlines), and a few design jobs all finishing up at the same time, and you've got one crazy girl!  (That would be me.)  

But my life and to-do list are starting to slow down a bit, and I've got lots I want to share and get documented, so prepare to be inundated with blog posts!

First on the list, is a little tutorial Ava Carmel and I put together a few weeks ago when we were longing for the spring weather situation to get under control.  Since Mother Nature was so dragging her feet this year, we finally took matters into our own hands, and decided to add a little indoor greenery to our tables and window sills ourselves.

It's a simple little project that I think most people could complete within 1/2 hour.  I am soooo slow at doing craft projects, I don't count myself in the normal category, but I still finished two urns and one bowl in an hour.  Not bad for an abnormal crafter.

INSTRUCTIONS.

1.  

Cover your work space with a large plastic sheet or trash bag, for easy clean-up.

Gather your supplies: 

glue gun

some white bowls and urns (look at thrift stores, consignment shops and in your cupboards)

a few plastic grocery bags or trash can liners

a sheet of pretty green moss

2.  

Create a nice roundish mound 2-3 inches above the rim of the bowl, by stuffing a few plastic bags inside the bowl or urn.

3.

Break off large pieces of moss and secure to the plastic bags with hot glue.   I found it easiest to work in small sections... So put the glue on a small section and then place the moss.  Put the glue on another small section and place the moss.  Repeat until completely covered.  Fill in any bare spots with small pieces of moss.

4.

Pinch the moss over the edge of the bowl or urn to give it a nice, full look.  You can also hot glue the moss to the inside edges of the urn or bowl to make it a little more secure.

I got these little urns for a couple of dollars at a local consignment store so I was totally fine gluing the bags and moss right to them.  The soup tureen however, will probably not be a permanent moss display, so I didn't glue that one and it looks fine.  It's just a little more fragile.

We added a few eggs to our bigger moss bowl because it was around Easter time.  But I've just let them stay, since eggs are generally kind of a spring thing. . .  It was so nice to have a little greenery to tide us over until the trees actually started blossoming.  (Which I am happy to report, they are now doing!)

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