Easy DIY Moss and Burlap Wreath

Once I finally took down my evergreen “M” that hangs in my kitchen window through the winter months, it just looked so bare.  When I then painted the walls that  very pale gray-green, I knew I needed something with a little punch hanging there… can’t be too sleek and neutral now. 🙂  And I wanted natural elements — or something resembling natural elements anyway.

So I gathered up a few things I had laying around from other projects:  a wreath form, moss, spray adhesive, and burlap scraps that I cut into strips (a poor girl’s version of burlap ribbon!).

This part was super easy.  I simply sprayed my Elmer’s Spray Adhesive in small sections and pressed the moss into place once the adhesive became tacky.  The hardest part was containing the mess that little bits of the moss made.

Once it’s entirely covered, you made need to beef up your moss in a spot or two.  See the mess I made? 🙂

I let everything set for about 15 minutes after I finished applying the moss.  Then I started working with my burlap strips.  Because I cut these from scraps, each one is only long enough to wrap around the wreath once.  So I stapled the ends into the backside of the wreath.

If you’re using a wreath form that doesn’t have cardboard backing, you can secure your strips/ribbon with floral tacks.  Again, I was using what I had on hand.

Now, I knew I wanted a burlap bow on this.  So I looked up tutorials on Pinterest.  Trouble is, the only ones I found were for burlap tibbon.  I was dealing with burlap strips, so all the tutes I tried were utter failures.  I resorted to a very simple bow.  The simplest of bows.   Then I stuck a tack in it.

And stuck it on the wreath, making sure it went into the styrofoam.

I used another strip to make a loop on the back for hanging.

You can see how I roll.  Easy peasy.

I love that it doesn’t compete with our scenery out of my kitchen window.

And, of course, how simple it was.  I’m considering doing a couple of smaller ones to put in the booth.

Happy wreath-making!