Spring Wreath

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Have you noticed all the beautiful moss wreaths out in blogland lately?  I love the fresh, Springy look of the green moss, so I decided to make my own version.

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Here's what I used:

- Styrofoam wreath form

- 2 1/2 packages of sheet moss

- branch with bird's nest

- plastic eggs

- craft paint

- silk flowers

- glue gun

- ribbon to hang

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I couldn't find any eggs that I liked, so I bought some and painted them blue and then added speckles with brown paint.  (My speckling technique wasn't so great - I got more on the paint bottle than on the eggs!)

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The eggs looked like this:

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And after painting, looked like this:

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Much, much better. . .The pastel, sparkle eggs weren't really doing it for me.

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Next, I started covering the wreath form with the moss.  I put the glue on the moss and then wrapped it around the wreath.

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The branch I used looked a little bare, so I added a few silk flowers.  I pulled the flowers off the original stem and used the glue gun to attach them to my branch.
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I wasn't sure about the flowers at first, but I definitely like how they look now.
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I glued the eggs to the nest and then attached the branch to the wreath.  I used wire and pushed it through the wreath and twisted it together on the back to attach.
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I hung the wreath with ribbon on cabinets in a nook in my kitchen. 
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I am linking up to:

- Room to Inspire

- Sew Much Ado

- My Backyard Eden

- Remodelaholics

- Cottage Instincts

- It's Fun to Craft

- Funky Junk Interiors