I've been working on a little vignette for my living room sofa table. I find vignettes so hard for some reason. I guess I can't call "stylist" among my abilities. I pour over pictures and try to put all the elements together and I still find them lacking.
I added fresh flowers and Violá, balance (which I love) and beauty.
BTW, I made that moss ball in the middle urn. It was really easy. I bought a sheet of moss and a 10' styrofoam ball from Joann's. I cut the moss into strips and then into triangles. The triangles help the moss lay flat on the round surface. I then hot glued the moss to the ball. I then got embroidery floss in two colors of green and wrapped the ball, hot glueing the ends to the ball. All in all it took about 1 hr.
When I went to Joann's to purchase the styrofoam ball, I was shocked by the price. $30 for the 10in and $16 for the 8 in. The problem was, the 8 in was way smaller than the 10. So, I used a 40% off coupon to purchase the strofoam ball. Now, I had stopped by Joann's on a whim and didn't have my coupons with me ( I never have my coupons with me, I'm the worst at remembering to bring them from home). So I have to share with you my latest find, that has saved me a lot of money, "The Joann's App" for my phone. I just opened it up, found the 40% off reg. priced item coupon and saved $12.
Items needed:
Moss Ball
Hot glue and hot glue gun
2 skeins embroidery floss in different greens
10' styrofoam ball
Sheet of moss
5 comments:
Looks fabulous and I love the urns and the finial. Beautiful vignette. The flowers are lovely,but I also really like the pinecone. I would love for you to link up to my Inspire Me party this afternoon. www.astrollthrulife.net
Hugs, Marty
i always love balls and urns, its the english in me, i love the classics. great idea to make your own too~
This is so pretty and I have to try making one of those moss balls. I've worked with moss, but never sheet moss, I suppose it's neater! :)
I have trouble with vignettes, too. I'm no expert but I've gleaned a lot from blogs. Use odd numbered pieces, repeat shapes, aim for a triangular shaped arrangement and always have something organic, like your pretty flowers! Hope that helps although you did a wonderful job!
XO,
Jane
I have signed up twice for JoAnn's coupons and never received any from them!! Thanks for the tip about the App! Love your vignette and the moss ball is so creative and fabulous! Good job!
Lacking???Whatyougtalkingabout? It's lovely and I especially love the mossball. Great job.
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