Pottery Barn Moss Letters ..... For Less

Pottery Barn....oh it makes the majority of us girlies swoon.....even those of us who like
more of a hodge podge vintagey look long for a little Potter Barn once in a while.


My family room and kitchen are undergoing a major re-do ( I'll share later) and one item I really really want for my mantle is a live moss letter.
Like these at Pottery Barn....that go for a mere $79....WHAT ?!?!?
Come on Pottery Barn....that is a tad bit pricey....doncha think ?
So when you see something in Pottery Barn you really really want but they are asking and arm and a leg for it what do you do?
You re-create it....yep, you do it yaself.

Hobby Lobby had everything I needed.

I picked up 2 packages of live moss at $3.99 each and

I decided to do a word instead of one letter

so I picked up 5 chipboard letters at $1.77 each.

Hobby Lobby does have large letters JUST like the Pottery Barn ones,

but since I am doing a whole word I needed smaller letters and the chipboard ones are perfect.

I used my tacky glue...it's nice and thick.

With your finger smear some glue on a small area and tear of small chunks of live moss

press it down and repeat.

So simple.

I had no problems....the moss stayed on perfectly.

If you don't like the little strays the stick out....give your letters a little trim.

Eeeek...I love it.

Happy is one of my favorite words.

(the mantle is a work in progress at this time....I'll show you that when it's done too)

This indeed makes me HAPPY.

For under $20 I have a whole live moss words...that's awesome.

(NOTE: the P would not stand on it's own, it's weighted unevenly on the loop side so I stuck some poster putty behind those and it did the trick.)

If you make moss letters of your own I would LOVE to see them.