When it came to making Christmas presents this year, I wanted to do a DIY theme. Only appropriate for this DIY gal, right? I had saved up a few DIY projects in my "someday" folder (don't we all have one of those?!), so I pulled from there when it came to choosing DIY gifts to give.

First up? Something for my mom. I fell in love with Jen's monogram project as soon as I read this post and knew I wanted to make it for someone. My mom absolutely loves funky things scattered throughout her house, so I just knew she'd love her initial done up moss-style. Easy choice for madre!

Here's how I made it.

Supplies:
-plastic initial (found my version at Hobby Lobby)
-moss
-glue gun
-lots of patience and a few episodes of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on the DVR


Essentially, this project just takes a whole lotta glue-gunning (hence the need for episodes of RHBH).

My advice is to be patient but overzealous with the moss. You don't want to skimp- your initial wreath needs to be nice and full. The name of the game is lots o' moss. And slowly but surely... voila! You have a moss wreath!


I hung it up on my wall before giving it to my mom, just for an idea of how it would look in her house.


And mom loved it, which is what matters most-est. It's already on her living room bookshelf!

Don't you just love simple and sweet projects like this?!