Saturday, February 5, 2011

We Want a Shrubbery!

Ten points if you get that reference!  And if you don't, I strongly urge you to play the video below and educate yourselves!

Anywho.  Remember my obsession with topiaries?  Since we're getting married in a garden, these beauties fit in perfectly with our decor.  We're using these placecard holders:

When our guests first walk into our reception, they will be greeted with a table filled with these placecard holders.  We also wanted the table to have some sort of banner on it with larger topiaries, like this:

We decided to go the DIY route for the larger topiaries.  Which mean...time for another tutorial!  Yay!

Materials
  • Moss-covered balls (you could get Styrofoam balls and cover them with moss, but I found moss-covered balls at Michael's)
  • Two thick wooden dowels (or one long dowel and a saw)
  • Brown paint
  • Two terra cotta pots
  • Dried moss (to fill the pots)
  • Ribbon/rope/baker's twine
  • Card stock
Instructions

Most dowels come in that awful saw-dust color, so the first step in this process is to paint them a more natural bark shade.

Next, fill the pots with moss and place the dowels in the pots.

As you can see from the picture, it might be a good idea to do this project outside!  The moss shed, and I got lots of dirt everywhere.  That would not have been fun to clean out of carpet!

Next, poke a hole in each ball with scissors.  This will make room for the dowel.

Stick the moss-covered ball on the dowel and twist to secure.

For the banner, I printed out our names, with the letters spread out.  I used my 2″ tag punch to punch out the letters.  Then, I taped each tag to some baker's twine and tied each end to a "trunk."

Oh hi, Lion Corgi!

{all personal photos}

The entire project took about 7 minutes...woot!  How has your wedding's setting inspired your DIY projects?

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