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I made moss letters to hang on the entry doors at our venue. I am so happy with how they turned out! It was a very easy DIY project, so it helped boost my confidence for future projects!

Materials (all purchased from Hobby Lobby):

  • 12" wood letters (2 @ $1.99 ea)
  • 1 525-cu. in bag of Spanish Moss ($3.00; regularly $5.99, but floral items were 50% off.)
  • 1 can of Elmer's spray adhesive ($6.99)
  • Gold spray paint (had on hand from another project)
  • Newspaper
  • Scissors 

Total cost: $14

I loosely followed instructions from PW brides EmeraldLover and HLRhea. Note: This project was pretty messy, so I did it out on the patio! The moss gets everywhere!

Here are the plain letters:

DIY Moss letters photo 1

First, I spray painted them gold and let them dry.

DIY Moss letters photo 2

Then I sprayed the adhesive in one-inch strips, and stuck a small bunch of moss in place. Some people have used hot glue guns, but I would have ended up with burnt fingers :-)

DIY Moss letters photo 3

I continued doing this until both letters were covered.

DIY Moss letters photo 4

Finally, I trimmed the excess moss around the edges to clean up the letters. And voila! Super easy DIY!

DIY Moss letters photo 5 DIY Moss letters photo 6

Posted on 09/26/2010 at 07:11 pm | 10 comments

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09/28/2010 at 11:37 am

I *LOVE* moss letters!

They turned out great!

I cannot wait to see them in action!

09/28/2010 at 11:38 am

Great job ~ they are beautiful!

I agree, I burn my fingers with hot glue guns.  I didn't know there was spray adhesive, makes sense I just didn't know.  That was genius!

09/28/2010 at 12:06 pm

Awesome job!!  $14...WOW, well worth it!!

09/28/2010 at 04:30 pm

Awesome! They turned out great! I wanted moss letters, but got lazy... damn laziness! Ugh...

P.S. Can you pleeeease have your wedding sooner?! I'm dying to see it hehe ;)

12/27/2010 at 11:18 am

They came out great girl!  I plan to do something similar using shells possibly!

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03/18/2011 at 10:35 am

Another great job!

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03/28/2011 at 09:30 am

great idea! I love how they came out!

05/03/2011 at 08:57 am

Dang another great job!

Why am I just know seeing these?!?! I should have bio stalked you a long time ago ;)

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01/20/2012 at 10:30 am

C-U-T-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

01/27/2012 at 08:32 am

So cutee!

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