Table Top Moss Ball

A few weeks ago, I was inspired by Marty's, A Stroll Thru Life, moss ball arrangement.  So, in the meantime, I've been collecting elements to make my own.  I found a wooden pedestal that you previously got a peek of.  I also found two grapevine wreaths and a box of potpourri, all from the thrift store.

 Pedestal reminder.

After I primed it, I painted it red, then black.  Then it got some distressing.  Normally, I like the red peeking out of the black, but this time I didn't love it.  Then I went over the entire thing with walnut stain.

But it's not that big of a deal.

 Just like Marty, I made a newspaper ball, then hot-glued my moss to it.  I used the first grapevine wreath as a base for the ball.

 I hot glued some of the nuts and pinecones and leaves.  Some of them just got tucked in.

I untwisted the second wreath and broke some pieces off to loop it over the moss ball.

The flower is real, it's one of those preserved ones.  I can't decide if it looks too "fake-y" or not, but I'm leaving it in for now.   I'm sorry to have to do these tight photos on my buffet.  I'm working in the dining room, so it's in a state of flux right now.

I had a busy weekend and I have a busy week ahead of me, which includes a trip to my mom's.  (Her house is an hour and a half away, so it's no quick trip.)  Before I go to her house, I'd like to get this done:

It's a queen-sized headboard I got to replace her old king-sized one, and it needs some work.  It was a CL find.  I chose this one because I really liked the lines.  It is pretty beat up.  I paid the seller $20--I'm not sure if it was even worth that (sorry thrift mavens).  I'm hoping it will look good - heck, I'll shoot for "great" - when it's done.   The weather in FL is hitting normal summer weather, which means the humidity is sky high.  I'll have to work on this outside, so I hope I can get the paint to dry.  (I may move it indoors for that.)

Even though this post isn't technically a tabletop.  I'm going to link with Marty's Tabletop Tuesday, since she was my inspiration.  If you would like to see a patriotic tabletop, please hop over to my prior post.

There is still time to enter my patriotic star  Giveaway.

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