When I've been thinking too much I like to check out by doing a little embroidery. I find it easy to just concentrate on the stitches and not think about much else. It is nice.
For the last three nights I've been embroidering this fake moss and I must say I'm delighted by it! Perhaps I'm being a bit delusional about it, but it looks almost real to me.
I added a few flowers and some tiny glass beads to look like water droplets. Real moss does not have flowers, but there is a sub-shrub (think that basically means low growing shrub) called Pixie Moss that looks like moss and has flowers.
While I love real plants, I'm pretty excited this terrarium doesn't ever need water!
I will write a quick tutorial for it if people express some interest. Leave a comment if you want to make your own faux moss terrarium.
Oooh, this is so cute! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Kelly | November 07, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Oh I love moss! I have again and again tried to keep moss in the house but it is just not its natural surrounding so it soon withers away. I would enjoy and appreciate a tutorial very much and try to get moss in the house again. Your project is very very beautiful! Thank you for showing and being inspirational! Greetings from Germany
Posted by: Claudia | November 05, 2009 at 03:05 AM
I'd love to embroider moss for a terrarium. It looks great!
Posted by: moizissimo.livejournal.com | November 01, 2009 at 10:09 AM
This is fantastic! I grow something called Irish Moss in my garden and it gets little white flowers on it! It is also often called Scotch Moss.
Posted by: AlwaysInspired | October 29, 2009 at 12:10 PM
I'm working on the tutorial now and making my second terrarium.
J.Loo--Yes, it is french knots! I've padded it underneath to give it that slightly lumpy moss look.
Vanessa--It would be adorable with a red mushroom. I'm going to post some fun things I found on etsy that could be used in the terrarium. Some cute mushrooms will be included.
Posted by: keyka | October 29, 2009 at 09:50 AM
oh oh i would love a tutorial. I kill most plants and my terrarium attempt was not exception. Fake plants will live forever!
Posted by: Peacock Chic | October 28, 2009 at 08:06 PM
Go ahead and recount my vote a couple of times to bump the number up! I'm a failure at "real" terrariums and would love to have one I theoretically could not kill. :D
Posted by: theAisforAmy | October 28, 2009 at 02:56 PM
That's lovely! I'm quite bad with flowers, I'd love to have such a terrarium that doesn't need water. ^^ If you have the time a tutorial would be nice.
Posted by: amelie no mori | October 28, 2009 at 02:04 PM
Cute! Could see making something like this (with a little red mushroom maybe) for my daughter's room.
Posted by: Vanessa | October 28, 2009 at 09:22 AM
The moss is made of french knots? How lovely! I've been meaning of making a terrarium, but I would never think of making fake moss and flowers. What a creative idea!
Posted by: J.Loo | October 28, 2009 at 09:10 AM
I would love a tutorial on this cute craft. Thanks!
Posted by: Angie | October 27, 2009 at 10:56 PM