No moose were harmed in the making of this post....

Mum bought this moose for my little brother sometime 7-10 years ago. I stole it 4-6 years ago and it has been hanging in my guest room. It's awesome. For some reason I was thinking I would probably get rid of it.... I am very confused by this train of thought...what's wrong with me? Thank goodness Micah took notice of it a few weeks ago and  he LOVES it! He likes to talk to it and give it hugs and kisses. 

 So I decided he needed some garland- I've been looking for an excuse to make some felted ball garland for ages. I'm still not sure how I want to drape it over his horns. But I guess I have time to figure that out.  

I can't wait to start setting up the new rooms... unfortunately since I am not ready for Micah to sleep in the twin bed it will probably be another two months... I would feel bad decorating the nursery in pink and making him sleep it it- he already has enough issues- haha. It will be here soon enough though so I don't feel the need to rush it!

Cork Balls

Uber and I were out window shopping last week and we popped into Anthropology to get out of the heat (yes heat!) as always their window displays were amazing, they had a cork instillation which I snapped a (terrible) picture of with my phone

I found this picture online of another store... ours was prettier 

So I decided to make some of my own cork balls because it looked like fun... here's a quick run down if anyone wants to make their own completely useless decoration!

You'll need

Corks

pruning sheers

styrofoam balls

brown pearl cotton or twing

long needle

hot glue gun

moss

I chopped the corks in half so the ball would have the look of a larger ball (corks being tighter together)

Grab a couple of Styrofoam balls in different sized- I checked the clearance section and found old snowball ornaments from Christmas and was able to  re-purpose them

I wanted the option to hang them so I threaded a long needle with pearl cotton and knotted a loop at the end

skewer the ball

hot glue the top knot in place, then tie off the bottom and hot glue

now the fun part - start adding your corks. I found working out from a center point seemed to work best. You can clip a little of the edges at the base of the corks off to keep them tighter as you go

Fill in all of the crevices with a dot of glue and moss

And you're finished! Place the balls randomly on shelves in your home...

I realized I have never showed you any of my gifts so here is one- Uber got me a Breville Frother if you love frothed milk in your coffee or hot chocolate you NEED this I mean look---

How amazing is that?! The funny thing is that I've never actually used it because he makes me my coffee in the morning but it is the best gift ever!!