Take That, Pottery Barn!

As we all know, Christmas is rapidly approaching. I'm a huge proponent of not decorating until after Thanksgiving (12:01 am the next day is totally acceptable) but that means I have to have all my decorations ready to go come that Friday. Last year I waited until after Thanksgiving to start shopping and it was a rude awakening. I didn't get half as much done as I wanted - and partly because all those Christmas freaks out there cleared the shelves by Halloween - (see: A Blunder-ful Life, a blog by my dear friend Stefani).

I've been thinking ALL YEAR about what kind of wreath I wanted to make for my door this year. Last year I made the beginners mistake of buying a live boxwood wreath from Ballard for eighty-seven-freaking-dollars that was dead by the 26th. To my dismay, I found them for $25 the next week at our local nursery. FML.

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon these at Pottery Barn.

I thought "jackpot!" one of these, hung from my door with red plaid ribbon would be perfect! Until I saw the price tag. SEVENTY- NINE DOLLARS. This must be a joke. I frantically checked the tags on every other letter, positive they had been mis-marked. Nope. The scrooges over at Pottery Bran really are peddling their adorably shabby moss letters for nearly $80. I hate you PB. (Just kidding, I love you! Please, I take it back, I didn't mean it!)

Over the next few days I couldn't get the idea out of my head. I wanted a moss letter like I wanted oxygen to breathe. On more than one occasion I found myself on their website with trembling hands, praying for the strength to not "add to cart". Then it dawned on me. My moss clouded mind had prevented me from thinking of it sooner. I can MAKE this!! How easy would it be?! Wooden letter. Hot Glue. Moss. Done.

14'' wood letter - $9
2 yards premium wired ribbon - $2.50
2 bags live moss - $6
TOTAL - $17.50

Here are a couple more pics of my fantastic holiday creation:

Debating what my next PB knock-off project will be. Perhaps a few of their insanely overpriced ornaments?