$5 Friday: Globe upcycled for Spring!

I got this globe at a yard sale for $1! The axis thingy was broken, so I have been trying to figure out what I could do to turn it into a fun piece of Spring decor. Here's what I came up with...

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I love how it has an "earthy" feel {hahaha} with the natural elements of moss and flowers. I am excited to incorporate it into my Spring Mantel {hopefully I'll have that ready to show you next week!}

Here's how I created my beautiful spring globe:

I got this amazing moss "ribbon" at JoAnn's and it worked perfectly for cutting out all of the continents. I made a simple pattern using plastic and a chalk marker to trace around the continents. Once all of my moss was cut out, I painted all the "land" on the globe in a green color to match the moss. Then I used a lot of hot glue to complete the project! I glued the moss on first, and then started gluing the flowers one at a time. I found these robin's egg blue paper flowers at a scrapbook store years ago! They have been sitting in my craft room and I was so happy to finally find the perfect use for them :) I started out gluing them pretty close together, but soon realized that I wouldn't have enough flowers to fill the entire "ocean" so I started spacing them out strategically at the top and base of the globe. I really like the end result with the original pacific ocean showing through!

I even left a special spot to show the original globe manufacturer's name:

So, what do you think?

I love it!!!

{And it really did cost me less than $5... $1 for the globe, $3 for the moss ribbon -- I got it for 75% off because the package was opened-- and the flowers were free!}

What are you doing to bring a little "spring" in?

{Oh, and p.s. I'm entering this project in the American Crafter auditions :) Check it out!}

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