Oh Deer, How it All Began

Last December when I went on the Bethany Christian Services Homes for the Holidays tour I started getting pressure for Hubby and me to put our home on the 2013 tour.  While in Snohomish we visited Joyworks and I spotted a deer in the window.  I told Hubby that if we were going to be on tour I was going to make a deer like the one we saw in Joywork's window.

My first step was to find a lighted deer.  I found one at our thrift store for $5.  I took him home and threw him into the attic for months.  Then I did some research, bought the economy size mod podge and a hymnal from the thrift store.  Hubby rewired him because he was motorized to have his head turn.

I didn't really find instructions online so I just decided to tear, glob on the mod podge and crunch it to the deer form.

It actually went pretty quickly.  I definitely spent a lot more time obsessing over the deer than actually making the deer.

Even though I planned to glitter the antlers I covered them with songbook pages too.

Since our guys are gone we stored him in their bathroom to dry.

I used a very inexpensive poinsettia for the corsage.  Glammed it up using ribbon, vintage ornaments, and feathers.  Bits and bobs, as I say.

The antlers got a heavy coat of mod podge, the silver glittered type.  Who knew that existed? 

Then I added a heavy dusting of German glass glitter.  Thanks Chris!

Since the owl ornaments on the tree are all wearing crowns I crowned my deer too.

The tree in our master bedroom is decorated using neutral colors, burlap, silver, gold and critters from the forest.  I have a remote for the lights on my bedside table.  It's pretty dreamy as we fall asleep.

Shelly aka Shellaflora created the green branches and icy twig display,  I added other urns with touches of silver and gold.

The wing back chairs are a cozy spot to do some reading while enjoying cocoa and banket, a Dutch almond pastry.

I picked up the set of deer on the armoire at a garage sale this summer, they were gold.  They got a coat of Annie Sloane chalk paint, glittered antlers and burlap scarves to keep them cosy.

The hall leading into the master bedroom had just a hint of what was to come inside the room.  A bird's nest, pictures of our family on Camano Island and some of the heart shaped rocks that my guys have collected for me.

A bit of outdoors brought inside for the Christmas season, from a family that loves the Pacific Northwest.