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Sunday 11 December 2011

A Little Kitschmas Crafting

Earlier this month I had a go at turning these ...



into this ... 


I was inspired by Betty Crafter's Wreaths on her fabulous blog, all her Xmas makes and finds are retro to die for, do take a look. 
I started with a polystyrene wreath form and wrapped it in tinsel. Then it was just a case of hot glue gunning everything into place - with a designer's eye (ahem). 


I did wire the deer and her fawn to stop them straying. 
I'm pleased to say all the baubles were bought from Charity Shops - if you get there early enough in December you'll find the cream of the vintage crop for next to nothing. The deer came from a vintage fair - a good price too as these are getting quite pricey on the likes of eBay and Etsy.



Then ... as tis the Season ... I had a wonderful day of edible crafting over at Gail's of One Million Gold Stars. 


Gail had pre-prepared the cookie dough, you can find her reproduction of the recipe and instructions on Domestic Sluttery. All I had to do was cut and decorate and with Gail's guidance I had a go at floating the icing so the biscuits are covered uniformly. We then ate went to town with sprinkles and baubles.


Yum!

Happy Holidays Everybody

3 comments:

Thimbleanna said...

OhMyGosh!!! I LOVE that wreath -- you did a fantastic job. I've just been thinking how much I'd love to track down some deer -- I'm seeing them a lot these days and they're so darn cute. Those cookies are looking good too -- I'll bet you girls had a great time!

BoPeep said...

Love it. I have quite the collection of broken and mismatched Christmas trinkets. This is perfect. Heading over to Betty's right now...

Jen O said...

The cute deer put this gorgeous retro wreath over the top-love it!

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