Shabby Love: December 2014

I came across this pin a few months ago

The pin itself is wall art made of washi tape! Genius! I loved the idea, but wanted to add my own twist to it for a project for my booth!

I've had this crate piece sitting around forever and I thought it would make the perfect backdrop for this fun deer head.

For my piece, I really wanted the shape of the deer head be the focus rather than the tape. So, instead of washi tape I used painter's tape and used the pin as my guide to create my deer head on the crate piece.

I dry brushed white paint over the tape and peeled it off once it was dry.

I love the mix of the wood tone with the white!!! It turned out better than I was hoping!!

I've got my eye out for another perfect piece of scrap wood to make another one!

I'm linking to the parties listed HERE and to:

Boogieboard Cottage

Knick of Time Tuesday

Liz Marie Blog

Common Ground

Thoughts from Alice

Fabulously Creative Friday at JenniferRizzo.com

Redoux Interiors

From My Front Porch to Yours

Persia Lou

I usually wait until after Thanksgiving to start all of my Christmas decorating, but we went away for the holiday and I wanted to come home with it all finished and able to enjoy it. I got most of it done before we left and finished things up last weekend!

I kept things pretty simple this year and only decorated our living room and kitchen.

We need a new tree, but I'm waiting until the end of the season when they go on sale. In the meantime, we went with a very unconventional look and I really kind of like it!