I love decorating for the holidays!!! Can you tell?! 
It is a bummer the only mantle in our house is in our bedroom… I still gotta make it cute! It is kinda weird to think Santa would tip toe by my bed while I am sleeping….but what can you do??!
I found these adorable little houses on a local vintage facebook page that I follow. I got the whole set for $20! I love them. My grandma used to make houses like these…makes me happy to look at them and think of Christmas at Grandma Harriet’s house.
These cute little deer are from Hobby Lobby. I am using them all over my house this year!
The God Bless Us Everyone banner is from a cute Etsy shop called The Bee’s Knees – check it out!
I’m a sucker for vintage glass candy dishes and teal mason jars.
Now that you have seen the inside of my bedroom 😉 Let’s move on to the DIY part of this post! RUDOLPH!!!
I really wanted a cute deer head on my mantle, but all the options are kinda pricey. So- I solved that problem with a piece of plywood from Home Depot!
I drew out a reindeer head on paper, put it in my projector
I bought my projector
Using my hand held jigsaw I cut out the traced image.
After sanding it down I wrapped it in fabric and lace. You could easily skip/change this step and just paint it a fun color. But, I am like an old lady and I love lace….so there ya go! An old curtain from the thrift store is now hot glued to onto my Rudolph head. Saaweet! So cute. I made a pom-pom for the red nose- glued that sucker on and DIZ-A-LEE DONE!
What kind of projector is the one you’re using? I bought a cheap one from michaels and returned it because it didn’t project clear enough images. I love your reindeer! Thanks so much!
Anji.
I ADORE your mantle!! And hey–as long as your room is clean, leave the door open and show it off!!!!
How did you get that adorable reindeer to stay up on the wall!?
I love this! It’s by far my favorite mantel this year. It’s so cheerful and colorful – just my style. Question. Or, questions. Ha! How did you attach the deer head? I imagine it’s kind of heavy? Also, where did you find those awesome santa silhouettes? I don’t normally love santa decor, but i love those!
Hi Kimberly! I attached a wire to the back of the reindeer and hung it will a metal hook. It really isn’t too heavy because the wood is pretty thin. The Santa silhouettes are my design, I sell these in my Etsy shop. They will be up for sale on Monday for this year.
Also, are there really 12 people in your family?? (i.e. 12 stockings
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No that was for a 12 days of Christmas service project. Each day we pull a little paper out and do a good deed.
Can you provide the template for this deer or a link to the online image?
I hand drew that one deer head. I will try to find my drawing and post that to able to print. Thanks for asking!
Can you share a picture of your houses?! My great grandma used to make those, I would love to be able to eye out the pattern and make my own!