All Antlers

 

Here it is...my bare, boring shelf above my TV. It's only been driving me nuts ever since I moved into my house. I put this garland up during Christmas & thought I will figure out something cute to put up there later. & after months & lots of dreaming of what would look awesome it's done!!!

I can't take all the credit for this idea! My Grandpa is my HERO! He is an old cowboy & I have always looked up to him! Memories of horse races, hunting, going to the animal auctions & much more with my Gramps (I've always called him this) are dear to my heart! He came up with the idea to put sheds up on this shelf, then bought me this cute birdhouse for my birthday.

He talked with all his buddies at the coffee shop & collected all the antlers for me! Then I made a rope, burlap, pinecone garland to wrap around the antlers! Then the next idea came to me while I was going to sleep one night! & I have to say I'm so proud of it!

 

The baby had finished off her oatmeal cereal & I thought I bet I could make something with this, so I saved it! Then it hit me one night...I could make a vase with my left over rope from the garland!

 

 

I had a bottle of this plastic bonding spray paint laying around in the garage, so I tore off all the packaging on the cereal container & spray painted it.

I added the rope around the top of the container where the lid had screwed on. Then searched through my craft room & came up with some left over burlap & a piece of brown burlap ribbon I had left over from the garland! My best friend, HOT GLUE, put it all together!!!

 

 

I just can't stop staring at my shelf!!! I love how it turned out & finally bit by bit the house is becoming my HOME!!!