I thrifted this porcelain TRex on a whim with no intention of keeping him,
until my holiday spirit came about. I started by giving him light exfoliation, before priming.
Following my pink and red theme this holiday, I’m using cotton candy pink enamel paint all
over Rex. He consented to getting the area between his legs painted. It took about three light coats.
Then taking gold wire, I strapped a bottle brush tree to his back,
because Xmas Rex is a sneaky fella, and he’s helping Santa move trees.
Buying new holiday decor isn’t necessary, and if you’re on a budget, up cycling
thrifted items is a great option, and you end up with really unique decor.
If anyone’s watched Fantastic Fungi, you’ll know why I want to make more mushroom themed
things. Fungi, or on the show they say Funji, is definitely going to be the it item of 2022.
I have snap ball ornaments, and dried moss here. I’m adding some clear glue to keep it towards the
bottom of the ornament, before adding in these adorable miniature mushrooms that have built in
wires. If you pack a bunch of moss before, it helps the mushroom picks stay in place better,
plus I used a bit of hot glue to help with that. Then to make it a bit more festive,
I dusted the top lightly with white paint. You can use glitter too if you fancy.
This sort of inspires me for holiday 2022, maybe a magical forest themed decor
is coming up? For now, I’m just going to start a collection of miniature things
Here’s a quick one because I’ve been seeing big stores charge anywhere from 10 to $30 for
a stinking holiday garland. I have a variety of dollar store pom moms, and a multipack of
wood beads. You just need to string em together and you have the simplest holiday decor item.
Wrap it around your tree, hang it off a mantel or stair bannister, and you’re set.
If you saw my holiday decorate with me, I was feeling a bit lost about the tree topper,
until I was hit with this. I cut out the label on Cricut,
though you’re welcome to paint this on. We’re making a sign for the North Pole!
I started with red letters first on a white sign, but switched for white letters, red sign.
Take a wooden dowel, and glue a wood bead on top.
Then with any stiff board, mine is a foam board, I cut out a pointed arrow.
While my letters were being cut, I took scrap vinyl to wrap around the sign pole.
I then very carefully placed my vinyl over the arrow,
and cut away the excess. I wrapped whatever scrap vinyl I had left around the rest of the sign to
make it look more finished. Since this is a tree topper, all sides of it is going to be seen,
and I wanted it to look complete. I took an old tree topper and cut off the base to use as mine.
I love that this fits with my tree theme. I have a lot of doll and figurine ornaments,
and it totally fits with it. I think next year I’m going to try a new tree topper idea,
and we’re going to see if we can come up with a statement like this every year.