Welcome to the 2016 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be joining this group of ladies again! Thank you to Erlene at My Pinterventures for putting this all together. This year, there are 11 pairs of partners or 22 talented ladies participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple – create a handmade ornament for under $15 to exchange with a partner and create a tutorial to share on the blog hop!
Erlene ⋅ My Pinterventures Kim · Made In A Day Amanda · The Kolb Corner
Shirley · Intelligent Domesticatons Michelle · Our Crafty Mom
Robin ·Redo It Yourself Inspirations Sherry · Olives-n-Okra
Nicki · Sweet Parrish Place Sherry · Savvy Apron Megan · C’mon Get Crafty
Jelica · A Pretty Fix Emily · Two Purple Couches Christene · Keys to Inspiration
Kati · Houseful of Handmade Beverly · Across the Blvd.
Jeanie · Create and Babble Erin · Suburban Simplicity
Terri · Christmas Tree Lane Maureen · Red Cottage Chronicles
Debra · Shoppe No. 5 Donna · Two Chicks and A Mom
Pamela · Home On The Corner
I love creating new ornaments for the holidays, and making one for someone else is even better! This year I was partnered with Kim, at Made in a Day. I have been following Kim for awhile now, so I was honored to make the ornament for her. I took a look at her tree from last year and saw that she liked anything rustic, gold and deer. I came up with something that incorporates all three elements.
I started out by looking for a deer silhouette on a Google search. Of course, there are hundreds to choose from, but I didn’t want my design to be too complicated since I was going to have to cut it out of felt. I found one I liked and printed it out. I also picked up supplies from Michaels- 2 sheets of felt, 3 small wooden plaques, small Christmas wreaths, and some ribbon. I also needed some cardstock to help the deer keep their form when they were mounted. I already had that on hand.
After printing out the deer silhouette, I cut it out. As you can see, I added a little extra to the neck so I would be able to mount it on the wood plaques.
I then traced with a pencil around the deer onto the felt.
To make sure all my pieces came out the same, I layered them before cutting. I placed the cardstock between 2 pieces of felt. I paper-clipped them together so they wouldn’t move while cutting, and cut all three pieces at the same time. The trickiest part was the antlers, but they came out okay in the end.
I added some tacky glue to the cardstock and attached the felt pieces on both sides. I trimmed up any pieces that needed it.
In order to attach the deer to the wood plaque, I took a little bit of one of the felt sides and separated it from the cardstock. Now I could glue those pieces onto the center of each of the wood plaques.
Embellishing each one was the fun part and is what helped them become more personal. I added a Christmas wreath to one, a red polka-dot ribbon to another and bakery twine with a bell to the last one.
I love how they turned out and hope Kim enjoys them on her tree!
I’m so glad you all came by for a visit today! Be sure to visit the other ladies too and check out all the great ornaments. There is also a link-up if you would like to link up your own creations. Have a Merry Christmas!
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HOME ON THE CORNER 
Your ornaments turned out so cute, love it!
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It was fun to put together too! Thanks!
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Pamela, these are so, so pretty. The base that you have placed them on really makes it look so special. And your attention to all the details makes all the difference. How adorable.
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Thank you Mary! They were really fun to put together too!
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I love this idea and it beautiful. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party. It’s great having you and hope to see you again this coming Sunday.
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Thank you so much!
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Oh my gosh, these are awesome!! Such an adorable idea!! Already pinned 🙂
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Thank you! Have a great week!
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This is so incredibly creative and cute! Very Christmas-y too! (If that’s a word, ha!)
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Thank you so much!
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Your deer ornaments are so cute! What a unique and fun ornament!
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Thank you so much! Have a wonderful week!
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These are too cute Pam!! What a clever idea a deer mount is for an ornament! I love them! Thanks so much!
Kim
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Yay! I’m so glad you liked them! I will be sending them out on Mon.!
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Wonderful deer hear ornament, very creative!
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Thank you! By the way, I love checking out your fashion posts. So fun!
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Wow! I just love these! Very creative!
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Thank you so much!
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Adorable! These would look great on any tree and I love the little touches on each one. Thanks for participating in the exchange.
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Thank you so much Erlene! And thanks for having me back this year! This really helps start out the holidays!
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I love this deer ornament. I am decorating with plaids and deers this year and these look easy to make. Thanks!
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It really wasn’t too difficult! I’m sure your tree will look lovely! Thanks for stopping by!
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This is one of the most adorable ornaments. I just love it and it is so creative.
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Thank you so much! I enjoyed creating it too!
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