Christmas Deer Centerpiece

Today I am going to show you what I did with an extra container I had up in the attic. An extra $4 papier mache deer I had and some various floral picks , ribbon and greenery.

This is the finished product. I needed a center piece for my dining room. What to do ? What to do?

Some frosted fruit...............

A metal container with embossed fruit hhhhmmmmm can you see the light bulbs going off?

I gathered my supplies.............the deer, gold spray paint, floral supplies and of course that container!

A quick spray over with some satin gold spray paint.........it had been a kind of tan color before the paint went on..........

I was low on foam but cut what I had up to make it work.............

Some floral moss................

I placed the deer in the center and started loading in my greenery then my frosted fruits and some gold glittered instruments and finally I decided it needed some ribbon.......

Here is an old trick I picked up years ago. If you have some short ribbon pieces you don't know what to do with .....or even if you are not a "bow maker" you can make bows easily with some ribbon loops and some wooden floral picks. Or if you don't have any floral picks on hand, I didn't as I made this, use some wired stems that you have cut off from your floral supplies. Okay now make a loop.......

Take the wired ribbon loop and twist it on the extra piece of floral stem......or if you do have wired floral picks then take the wire on the pick and wrap it around the bottom of the ribbon loop. Wired ribbon works best for this. If you want an actual bow you can place several of the loops together to get the look of a bow. For the tails of the bow just twist one end of a long piece of ribbon to a pick and place in amongst the ribbons. This is a great way to make you ribbon go a long way. It takes very little ribbon to get this look and it can't be much easier can it?

Here you can see I added the ribbon loops among the greenery and frosted fruits to give it some layering. I love these gold glittered instruments and was happy to find a home for them in the arrangement.

There you have it a quick and easy arrangement on a whim. Hope you enjoyed this transformation. Visit Susan at Between Naps on the Porch by clicking here to find more wonderful Metamorphosis creations. Have a wonderful week!