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    Home » Holidays

    Decorating With Vintage Plastic Deer

    Published by Pam Kessler | 626 words. · About 4 minutes to read this article. -

    Christmas is going to be here before I know it and I have hardly shown any of my Christmas decor yet, let alone do a home tour like all the fancy blogs do.

    Well, I think I'll forget the home tour this year and just show you some of my dear friends who stopped by. Who happen to be deer.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    I bought a box o' deer in the summer at a yard sale and had visions of throwing them all in a huge glass vase and just having a jumble of deer.

    But then I got to thinking that it might not be the best thing to do with some of them being boys and some of them being girls. And them being in close proximity to each other.

    And well, you know that 7 months from now (yes, I Googled the gestation period of a deer) I'd have a deer population explosion on my hands.

    So I thought I'd better separate them.

    I have a couple of them in my vignette on the entryway table.

    Retro plastic deer Christmas decor

     

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    FYI, you can totally see the top of my head in that photo above. Right above the lantern. And I have sunglasses on my head indoors??? No idea why.

    Vintage plastic blow mold snowman.

    One of them has taken up residence in my kitchen on a stool.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

     

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    I put a baby one in my glass fronted cabinet in the kitchen.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    I made the "snow" just by cutting up some fusible webbing and then taped it to the front of the shelves.

    I hear some people actually sew with it.

    Super simple. Super festive. Sort of retro looking.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

     

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    On a side note, no deer involved, I threw my thrifted Christmas tin in my metal basket on the counter and put some Christmas cookie cutters in a glass jar.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    Looks like the cookie cutters won't be making it out of the jar this year. I just don't have the patience for those kind of cookies this year.

    No Bake Cookies are more my style.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    I also have one deer on the vintage spindly table in the living room. It's very minimalistic.

    I threw some faux holly in a galvanized pail (sap bucket???) and I have to say that this is one of my favorite vignettes.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    Nothing fancy, nothing planned, just using what I had on hand.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    OK, so for my red truck that I bought at the Country Living Fair this year I was going to tie one to the hood.

    But then thought that might be a little too "dark". Can't have that at Christmastime.

    So now, they're just standing safely on the side of the "road".

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    BTW, when my son was little I used to tell him the deer that had been hit and were laying along the side of the road were sleeping.

    Yes, I lied to my son. Better than trying to explain life and death, right?

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    To loosely carry on the deer theme, I threw some faux antlers in my coffee table centerpiece.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    And we can't forget my dearest friend of all.

    Using vintage Christmas deer in your holiday decor

    I picked up the Frosty The Snowman-ish hat at Target in the dollar bin section (although it was $3). After I got it home I realized it was too large to fit between the antlers, so it is just sort of thrown on there.

    The scarf was from Dollar Tree! I actually bought two of them and sewed them together to make it long enough. Who knew that a deer's neck was larger than a person's?

    OK, I'm off to do some gift wrapping now that the deer are safely separated from each other. That and take a nap. I inherited my son's cold and am having a hard time staying awake to finish this post 🙂

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    1. Marissa

      December 18, 2013 at 8:03 pm

      Sweet deer.
      Love this fun post! I have a deer with pearls on its neck. Love it ..

    2. Sherry @ No Minimalist Here

      December 18, 2013 at 7:45 pm

      Pam, Your home is beautiful! Great idea with the snow on the cabinets. I hope you have a wonderful holiday.
      xx,
      Sherry

    3. AntiqueChase

      December 18, 2013 at 7:09 pm

      the deer with the scarf and hat... 🙂

    4. Linda

      December 18, 2013 at 6:33 pm

      hello and Merry Christmas !!!! I love your retro touches, the vintage cookie tin, cookie cutters, deer's etc....awesome.......I am not a cookie cutter type either, it is either drops cookies, cake or pie...

    5. Joanne Noragon

      December 18, 2013 at 2:58 pm

      I have a friend who claimed he tossed his wedding ring (post divorce) up in the air and it came down over an antler. However it arrived, it's still there.
      Your deer vignettes are lovely. As Olive noted, they look like they're conspiring to some end or another.

    6. Vickie @ Ranger 911

      December 18, 2013 at 2:22 pm

      It all looks lovely and festive, Pam! Your deer look to be right at home in their settings, but I think you got it all wrong! If you put them all together, imagine the well stocked Etsy shop you'd be opening for next year! I've been hit with the bug, too, and I hope we both feel better. 🙂

    7. Olive

      December 18, 2013 at 2:18 pm

      Your deer are likely talking to each other and conspiring to get together whilst y'all are sleeping. The shot of the stool is amazing. I am pinning it. Hope you feel better, Olive

    8. Laurel@ChippingwithCharm

      December 18, 2013 at 1:30 pm

      Adorable! Love them all 🙂 I'm visualizing the deer on the roof of your little truck too...hahaha!

    9. Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures

      December 18, 2013 at 12:44 pm

      Oh deer, what a fun post. You had me laughing at the thought of all those deer thrown into a vase to do...whatever. Love the way you have them scattered around.....they're perfect!

    10. Cynthia

      December 18, 2013 at 12:13 pm

      What beautiful touches for Christmas. I think some of us are so behind since Thanksgiving was so late. I don't like that it makes everything so rushed and pressured. Love the scarf around your deer and you deer collection.

      Cynthia

    11. Carlene @ Organized Clutter

      December 18, 2013 at 12:12 pm

      I love all of your deer! I pinned several!

    12. Kim @ Savvy Southern Style

      December 18, 2013 at 11:14 am

      What a cute collection of deer. I probably won't have a full tour until after Christmas since time and days are running out.

    13. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces

      December 18, 2013 at 11:11 am

      Oh I love all of your wonderful deer and Christmas decorations...and I'm still laughing about tying a deer to the top of the truck...

    14. Musings from Kim K.

      December 18, 2013 at 11:09 am

      Your deer look very happy and festive in your home. You know I'm loving the icicle cupboards. Perfect touch. The plaid scarf and hat looks awesome on your deer mount. We sold the two deer mounds that we thrifted for Josie's birthday June party to an antique store. If we would have kept them, I would have done the exact same thing. Well done, Pam. Get some rest.

    15. Sally Kelly

      December 18, 2013 at 11:01 am

      Oh deer! Feel better soon, and Merry Christmas.

    16. Curtains in My Tree

      December 18, 2013 at 10:05 am

      My favorite is the red kitchen stool and the of course your deer head with his plaid scarf on

      Merry Christmas

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