When I saw
those little reindeer skulls I just knew I wanted to have them. I’m usually not
the skull-decoration kind of person but these somehow fascinated me….I really
love their color especially (and obviously) the copper one. And they are handmade and fair-trade which is just a huge extra plus!
As I try
not to spend too much money on decoration and other items I often set myself a
goal and when I fulfill it I treat myself with something as a reward. And
those little reindeer skulls just seemed like a perfect reward hahaha
Anyway, I felt like
they needed to be placed on a colorful background in order to really shine to
their full potential. As you might remember I painted my dining nook in a deep
blue color. Originally I was planning to hang them there but then instead I
decided on some copper polka dots. I tried adding them to the polka dots but it
just didn’t work.
In the end
I decided to place them on a piece of wood which I would color before and hang
them in the hallway across of my San Francisco map.
I started
with figuring out the right size of background I need: I spread out the three
sculls and once I was happy with the arrangement I measured the space needed.
In a hardware store I bought a thin piece of wood as I did for my San Franciscomap DIY.
Then I
sanded the wood down so it would absorb the color better. I still had some
color left from painting the dining nook so despite the fact that it was wall
paint I used it on the piece of wood and it worked out fine.
Afterwards
I used some Tesa Power Strips (I love power strips :D ) to attach the reindeers
to the piece of wood. I still had some spiked left from the San Francisco map DIY so I used them to attach the piece of wood to the wall.
I totally
love the result – although the reindeer skulls are quite small they really stand
out in front of the deep blue color. Would you hang this up?