Lately, I'm into something new, something I wanted to do since late last year - to learn how to wool felt. I bought myself a reindeer kit to get myself started, however I ended up hoarding it and didn't manage to attempt. In view of this upcoming holiday season, I thought it'd be a good time to clear my stash. And yes, I've finally attempted!!! If you guys have been following me on my Instagram, some of you probably have seen a couple of my wool felting posts. Took me some time to get a hang of it and I'm still learning to get hold of the technique correctly.
Though the pictorial instructions on the kit seem relatively easy to follow, I faced difficulties in getting the reindeer in shape. Then I got to realize the kit is probably a little challenging for a pure beginner like me. I should have started on something more straightforward and simple before moving on to more difficult ones. But heck, Christmas is here and I couldn't wait to get the reindeer done. At the end of the day, after struggling through I manage to finish off this bugger...
Apparently I had made this reindeer a little smaller than what was expected. I'd think it looks good for its size and to make it more adorable, I made him hug a Christmas tree with a jingle bell. Too cute! Just for that I had to make something to house him. And I made a hall just for this reindeer, my virgin wool felt!! Can't think of a better way than to deck the halls!
I used one of the boxes from Tim Holtz's vignette boxes as the hall. Painted a layer of crimson red over and finished with a touch of gold paint at the edges to tone down the already rustic look of the box in order to cater for this holiday season. This would seems like the hall has been refurbished. Decking the halls with boughs of holly wasn't easy. Certainly I find Graphic 45 St. Nicholas paper collection the perfect choice for this project (I still love working with Graphic 45, undeniably). Together with all my previous Alpha Stamp Christmas stash and Petaloo pine corn picks, everything just fit well into the theme. I had indeed spent hours digging through my stash to find these holly-related elements. And finally I managed to get the look I want.
How can I miss the little reindeer? He gets to sit in a bed of vintage Christmas flower soft bed!!
Added branches at the sides with some holly leaves hanging down to complete the entire theme. I thought it'd be nice to add some creature in the midst of a landscape and there it is, I found a miniature deer charm!!
And so forth, this hall for the reindeer is just this small, handy enough to hold. I hope you guys have been spending some great fun time in decorating your halls for this Christmas. I had so much fun (from juicing my creative brain cells) in decking this small little hall.
Here is a list of Supplies I had used for this project:
- Graphic 45 St. Nicholas paper collection (6" x 6" pattern & solids, 8" x 8" paper pad)
- Tim Holtz Idea-ology (vignette boxes, Christmas word band, mini plaquettes)
- Tim Holtz Alterations (Sizzix mini holiday greens thinlits)
- Ribbons (black & white checked flat braid, golden brown sweeper fringe, advent calendar tag ribbon set)
- Flower Soft (vintage Christmas)
- Holly Elements (gold holly berries mix, holly & berry picks, pine corn picks, dark red holly berries)
- Acrylic Paints (Golden quinacridone crimson, Daler Rowney pale gold & rich gold)
- Charms and other stash (miniature deer, fleur dresden, 1/4" mushroom plugs, jingle bells, miniature Christmas brush tree, metal branches, wooden 2D trophy antlers, reindeer wool felt kit)
