DIY Glitter Leaf Wreath and Fall Mantel

One of my favorites pieces in my house is my Faux Deer Head (currently on sale!) that I grabbed last year. I hung it up above our mantel, and pretty much every decoration has revolved around him.
(Click to see Christmas and Valentines Day.)
This year, as I was prepping for my wreath and fall mantel, I wasn’t exactly digging how he looked, ‘floating’ by his lonesome. Yes, our deer is a he, and just might have a name.
Nothing a little glitter can’t fix, am I right?

He does look a tad bit sad before…..

This took just a few minutes, and something that my littles could help me with.
Materials:
1. Mixture of Leaves. I wanted to use real, but we have been in a monsoon for three weeks and those suckers are wet and still green. So using my paper cutter, I cut out several shapes. No leaves were hurt in the glitterfying process.
2. Different shades of glitter for fall. Bronze, Gold, Brown, Black….chunky and fine.
3. Mod Podge
4. Small Artist Paint Brush
5. Double Stick Tape

Directions:
Cut out or collect leaves.
Paint leaves with a thin coat of mod podge.
Sprinkle with Glitter and let dry.
Tape around the deer in a circle.

sources:
jute chevron pumpkins // fur stool // gray chair and a half // pom pom blanket // papier mache deer head
tutorials for items shown:
Illuminated JOY Letters // Gold Studded Canvas // DIY Striped Drop Cloth Curtains // Gold Tassel Banner

I have teamed up with several other bloggers whom I adore for a Festival of Fall Series this week!

I would love for you to visit each of the other blogs who are participating with me

in the Festival of Fall, hosted by The Everyday Home blog and Barb Garrett.

Each day will be a different theme, and I am sure you will

love seeing all the great projects presented each day –

so please come back and see what’s new.

Monday:  Fall Crafts

Tuesday: Fall Recipes

Wednesday: Fall DIY

Thursday: Fall Decor

Friday: Fall Home Tours

Here is the full schedule for the Festival of Fall:

Monday:  Fall Crafts

1) Two Thirty Five Designs

2) Practically Functional

3) Thoughts from Alice

4) Tried and True

5) Our Southern Home

Tuesday: Fall Recipes

1) Not Just Paper and Paint

2) A Turtle’s Life for Me

3) Cupcakes and Crinolines

4) Town and Country Living

5) Sweet Pea

Wednesday: Fall DIY

1) Kirb Appeal

2) Always Never Done

3) Decor Adventures

4) Country Design Style

5) denise designed

Thursday, Fall Decor

1) Sondra Lyn at Home

2) Stonegable

3) What Meegan Makes

4) Chaotically Creative

5) Major Hoff Takes a Wife

Friday, Fall Home Tours

1) Craftberry Bush

2) Top This, Top That

3) White Lace Cottage

4) Domestically Speaking

5) Create and Babble

 

Monday- Fall Crafts

Tuesday- Fall Recipes

Wednesday- Fall DIY

Thursday- Fall Decor

Friday- Fall Home Tour