Gilded Reindeer: How to Makeover Second Hand Christmas Decor

A couple years ago my parents passed on a bunch of their Christmas decorations to us.  A lot of these knick knacks bring me back to my childhood.  As much as I love the nostalgic feeling they give me some of them are bit out dated {I know what you're thinking a snowman is a snowman!}but I like to add my own little touch to them. Case in point this porcelin reindeer.....

Cute? Yes. Festive? Yes.

But in my mind homey was in need of a makeover.

Something more my style. Something more modern.

Originally, I was going to just spray paint him all white {yawn} but then Mari of Crab + Fish kept sharing all these awesome gilded projects; like this gold pumpkin and this moose makeover and I knew right away this technique was exactly what Mr. Doe a Deer needed.

 

Have you ever played with Martha Stewart's liquid gilding ?

It's a leafing paint that my husband said reminded him alot of model paint.

It can be easily applied to a variety of surfaces {glass, wood, canvas, etc...}with a small paint brush.

I just love the rich and gorgeous metallic color it leaves behind!

After allowing the liquid gilding to dry I brushed some Mod Podge glue onto the little guy's antlers and sprinkled them with some silver glitter.

Because glitter makes everything better, right?

 

Now I'm a bit obsessed with this whole gilding technique.

I seriously want to gild everything; pinecones, thrift store mirrors, my dogs........

 

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