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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