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DIY Natural Antlers
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Tara Marie
(IC: blogger)
Inspired by the products put out by Eco Deer, I made my own "natural antlers" and I will show you how to make your own!
I am obsessed with decorating with antlers, like a lot of other people these days. In my house, I have real antlers over my bed, on my mantle and on various shelves. I have fake ones scattered throughout the house as well. I have been seeing some other versions of antlers on Pinterest and blogs. In particular, I have seen some "natural antlers" by a company called Eco Deer. I LOVE the look and and all the options so I thought I could try my hand at some DIY natural antlers.
Here is what you will need:
Once the paint has dried, you will want to decide were to attach the test tubes to the plaque. (Make sure your test tubes fit in the hook/wire you choose to attach them to the plaque. My hooks needed a little help of a pliers to open them larger)
I just eyeballed where I wanted them to go on my plaque. Now most professionals will have pre-drilled some holes to screw the hooks into but not me. I just screwed my hooks right into the plaque and risked it. Pre-drilling is smarter as that will ensure the hooks have gone into the plaque straight and without risk of splitting the plaque. But I was confident in my skills (aka super lazy) that I could do it without pre-drilling the holes. You may have to fiddle with the tubes a bit as you want them to slightly angle toward the bottom point so anything you put in the tubes will fan out slightly. (Clearly, I am not a perfectionist crafter. If you are, you may want to do some measuring for this step.)
Then comes the fun part, filling the tubes with natural elements. I loved this project because it was so fast and easy and now I have versatile piece of decor that can span through the seasons.
Here is a view of my DIY natural antlers from a little further back.
Well, what do you think? I hope you enjoyed this little DIY and if you try it, let me know how it turned out!
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Published September 28th, 2016 2:31 PM
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Donna Jimenez on Oct 01, 2016Were you get the wood plaque love that shape ty
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