Writing on the glass…

Remember me saying yesterday that i was really behind on reading blogs??

I thought i would show you some proof:

BAM.

Pretty dang intense right? Try being my eyeballs…they are twitching like mad. 

So, last night i attempted to get some reading done {on top of cleaning/etc}…where am i know?
107
& the number will keep climbing as more people post throughout the day.
::twitch:: ::twitch::
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So to compete with the madness i figured i would share one of my latest projects for Christmas, that turned out to be a two-part maddening piece…because nothing is ever easy right?!
I was inspired by this post by Brooklyn Limestone:

Beautiful right?
So, with this inspiration in mind i started thinking of different ways i could make this into something surrounding Christmas. Hmmm….where would i do this? What silhouette would i choose?
The possibilities were endless.
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I decided on a deer in the woods.
A deer? Why? I’m not really sure, other than the fact that i’m currently obsessed with them
{see other deer DIY project i’ve completed here}.
The first thing i had to do was find an image online that i could eye-ball while drawing & then i free handed the trees. After sketching them i used my exacto knife to cut the little suckers out and bam:

 Once i had the images cut out i placed the deer on my projector, turned y coffee table on the side and tapped up some black craft paper (that you can get in HUGE roles for pretty cheap at a teacher store). Once i had the image projected i grabbed some white chalk and started tracing.

Then it was time to tape the silhouette up on the outside of my window and get to work.
I decided i would write lyrics to Christmas songs…you know to be festive and all.
Well that ended quickly. Do you know how many words it took to fill in this deer?! Oh, i dont know…let’s say almost two hours worth. I started writing out prayers, random thoughts, etc.
To say i was starting to go a little bat crazy is an understatement; but i was so excited with how it was turning out that i would take a few more steps of crazy to complete it!
I also couldn’t get my hands on any fine-tipped chalk markers but found these bad boys at Target. I ended up using the white and grey markers…to make things light and airy while still {hopefully} being visible. So let’s get to the pictures shall we?

Lovely right?
Well…it was until i walked outside and realized
YOU CAN’T SEE ANY OF IT 
{unless you pull the curtains back so everyone and their mom can look into my house}.
To say i was frustrated was an understatement.
I started thinking of things i could put behind it, more black craft paper? Maybe it would pop? NO.
Maybe some left over Christmas’y fabric?

Can you really see it? Do you think you can see it from the road? NO.
FAIL.
AHHHHHHHHH.
I was pacing around thinking, Well if this was a freaking store front window it would work…it would be beautiful…all of my time spent on this wouldn’t go to waste…but this isn’t Anthropologie and my time wasn’t fully a waste, i mean i enjoyed looking at the finished product.
So i cleaned it all off and started back at square one.
I had to RE trace/chalk the image on craft paper, RE cut it out, and RE-tape it up. I also had to cut out craft paper trees…so here is the FINAL product and how it looks on my windows now.

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At night i’ve placed a little spotlight behind the curtains to help it pop a little more.
Do i love it?
At first i was all, meh…it’s alright, it isn’t my favorite…my favorite was the dang words but you couldn’t see them. Now…i like it, i still don’t OH MY GOSH LOVE IT…but that’s ok. Trial and error people, trial and error. 🙂
[Want to repin? you can do that HERE & HERE]
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Have you attempted a project recently only to have it shut down?
What are you currently obsessed with (aka what are your pin boards reflecting lately?)
Have you even started decorating yet, or do you plan on decorating at all?
Spill.