Oh Deer Mary!

So I have a friend named Mary. She's also Kathleen's friend. I met her when I was in Ireland... and we traveled together to Germany during that summer.

Mary in Frankfurt

 Now we are facebook buddies... which is great when you have lived in another country because you can still keep in contact with friends.

My last day in Ireland, saying goodbye to Mary

So why is Mary coming up? Well about two weeks ago, she sent me a message on facebook that said, "I saw this... and thought of you".

You can purchase this here.

Which translated to.... you need to finish that post!

And I didn't. (Sorry Mary).

I did respond though that I needed to finish that series.

Mary agreed... about two weeks later. Telling me that she checks the blog every day... and she's waiting.

So Mary- this post is for you! (And Hi!)

Oh Deer. Part Two.

What would this girl do? Why, she would build it. Or first she would dream about building it... and try to come up with a plan.

Well the plan started out with a cardboard deer head. That was pretty cool... but it needed to be better, so I then looked up paper mache and found this recipe.

Now we were talking!

So off to Hobby Lobby I went to get my supplies... and then it was time to cut!

After cutting all of the pieces and putting them together, I used masking tape to fill in the empty space left behind.

I also decided I didn't like the antlers that were made out of poster board, and so I cut them out and rebuilt them with wire, foil, and tape. Finally I added a wood piece in on the back to make it easier later to attach to the wooden wall holder you would eventually see.

Next up.... time to add the paper mache and probably give this deer some hair!

Oh Deer.

So this is the story of a deer, a girl, a dream, and a F-BIL.

Way back in September (maybe end of August), Sissy P and F-BIL were going to go to a Seahawks/Packer game in Seattle. This was a perfect opportunity for Sissy P to actually see the Packers play... and F-BIL likes the Seahawks, although he kind of did a Packer fan look that day with a hidden Seahawks jersey. Well anyway, this picture appeared shortly after on F-BIL's facebook page of someone they had seen at the game.

Yes, its ridiculous. A true Packer fan that man was....

So I may have said something to F-BIL along the lines of, "Wow, now we know what you'll be looking for when you visit Wisconsin next time."

His response? "Well if I had this, I would mount it on the wall and tell everyone that I had caught it stealing my cheese out of the refrigerator, so I killed him."

Now for a few people, this would mean that they would giggle and move on. Others may find the hat and purchase it for F-BIL. And then there are other sorts of people... people like me. Any guesses what I would do?

Stay tuned...