I always loved the modern white nutcracker look from West Elm (now sold out), so I decided to head to the thrift store to find some nutcrackers of my own. I came home with these 3 little pieces for a total of $5.10
(Before photos are off my iPhone and taken at night, I always do my work when my little is asleep!)
The mini guys required no prep work, but I had to remove embellishments from the large nutcracker before painting. The hair & gems were hot glued on and it was very easy to take off- I used a fancy tool called a “butter knife”
The next step was to spray paint the figures white and wait to dry! I created both a pink (of course) and red Christmas vignette.
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| I already owned the white milk vases (another thrifty find!) |
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| The little nutcracker is my favorite- odd, since I really wanted the large one! |
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We love decorating for Christmas at our home, although I have to curtail my husband and his lights, he wants lots of them!
What are your decorating plans for Christmas? Wreaths? Lights?
I love this! I was walking through TJ Max yesterday and saw some of the white ones for $20+ and had the same thrift store thought. These look AWESOME!
Nice reorganization!!!
LOVE this idea! I'm totally going to "borrow" this idea! Such a great idea, Laurel!
so pretty! I love white spray paint 🙂
I love what you did with these. They are so elegant!
I can't believe I didn't buy the Nutcrackers I saw at Goodwill yesterday! I should have gotten them to paint- I usually don't like Nutcrackers but these look so chic! Stopping by from TT&J. Pin-fest begins tomorrow- I hope you'll stop by! 🙂
I love this!
My family thinks I'm crazy when I buy old Christmas decor and I love to show them stuff like this!
Great job!
I did a tree like this last year for my boys and it was one of my favorite trees ever! Nothing is cuter than painted white nutcrackers! You did a great job freshening them up!!! TOTALLY LOVE! XO, Aimee
Love this! Easy and Inexpensive-my kind of craft! 🙂
LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!!! I think I have to do this. I'm so picky about my holiday decor. This is right up my alley!
i did this about 3-4 years ago and now i see them everywhere. 🙂 i love yours with the pink. 🙂
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