{"id":3907,"date":"2012-11-11T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T04:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=3907"},"modified":"2012-11-12T21:34:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T02:34:26","slug":"winter-wonderland-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/winter-wonderland-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"winter wonderland windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the season to dress up our front windows for the holiday season.\u00a0 It&#8217;s something I enjoy doing&#8230; but it&#8217;s also challenging to come up with new ideas every year.\u00a0 Lucky for me, an Anthropologie catalog landed in my mailbox and it was the perfect inspiration for one of this year&#8217;s scenes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3908\" title=\"winter window display ideas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter1-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tessa &amp; I had so much fun putting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/paper-dolls-pretty-windows\/\">this window<\/a> together last year, I thought I&#8217;d revisit the look, only using shades of white for a dreamy wonderland look.<\/p>\n<p>I transferred the pictures in my head to paper &amp; hit the road to buy the supplies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3910\" title=\"window display sketch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter3-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First stop was Party City.\u00a0 I purchased plastic tablecloths (<em>which are available in all colors of the rainbow!<\/em>) to make my mannequins&#8217; dresses and some streamers for the backdrop.\u00a0 Then off to Joann to find some tulle to make tutus and yarn &#8216;snow&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3909\" title=\"window display supplies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skiptomylou.org\/2011\/11\/01\/no-sew-tutu-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\">made tutus<\/a> for my window gals plus a pipe cleaner crown I had fun modeling on our cat, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3911\" title=\"tuesday in a tutu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter4.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter4-140x300.jpg 140w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter4-479x1024.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next up, I cut out my winter scene silhouettes.\u00a0 I found a deer image online &amp; sized it on photoshop so I could do my best to draw in life size.\u00a0 This was Gus&#8217; favorite part of the project because I was right at his level which means he needs to stand right in the middle of whatever I&#8217;m trying to accomplish ;-)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3912\" title=\"winter window display project\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter5-112x300.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And ta-dah!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3913\" title=\"winter window displays for a store\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/winter6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1464\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Like to see what goes on behind the scenes at catching fireflies<\/strong><strong>?\u00a0 Then sign up to receive snazzy blog posts like these in your email inbox <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/get-the-latest-updates-in-your-inbox\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/winter-wonderland-windows\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/winter-wonderland-windows\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tis the season to dress up our front windows for the holiday season.\u00a0 It&#8217;s something I enjoy doing&#8230; 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