Since moving into the mountains almost 8 years ago, I have collected vintage turkey tchotchkes to decorate with in November. I like them either on the kitschy side or super high end. Well, I doubt I’ll ever even see any of the super high end ones in person let alone own any, so kitschy it is! I also like to decorate with copper tones in November.
This guy was just a little too nice, but not super duper nice. Also, it didn’t have that vintage vibe that I Iove in a turkey tchotchke, but I got him for a gobble/song as an estate sale company was packing up after a 2-day sale last winter.
So, I gave him a good scrub with some steel wool and then a thorough wash & dry to get off any oily residue and dust. Next I primed and painted him with ye olde rattle cans that I had on hand.
While I still have plenty of time before November rolls around and a few more Halloween projects in mind, I realized that my “painting booth” would soon revert its full capacity back to it’s primary purpose: being a wood shed, so I decided to hop to on this turkey.
Speaking of turkey, here is our personal flock enjoying a warm autumn afternoon.
This is so much better than the original (but I also find the original slightly terrifying). Yours looks like it came from one of those high-end catalogs.
He looks so stately in his copper coat. The original colors are kind of gaudy! Now I’ll be checking out the thrift stores for what kind of tacky things I can spray paint into awesomeness…
Looks like Delia is bowing before her turkey overlord.
I do! We’ve a hoard of wild ones around and they crack me up, so when I find kitschy ones at thrift stores and garage sales I get 'em! I snapped this panorama of the piano turkeys this afternoon.
