Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Decking The Halls: The Mantel

Somewhere, buried in the bins I'm still going through I have some greenery that I'm going to add to this, but it's 90% finished so I thought I'd share it anyway. I changed things up this year and went with shades of green, white, and brown. I shared the banner tutorial the other day.
I used the candleholders and candles that are on the mantel all year round but added small white and clear wreaths to them. 

The "NOEL" framed art is something I showed earlier, in preparation for my Christmas mantel, along with altered candles and my $1 Store footed hurricane vase ( vase plus candlestick so I guess it's $2) filled with epsom salt snow and different shades of green and brown Martha Stewart glass balls. The sugar pine cone we've had for years.
The other side of the mantel has my other all year round candlestick ( re-finished Goodwill find), another altered candle and a glass block I found at JoAnn's this summer on sale for $1.97. I bought all the ones they had of course and luckily Mr. Chocolate was with me because those puppies get heavy, so some will be gifts. The ribbon is from Michael's this year. It has a snowflake print along with a little gold glitter and the green and brown went perfectly with my theme!

16 comments:

Michele {The Scrap Shoppe} said...

Very pretty! I love all of the green and white. Your candles look perfect up there! I incredibly jealous of your Joann's steal. What a great find!!!

Erin @ Crafts and Sutch said...

Very pretty, Carol! I love the brown and green combo. I'm adding brown to the mix this Christmas so I'm anxious to see how it will look! :)

Melissa said...

Very light and bright feeling decor. I have one glass block - I wish I had more!!

Netty said...

Gorgeous decor. Annette x

Chrissy said...

Oh, it's so pretty!! Love it!

Lori said...

Gorgeous! And never in a million years would I have the stamina or courage to decorate like this. You need to come to my house and decorate it. On second thought, I don't think even Martha herself is up to THAT challenge, lol.

liz at liz's paper loft said...

oh your home is absolutely beautiful!
liz :o)

Christine said...

It looks so pretty! I am a little bit jealous of your glass block finds...but I'll live (maybe) ;) I love that ribbon-nice job on the bow!

Caroline @ Artfully Caroline said...

Love what you put together. I'm so sad I have a fireplace with no mantel... I have to convince my hubby we have to fix that!!

Michelle L. said...

All gorgeous! Wait - glass blocks? What a fantastic accent! Never woulda thought of it! Also - epsom salt snow! Genius.

AMY said...

Very Beautiful!
I love your blog.....I'm a new follower!

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gemini said...

Missing our home now...we've been away for three years and i miss decking the halls...oh my..your hall is ready for the Christmas Season....so I say..Happy Holidays!

Rebecca said...

How fun-use some new, keep some old-and just those fun christmas blings!

Jacqueline said...

Your mantel is gorgeous and I bet it is even prettier at night with the lights and candles on. I love the green and brown together. That green just sings!

lindalou said...

Awesome. Can't wait to do mine this week-end.

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much!!! ohhh it's just what i wanted!!!



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