Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Winter Mantel 2018

I love creating seasonal mantels.

Winter gives me a chance to come up with natural, #rustic tones for my living room #mantel.

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With this year’s winter mantel decor…

I used items such as a shipping crate panel, a woven placemat…

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a bushel basket lid, a mixed media art piece I’ve been working on…

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and I made these cute little berry branch trees.

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And of course, I had to add outdoor elements such as the pine cones and cut wood!

I also added some winter wheat and berries to an old milking bucket along side an antique crock.

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All those elements created lots of yummy texture that I love!!

Thanks for stopping by and hope everyone stays warm this winter…

it’s been a cold one!


 





Saturday, December 16, 2017

Christmas Mantel 2017

I finally got the tree up and the mantel decorated!

I kept my cabin theme from this year’s Fall’s Cozy Cabin Mantel

and went right into decorating the cabin for a wintery mountain scene!

This is my Cabin In The Woods Christmas Mantel 2017…

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I love the greenery with this mantel

and how it really does make it look like a cabin in the woods!

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One of my fav things is the antique stoneware crock!

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And to go with my woodsy theme…

my tree has rustic, plaid, and cabin-y type ornaments on it!

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I also used the old trusty outdoor tub for my tree base. 

WELL…

it definitely feels like a Tender Tennessee, Woodsy, Rustic, Mountainy Christmas around here!!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my Christmas Mantel this year!!

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I wish everyone

a VERY MERRY and BLESSED CHRISTMAS this year!

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Fall Mantel 2017


Hey Y’all!

I decided to create a Fall Mantel this year!

I’m calling this one…

‘Cozy Cabin’

It was truly unbelievable the way this mantel came together.

You know when things just come together perfectly?

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Like… it was meant to be?

Well, this mantel did just that.

We have chopped wood around our house for our fire pit in our backyard.

I simply grabbed a few pieces from the pile and started playing!

Next, I went up into the attic in search of my fall décor and there was huge pieces of cardboard that caught my eye.

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I knew I would need a backdrop.

Now, only if I could find some metal for a roof!

And then I realized… cardboard is corrugated like a corrugated roof!!!!!

The bends in the cardboard was perfect for the bend I needed for a roof.

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I simply wet the first layer of it and peeled it off to expose the corrugation.

After I got it all peeled off and figured out all the pieces I would need,

I started playing and it all just came together.

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I got a little crafty and made a door and window frames out of foam core and cardboard.

That’s when I decided to find or cut some twigs to frame them up so to speak.

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You know… like those beautiful cabins you see in the mountains!!

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Hot glue did the trick and voila!

It really did turn out like a cozy cabin.

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I love the lights around it, too!

It gives our living room those cozy feels!

Here is one last look…

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Happy Fall Everyone…

I hope you have a blessed autumn season!