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Tag Archives: Christmas mantel
My Christmas Mantel 2014
My kids are soooo happy!
They have been asking and asking and asking WHEN am I going to start Christmas decorating?!
Well, the wait it over!
Yep.
I decorated my mantel for Christmas.
One space down, several more to go!
I have to say, I think this is my favorite Christmas mantel I’ve decorated in this house.
It’s a little bit rustic and a little bit traditional.
I adore green and red at Christmas. I think it will always be my style.
You’ll notice, the decor is pretty simple.
I think it’s my mantra this year — “Simple, simple!”
In year’s past, I’ve had a lot more garland and more “stuff.”
This year, I didn’t want to fuss or have the mantel compete with the tree that will eventually sit right next to the fireplace.
Did you notice I got a wild hair and exchanged my usual chippy arched window for a new chalkboard I made?
I made it the same way I made the one in my dining room. I used an open-back frame, some hard board cut to measure from Lowe’s and some chalkboard paint. So easy!
(By the way, I did the chalkboard writing free-hand, but if you just want to buy one already made I fashioned mine after one found in Dear Lillie’s online shop. If you browse the site you’ll notice that they offer different sizes including a 24 x 36 size which is just a tad smaller than mine which measures 30″ x 40″)
The nutcrackers are a new find from Target. I couldn’t resist them.
I love their traditional, yet rustic appeal.
The kids helped me pick them out.
I think we may have started a new tradition — collecting nut crackers each year.
I think it would be cute to line them all up on the mantel, each having it’s own story of how and where we bought him.
I love traditions like that.
Maybe that’s why I love red and green so much.
It’s tradition.
Full disclosure — I will probably tweak this space once the tree is up and/or all the Christmas boxes are hauled out of the attic, but right now I love it. Bring on the holiday season!
Looking for more Christmas inspiration?
Be sure to visit all the other blogs on the Christmas Mantel Tour this week.
Thank you to Sonya and Melissa for inviting me to take part in this tour!
Today’s Line-up:
Cherished Bliss
Domestically Speaking
Lilacs and Longhorns — you’re here!
Two Thirty Five Designs
The Happier Homemaker
My Soulful Home
To see yesterday’s posts:
Monday, Nov. 10
At Home With the Barkers
On Sutton Place
All Things Heart and Home
Stone Gable
The Woodgrain Cottage
Coming up tomorrow:
Wednesday:
Top this Top That
Refresh Restyle
Town and Country Living
Setting for Four
At the Picket Fence
Wishing you a day filled with joy!
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My Christmas Mantel and New Hand-made Stockings
I have wanted matching Christmas stockings for what seems like forever. You would think that would be an easy update, but I was hesitant to make the change because I’m sentimental and I really love a momento-filled Christmas.
My mom bought each of my kids a Christmas stocking when they were born and put their names on them herself. Unfortunately, they didn’t match the image I had in mind for my mantle. Even so, I had a hard time with the idea of not using them because they mean a lot to me.
Still, I really wanted matching stockings while keeping a family and homey feeling mantel. I solved my dilemma by deciding that we will still use the stockings from my mom on Christmas eve and will set them out for Santa with cookies and milk, but for decorative purposes, we now have a matched set!
I made these little burlap and checked stockings yesterday using left over burlap and red buffalo checked fabric I already had…ZERO new cost — LOVE that!
They are now hanging proudly on what I call my “memory-filled” mantel.
I will show you how I made them on Friday, when I co-host the Winter Wonders & Holiday Happenings Link party:
Update: 12/11/2012 — Click here for my Christmas stocking tutorial.
Until then, I’m going to show you a few more shots of my mantel and my new stockings.
It still feels family and homey to me with my new little burlap stockings — as I mentioned in my post about Christmas decor around my house, I like to tuck pictures of my kids or our whole family from Christmases past into the garland on the mantel. It’s always fun to see how the kids have grown, how they were crying on Santa’s lap, or see where we went as a family for a holiday outing.
I just bought the same ornament frame from Pottery Barn that I bought last year (it’s the one on the left in the picture above). I especially like it because the year is engraved on it, which is nice.
The picture below always makes me giggle. My daughter is terrified of Santa!
The silver reindeer, below, was a wedding gift from good friends of ours. He’s really a candle holder, except he’s not carrying a candle this year. I get lazy like that sometimes!
I would like to make this new look even more family-feeling by getting the stockings monogrammed or personalized but that will have to be another day.
Until then, I’m pretty happy with how my mantel looks this year!
Nothing too fancy.
How is your holiday decorating coming along?
Linking up to:
Savvy Southern Style
Between Naps on the Porch
Elizabeth & Company
52 Mantels
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