We moved on Saturday with the help of some good friends and we are finally starting to get
My mom had these old wooden spools in her attic. I remembered them from my childhood while perusing Etsy one night and asked my mom if I could have them. They look great as candle holders.
The stocking hangers were purchased at Target at the end of the season a few years ago for $5 each.
I had some silver ornaments that I bought a Walmart a few years ago to decorate a second tree that I gave up in the move. I painted some of them a light gold color and wrapped some of them in strips from an old red sweater to add some more color.
Forrest and I went for a run a few weeks ago and picked up the big pine cones featured on the mantle. The small cones were pulled from a Christmas swag I bought for $1 at the Dollar Tree last year. Also the two small candle votives were purchased at the Dollar Tree for $1 each.
I bought some burlap a few weeks ago, but hadn't had a chance to use it yet. I made this wreath using a wire coat hanger, burlap, and some felt to make the flowers.
I bought two vases from the Dollar Tree and wrapped them in twine. This past weekend I picked up some twigs in the yard and saved them to make this! I spray painted the twigs and then stuck them into the vase using that green flower base stuff to keep them from falling all nimbly-bimbly like.
Total Cost of the Christmas Mantle = $13.87
Burlap ~ $2.00 @ Hancock Fabrics
Felt for rosettes ~ $.40 for 2 at Walmart
Candles ~ $3.00 for 6 at the Dollar Tree
Spray Paint ~ $3.47 at Walmart
Votives ~ $2.00 for 2 at the Dollar Tree
Vases ~ $2.00 for 2 at the Dollar Tree
Green flower foam ~ $1.00
What I had around:
pine ones (small & big)
twine
burlap
hot glue gun
silver ornaments
old red sweater
stocking hangers
stockings with our names from JCPenny
old wooden spools
This is our 9 foot Christmas tree. We have to go artificial because I have allergies :( My little angle touches the ceiling, but she fits! I need another tree because I have about 2 boxes of ornaments..including a collection of Winnie the Pooh story books from Hallmark that didn't make it on the tree this year. :(
When coming up with my ideas for the mantle, I turned to Pinterest. Here are some of the images that inspired me.
I looked for this glittery paint, but didn't find any. I think I like the milder gold I chose to use better anyway.
I need to add some green to the mantle to go with my stocking. There is a cedar tree right at the line between my neighbors yard and ours....I am going to ask them this weekend if I can cut some of it!
I still want to add a banner with some Christmasy word to hang down from the mantle. I was going to use the burlap to do that. I am going to work on that this weekend.
This was what inspired my use of the pine cones.
I wasn't going to use red, but then I realized that almost all of my holiday mantle pins had red in them, so I knew I was drawn to that. I decided not to fight my instincts.
What kind of mantle-decorating have you been up to?
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