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- 12/20/2010
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- Kellie
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Black & Brass: Mantle Decor
I can’t believe Christmas is this week! This month has certainly flown by for me. I’m almost ready, I just have a few more gifts to buy and wrap and then I will be done. I really love the holidays, don’t you?!
Today, I’m going to take you downstairs to the family room so you can take a peek at our fireplace mantle. I’m not going to lie, this didn’t turn out the way I envisioned. For better or worse, I will show you anyway!
Remember what was on the mantle last year? You can see that something very similar is on it again this year. It’s just tweaked a bit :)
First, I slathered some black craft paint on the sign right over top of the letters that were still on it from last year. After the paint dried, I put some gold craft paint over the top, just a light coat. Then I peeled off the letters. It’s kind of fun to change the sign without having to do much work to it! Plus, the letter stickers that I peeled off look really cool too so I saved them and they might make an appearance in a future scrapbook.
The next thing on my agenda for my mantle was stockings. I loved what I used last year but thought it would be fun to try and make my own. I think they turned out cute, what do you think?
Tomorrow I am planning on taking you through a step by step tutorial of how I made them. If you know how to sew even a little bit they are easy :)
And I also made some silhouettes of Jason, the cat, and myself for our stocking holders. I love silhouettes and I think they add a bit of personality to our mantle.
Now for the nitty gritty… I like certain elements of the mantle decor. I just don’t really like how it all came together. I wish I would have added some gold stuff to the bottom area and some silver to the top area. I feel like it looks a little boring and it doesn’t flow well. But by the time I realized something was missing I didn’t have time to correct it and so I decided I didn’t care :) Here is proof that not everything turns out good around here :)
Comments
What if you stuck something gold & silver in your branches…like small somethings. Would that help blend the two together at all? I for one, think it looks GREAT! I don’t have ANYTHING up at my house. Too busy making gifts this year to decorate. My little tree on my sewing table got in the way and I took it to work! Ha!
OR…I just saw the shiny silver garland…you could add one strand of gold to that…that’s all i got. You are about a million times better than me, so this is like giving Jesus advice. ;)
I really like it! Very simple yet stylish. Is the garland black? For a minute there I thought you might say you sprainted the garland :)
Hi Kellie
we love your amazing, classy work and have shared your tree banners today with all our Destination Art blog readers. You can view the posting here http://destinationart.net/blog/?p=3876!!
Have a wonderful Christmas and all the best for a great 2011. Keep on sharing your lovely talents!!!
Best wishes
Lisa and Elaine
Destination Art
Western Australia
http://www.destinationart.net/blog
Can you tell me where you got those stocking holders?
Hi Michelle!
I am really sorry but I have had those for so long I just don’t remember anymore. I’m sorry I’m of no help :)
Kellie