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Monday, January 10, 2011

Winter Mantel



I finally got my Christmas stuff all put away. Well, almost. I decided to leave a few things out as "Winter" decor.

Today I'll show you my "Winter" mantel.

I added these larger felt snowflakes. I added some sparkly "snow" with some spray glue.

The snow angels are actually ornaments that I've found at a couple of thrift stores.

I think they are perfect for my "winter" mantel.

I took down my book page wreath from the mirror and added this vintage looking snowflake instead.

I made a "Winter" banner using some vintage letter images that I had on my computer.



I took down the mercury glass tree & added a third mercury glass candle holder instead. I covered the "faux" candle with some wide burlap ribbon I have.

I removed the smaller mercury glass votive holders I had in exchange for these larger ones. I added a few pine cones as well.

On the right side I added another felt snowflake that I added the sparkly snow to as well as another snow angel.

I love how my "winter" mantel turned out.

I will enjoy this for a couple of weeks before I break out the Valentine decor.





Tomorrow I'll hopefully show you my "winterized" china hutch. Or maybe I'll get a few of my cloches in a "winter" mode to show you.

Too bad we don't get any real snowflakes here in southern California (at least where I live). But a girl can dream. Or better yet, decorate in snowflakes.



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28 comments:

  1. This SO beautiful!! Thank you for sharing! :)

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  2. Gorgeous! Love your snowflakes and mercury glass- wish I didn't pack all my snowflakes up now!

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  3. You have moved your mantel from Christmas to winter seamlessly! It looks great. And that font you used for your banner is absolutely fab! Do you have the whole alfabet? Care to share?

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  4. It looks gorgeous. I love the layering of the mirrors and the snowflake. Using the silver and white is so pretty. Lovely. Hugs, Marty

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  5. Very pretty! I love your snow angels! They are beautiful. I also love your winter banner and the silvery candlesticks. I am now about over all this winter though after getting over 5 inches of snow here today in SC. Oh, I also really like the snowflake over the mirror, that looks so great!

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  6. Very pretty! I am still taking down Christmas but I did do my outside for Winter and I will be doing some Winter and Valentine's Day decorating inside too!

    Hugs,
    Debbie

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  7. Your winter mantel is so pretty! I love the vintage looking snowflake.

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  8. Very pretty! Lovin' the snowflake in front of the mirror:@)

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  9. Gorgeous as always girlfriend! Thanks for linking up!

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  10. beautiful! love that vintage looking snowflake and the mercury glass!

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  11. Hi Kim, I featured your new years mantel on my top 10 favorites on Saturday. I love your new winter mantel, come by and link up to Masterpiece Monday if you want, the link will be up all week. Mary :O)

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  12. You winter mantel is perfect! Just the right "winter" touches and amount of accessories. They coordinate so well together! I really like that vintage snowflake and how you hung it on your mirror!

    DD

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  13. LOVE. As per usual. :) I can't get inspired to do anything with my mantel.....sick of my blue bottles just sitting there already. I'm kinda wishing i hadn't packed away my mercury glass! Yours look perfect for a winter theme!

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  14. It looks beautiful! I love the vintage looking snowflake made out of pipe cleaners.

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  15. I love how you make these transitions. We just moved to a new house that has three - count them - 3 mantles, so I've got my work cut out. I just took down my wintery white christmas mantle - never occured to me I could just morph it into something that would last the next month. Lovely

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  16. Very pretty. I love the snow angels and the snow flake. Thanks for sharing.

    Carol

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  17. Ooh, loving the burlap on that candle! Actually I think the whole mantel belongs in a magazine.
    Brenda

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  18. That is so lovely and wintry. Very pretty.

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  19. I love the "winter" banner and the mercury glass. Very pretty.
    ~katie

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  20. Kim, you mantel is full of wintery glow. Beautiful!
    ~ Sarah

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  21. it's just beautiful. beautiful.

    love the winter banner and the mercury glass the most! :)

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  22. Excellent! Especially love the framed vintage snowflake.

    Cathy

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  23. OH I love those fonts you used for your winter sign ♥ Care to share indeed, tried finding them but alas :(

    Hugs

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  24. Love the banner. Love it all!!! I would love for you to link this up to the CSI project this week. The challenge is winter crafts and decor. This is perfect for it.
    The link party begins at midnight on Wednesday through Friday!!! You could win the top prize or the great giveaway.
    www.thecsiproject.com

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  25. Kim, where did you get that vintage print for your Winter Banner? I'd love to do a similar one!

    Oh, I had to tell you! You know the rustic stick looking Christmas trees that are very spindley looking? I walked into CVS ( of all places) and they had a set of three, 90% off!!! ZYes, I bought three of them for 2.90! 4', 3',2' good deal huh?

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