I finally quit tweaking my mantel enough to take photos and post about it. And it's a good thing since Valentine's Day is in a week.
I decided to stick with red, white & black this year.
I had most everything in my stash already.
Wrapped a battery operated candle with some Dollar store heart doilies and tied it with some bakers twine. The bakers twine was a special deal from Pick Your Plum back in November.
I already had the cookie cutters. The wire heart in the back was a thrift store find last year. I found it while on vacation. Either in Utah or Arizona.
Found some Valentine related silhouettes from good old Google and Pinterest. This one was found on Flickr.
And this one at Karen's Whimsy.
The glitter heart cutout I've had for years. It either came from Walmart or Target's Dollar Spot. I did just get the glittered "LOVE" from Michaels a few weeks back. I think that is my only new purchase for the mantel.
I made the chalkboard from a cabinet door I picked up at the Habitat ReStore last year. I think it cost me a couple of bucks. I've been wanting to attach it to door that goes into my laundry room from the kitchen, but I've been too lazy to do so. So why not use it for my Valentine mantel?
I found the saying from Your Homebased Mom blog. She has a free printable with this saying.
I recycled one of my rosette's from last year. Added a "14" image that I found at The Diary of Daves Wife.
The cupcake liner heart I made for last year's mantel. I just removed the blue ribbon & pinned it to my chicken wire frame with a small clothespin. You can see in the reflection that it still has a blue back. I was going to paint it, but the lazy person in me opted not to.
The wooden "LOVE" sign was originally black. I painted it white a few years ago. Now I am wishing I had left it black. I guess I could have painted it black again. But, that lazy person inside decided white it just fine.
I used my thrift store Mason jars from my Christmas & winter mantels again.
I did just find this heart shaped basket at the thrift store a couple of weeks ago. I spray painted it with some cheapo paint from Walmart as I was out of my Rustoleum Heirloom White paint.
My "Valentine" garland was super easy. Just taped some smaller dollar store heart doilies to some larger red ones, printed out some letters that I got from AllSorts blog that spell "Valentine" & pinned them all to some bakers twine with my heart clothespins I picked up from Michaels last year on clearance.
And a few last photos of my mantel.
So how do you like this years mantel? Let me know.
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Kim, it's always a treat to see what you do. Your mantel is perfect for Valentine's Day. Mine is still wooden pears and boxes. Boring!
ReplyDeleteLove your wire heart. That was a terrific find! ~
Happy Valentine's Day ~ Sarah
Hi Kim! Your Valentine mantle is so pretty! I love the silhouettes and the doilies, especially the white one on the jar! The red chalkboard is super cute!
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Gorg...as always!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so pretty. I really need to get my act togther and dig out my stuff too. I always seem to wait until the last minute.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh, i love the little cupcake heart in the center! And making a chalkboard out of the cabinet door was brilliant! It looks adorable in red!
ReplyDeleteCindy
Adorable and thanks for joining cowgirl up. Great Valentine day theme.
ReplyDeleteHi Kim!
ReplyDeleteIt must be nice to have a mantel to decorate for every occasion... sniff. You always seem to have such fun and I always love seeing what is new.
This years black, white, and red theme is wonderful, love the silhouettes!
xoxo Bunny Jean
Your mantel is beautiful. I hope you will share it at my party, Some Good Stuff: http://some-good-times.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-good-stuff-7.html
ReplyDeleteMegan