Cream and white galore! Who uses the word "galore" anymore? I guess I do! I probably get it from my mom b/c she uses it too! This year I made a drastic departure from the traditional way I usually do my mantle. I've always done it in pine roping with red and green baubles and beads but I felt I wanted something more peaceful this year. So this is what I came up with..........
I got this very cool piece of pottery at a flea market for a dollar. It has a cream colored base with a bumpy white texture to it that reminds me of snow.......
A very tall hymnal music and text tree. The white candles were also a flea market find for one thin dollar.
Peat pots make great little containers!
I bought a whole bag of green bottle brush trees and dipped them in a solution of water and bleach for about 15 minutes. Large wooden blocks of wood covered with various decorative cardstock is a great way to elevate the trees.......
This is a big cloche I made out of chicken wire to go over the tree just to balance out the tall tree at the other end of the mantle. I cut the paper strips a little wider and cut the tips with pinking scissors for this tree.......
The white lights are doubled over and then wrapped with a cream strip of tulle. The use of the tulle diffuses the light and gives a soft glow.
This piece was created with chicken wire molded into a basket shape, glued to a candle stick base and filled with moss, tinsel and a glittery bird (with a hat, because all birds should wear hats).
So that's my mantle for Christmas 2011! What do you think?
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