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The Halloween Mantel. For now.

October 19, 2012 6 Comments

My mantel is soooo hard to decorate.  It’s an asymmetrical wooden nightmare.
I am still not happy with this, but it’ll do.

I will probably continue to tweak it.

I do like the sparkle of the mercury glass and silver, and I like the little ravens.  I’m still very enamored of the Raven artwork I did last year.  (Is it just me, or is there something mildly disturbing about an hourglass with black grains of sand?)

Anyhow, I am gearing up for the SoCal Social, which is tomorrow.  You can follow along on Instagram and Twitter with #socalsocial

Happy Friday!

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Comments

  1. Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims says

    October 19, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    I think it looks nice! Makes me want some shutters to decorate 🙂

    Reply
  2. Richella says

    October 19, 2012 at 2:11 PM

    It looks great, Vivienne! You have the best Halloween decorations of anyone.

    Hope the SoCal social is a rousing success!! I’d like to be southern California with you!

    Reply
  3. MiMi says

    October 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM

    You are going to have to either move or demolish that wall when HH isn’t looking. LOL

    Reply
  4. Urban Earthworm says

    October 20, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    I so envy your decorating sense. I fantasize about seasonal decorating, but have yet to pull it off.

    Love that raven!

    Reply
  5. Jaime Lyn says

    October 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    I am SO loving black and white with a touch of the mercury glass right now! And you perfected it! And you may have officially made me want to decorate for Halloween…. I somehow skipped Halloween this year and went for fall that could work for the whole season…shoot! :o) Anyways, thanks for the inspiration!
    Jaime from Crafty Scrappy Happy

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