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A simple Valentine’s Day mantel.

January 29, 2013 14 Comments

I wanted to show you what I came up with for a little Valentine’s Day display for my nemesis, the mantel. I have the worst time with the proportions of this room, but I’m fairly happy with this fun and simple Valentine’s Day Mantel. I don’t have anything against Valentine’s Day in particular, but I don’t […]

Filed Under: cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Holidays, mantel, paper crafts, Valentine's Day

Quick changes for the Thanksgiving mantel. (Decor that does double duty)

November 5, 2012 4 Comments

Thanksgving, white shutters, leaves, autumn, mercury glass, artwork, orange, fall

I love to change up my mantel for the seasons. A way to do this quickly is to decorate using items that are easily interchangeable or are reversible. Double sided artwork and a little spray paint can make it happen in just a few minutes.

Filed Under: artwork, Autumn, cheap and easy, Crafts, decor, Fall, mantel, spray paint, Thanksgiving

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 […]

Filed Under: artwork, Crafts, decor, Halloween, mantel

Silly shutters… more robin’s egg blue.

March 23, 2012 10 Comments

I haven’t felt too spring-y, but I’m slowly adding a bit of color around here.  I have frequently complained about how much I dislike my asymmetrical mantel, and I’m not really ready to tackle it, but I did want to at least do something. I sprayed these smaller with Valspar’s Aqua and leaned them up […]

Filed Under: Crafts, decor, mantel, spray paint, Spring

If Edgar Allan Poe had been given some contact paper & a Cricut… (DIY Halloween Artwork)

October 13, 2011 55 Comments

…he probably wouldn’t have done anything with it. But here’s what I did:  I made Halloween artwork based on Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” I used a 1/4 inch plywood board, primed it, then painted it with Kylon’s Metallic paint in Nickel. I used my Cricut and contact paper to cut out the first few […]

Filed Under: artwork, Crafts, decor, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, mantel, spray paint, tutorial

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