I put the finishing touches on our Christmas mantle last night. I bought some simple pre-lit garland at Walmart yesterday and added some pinecone and berry garland I already had. I made the red berry wreath from garland a few years ago. It normally hangs year-round in my entry but I moved it to the mantle for Christmas. I had the apothecary jars already and added faux snow I bought at Hobby Lobby and some vintage ball ornaments (some I bought at an antique store last year; the others are from my Freecycle finds last week). Then I hung our stockings with 3M hooks (love those things!) from the mantle top, hidden by the garland. Our stockings are special and all handmade by my mother-in-law... hubby's is his from his childhood and she made mine when hubby and I married and then made Kaleigh's when she was born.
I took this photo last night. It looks prettier in real life when it's only lit by the glow of the lamps in our living room. My flash really brightened it up.
Thanks for looking!
It looks great! I'm such a sucker for vintage ornaments :)
Posted by: Jessica Barnett | December 07, 2010 at 08:43 AM