Christmas Mantel 2012

Sugar Coated Christmas

I finally got my tree and mantel decorations up yesterday.

This post is devoted to my mantel.

My tree and dining room will follow later in the week.

I wanted to do something different this year on my mantel.

Somehow it developed into a house and trees scene again but totally different than what I've done in the past.

I used a putz house given to me by my good friend Shannon H.

She gave it to me last year for Christmas. It's surrounded by bottle brush trees.

Sit back and view - lots of photos showing the details.

I put up my white tree again this year...and so I HAD to use white garland.

Luckily I have lots of it I bought on sale one year at Target after Xmas.

The sparkly garland I bought years ago also super discounted at Michael's.

This is the first time I used it.

I never intended to use it on the fireplace but I found it in my stash and on a whim 

hung it and loved it.

I originally was just going to use the large icicles.

These were also in my stash of Christmas stuff I haven't used in a very long time.

I pulled them out of my stuff that was put away in the garage.

I was planning on doing a more streamlined design this year....but so much for that.

I just kept adding stuff to it.

The wreath has been years in the making.

I keep adding more ornaments to it each year - all vintage shiny brite.

My blogging friend, Valorie Hart aka The Visual Vamp sent me the precious

little box decorated with a porcelain pup.

She said it just looked like me when she saw my decorations two years ago

and popped it in the mail to me after Christmas.

I was thrilled to get him.

Like I said...I just kept adding to the mantel decor.

The little bottle brush stars came from Pier 1 last year...my friend Petra came in one night

and I told her I loved them but would not be getting because I wasn't even putting up a tree.

One night she brought me a sack of them.

I couldn't wait to use them this year.

Those bottle brush snowflakes came from Target several years ago...after Christmas...super cheap.

I thought I couldn't like my Christmas mantel any better than the one I did in 2010

but I like this one more.

See last year's here...

Yes, I love this year's more.

Totally inspired by this putz house.

This pillow is really the only new thing I bought this year and it came from....Pier 1...where else?

I wanted it last year but we sold out before Christmas.

I made sure and grabbed one early this year.

I bought the pom pom fur throw there last year.

All my posts this week will be about my own Holiday decor.

So be sure to come back...oh...I'm having fun now.....

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