THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MANTLE!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0vX6TVaJ-CHy9rWZHYLuOrkCLXDAGZrbjt0J4jBSR7dwCaKaFBmf70RtJT_rtQ1dt5g4CbS56j-p-qDwrBPkfbnYkxetiZml9o2C-t2a_u_rJ8-JowaKjvlSNVIRJpBIptxBJD5b0Go/s1600/Thanksgiving+Mantle+2012+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0vX6TVaJ-CHy9rWZHYLuOrkCLXDAGZrbjt0J4jBSR7dwCaKaFBmf70RtJT_rtQ1dt5g4CbS56j-p-qDwrBPkfbnYkxetiZml9o2C-t2a_u_rJ8-JowaKjvlSNVIRJpBIptxBJD5b0Go/s640/Thanksgiving+Mantle+2012+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To the untrained eye (wink, wink) this mantle may appear to be a Christmas mantle... but...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">IT IS NOT... oh, no...no...no!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my<span style="font-size: large;"> THANKSGIVING</span> mantle.  Both Thanksgiving and Christmas have shared custody of pinecones!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This mantle... this <span style="font-size: large;">THANKSGIVING</span> mantle... with just a few tweaks and tiny changes of green,  will easily transform into my Christmas mantle this weekend...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But for now... it is all about <span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving</span>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdv5-6ETJ0ldhQOyfiT2qQKFIitMd451Z9oaojbjvK1Bq_jlKi7470uKJdBFQ2pPu_huQ0buSdvWA1rJp41a23dsQx4ACs0spTgsBGxGrx_vWH2ZkfpAimfzBkdHfu3jt_5wshaoELu5E/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdv5-6ETJ0ldhQOyfiT2qQKFIitMd451Z9oaojbjvK1Bq_jlKi7470uKJdBFQ2pPu_huQ0buSdvWA1rJp41a23dsQx4ACs0spTgsBGxGrx_vWH2ZkfpAimfzBkdHfu3jt_5wshaoELu5E/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2179.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The pumpkins that nested on my mantle all fall were beginning to get a little soft around the edges... so they got tossed and replaced with mercury glass, silver and pinecones...<span style="font-size: large;"> THANKSGIVING</span> mercury glass, silver and pinecones!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH6Srgg3qipAEp5PYFvheNyOPxGtJjkmo7_EAXunMGTV53WHnSwFMpMhvq4bZk1o92XJLV0dvUo-AmlVQvu1uwtBG1nI4W59_VjKlHQyaEpmJXIX9dYPt_wE4dNSD8aAvSqBTx_YZarE/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH6Srgg3qipAEp5PYFvheNyOPxGtJjkmo7_EAXunMGTV53WHnSwFMpMhvq4bZk1o92XJLV0dvUo-AmlVQvu1uwtBG1nI4W59_VjKlHQyaEpmJXIX9dYPt_wE4dNSD8aAvSqBTx_YZarE/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2200.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the pinecones are really candles from Pottery Barn... but they won't be lit until Christmas Eve... when the mantle will be decked in Christmas pinecones!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfLyAnwO6hv9ykHRFjhMZ5ndkGD6-tYAVELS1RYlOVdf6T23F8F-pFEEb04tB_BYDVHNOLecV9ZcL8NpsRZn4hyphenhyphenbkqG6fqNDdv_C1MfQw4oaIC5mDxIVh_AX9D7NqIKrpngCOXYlrApc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfLyAnwO6hv9ykHRFjhMZ5ndkGD6-tYAVELS1RYlOVdf6T23F8F-pFEEb04tB_BYDVHNOLecV9ZcL8NpsRZn4hyphenhyphenbkqG6fqNDdv_C1MfQw4oaIC5mDxIVh_AX9D7NqIKrpngCOXYlrApc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2186.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBexUCrUGv9alAlKSucHPJ7g1PkMaA-w8-6434xhktndWEvbQnipATlnAzbl8J5uptm4t32ouctt73O7LK_zTXIKTMMitTWuldT3Xb0VYlzUsLYrRI1W4hmnYTGUXY3_xs5dsqqTCMhQ/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBexUCrUGv9alAlKSucHPJ7g1PkMaA-w8-6434xhktndWEvbQnipATlnAzbl8J5uptm4t32ouctt73O7LK_zTXIKTMMitTWuldT3Xb0VYlzUsLYrRI1W4hmnYTGUXY3_xs5dsqqTCMhQ/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2180.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pinecones and silver are a pair made for eachother... rustic and luxe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgG-XAvjf7a5gBLNNQoABiSjxEkepdTV8_rlQ-1WuxiT2jsGwgnCX-0Ra2HT1P5qoOAByPsqhlHtpq39zzxnrvTjgd5D9AFdH-Unfbj-3b17WPbUYrHqKoW70lpPvcYfr5ZqZUkPDZ6U/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgG-XAvjf7a5gBLNNQoABiSjxEkepdTV8_rlQ-1WuxiT2jsGwgnCX-0Ra2HT1P5qoOAByPsqhlHtpq39zzxnrvTjgd5D9AFdH-Unfbj-3b17WPbUYrHqKoW70lpPvcYfr5ZqZUkPDZ6U/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2170.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Votives in mercury glass candle holders and white lanterns make puddles of soft golden light on the mantle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU-JQ4xjfkzQARLYqmCV7UOGT0hIk-BGD_EM9fb5HkiPW-uIg1qMTLLPoV3UXJvZKecuT7ss_t6UmjlmJtOj-mGtl5Gniu5Ce52dCCfLA4dClklQmYgJ4OdKMX2UF_vEWbwNImcRcUtI/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next week I'll show you my Christmas mantle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a>Don't forget to join me for TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS... linky goes live at 8:00 PM.<br /><br />Come show up and show off what creative things you are doing!!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MANTLE!

To the untrained eye (wink, wink) this mantle may appear to be a Christmas mantle... but... IT IS NOT... oh, no...no...no! This is my THANK...

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FALL COMES TO THE MANTLE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCjIgP_U_aTDjbTPq34-9X61aBsIPy_4HlJ7ueClkrHDb2w8F-XNKe8vPTeI8xybDArRGKepw-M-pDMGHeivnFSksse1GiX2zOga5_Z3dP393-811FOyR6MYx9KDmQQbDpHv_3NWmsYs/s1600/Fall+Mantle~+2012+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCjIgP_U_aTDjbTPq34-9X61aBsIPy_4HlJ7ueClkrHDb2w8F-XNKe8vPTeI8xybDArRGKepw-M-pDMGHeivnFSksse1GiX2zOga5_Z3dP393-811FOyR6MYx9KDmQQbDpHv_3NWmsYs/s640/Fall+Mantle~+2012+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fall has finally come to StoneGable's mantle... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year my mantle is filled with pumpkins from the Pumpkin Wagon...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can get medium sized orange pumpkins for $1.00 at the Pumpkin Wagon!  This is a no-frills real honest to goodness wagon filled with pumpkins fresh out of the field next to it... dirt, dents and big stems...no extra cost!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is one of my favorite fall stops!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2bvsDTq3Eg9hi0Jmn7SfimytORlZEIMzSYEZOeHpe5v3BBo1dVwK6UwYKRjt_aS1w1ceYwfltbwss4xMk6ShMRprVOp0Ia8CudVspY1FoGXOipzm5f_ivVXXpXf2MXel50y6b6xq7bQ/s1600/Pumpkin+Wagon+Collage+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2bvsDTq3Eg9hi0Jmn7SfimytORlZEIMzSYEZOeHpe5v3BBo1dVwK6UwYKRjt_aS1w1ceYwfltbwss4xMk6ShMRprVOp0Ia8CudVspY1FoGXOipzm5f_ivVXXpXf2MXel50y6b6xq7bQ/s640/Pumpkin+Wagon+Collage+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year's mantle is very simple... pumpkins, pedestals and autumn candle rings.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmjQCBu1NxP4EKac0rm0VLQGnQ6o11sfpVPvbCqC0jGWMi15QMdrQSs9TFoWKflIBtpYGMDj0PI2OH7KzuBKLdL731nsKLu4cxLtLd0FaytA5DvXW67wpEdvVopyPf5UlVClQyUSOlhk/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmjQCBu1NxP4EKac0rm0VLQGnQ6o11sfpVPvbCqC0jGWMi15QMdrQSs9TFoWKflIBtpYGMDj0PI2OH7KzuBKLdL731nsKLu4cxLtLd0FaytA5DvXW67wpEdvVopyPf5UlVClQyUSOlhk/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1542.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always have such a hard time taking pictures of my mantle... this year I figured out why.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two reasons, my mantle is high and very long....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the reflection of the room is so distracting in the huge mirror that hangs over our fireplace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I decided to show snippets of the mantle... this way you can see what is on the mantle and not the reflection of my family room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv06qDx7IblrewePyxAsIWvGkuqQXbwNoAcukr1D6R4qe4hnwNKYmJ4hkaH9IxdtfvzNu-UNt4R-CCwU-uDdfRKzUiqY5QQzOND8lfesdDEgLJfarJ74IAbZuRPwrorZn52YT7Jhl9HoE/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv06qDx7IblrewePyxAsIWvGkuqQXbwNoAcukr1D6R4qe4hnwNKYmJ4hkaH9IxdtfvzNu-UNt4R-CCwU-uDdfRKzUiqY5QQzOND8lfesdDEgLJfarJ74IAbZuRPwrorZn52YT7Jhl9HoE/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1516.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I used dark wooden pedestals to elevate some of the pumpkins. Tucking a fall candle wreath under the pumpkins gives "fluff" and interest to the arrangement. I love a twiggy look!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye_DKkjLYb9RjYewhfe827q3CfY1cZ4IFd2zVV5WQqWVR-AuhnPG8u89hVT5L9kXkom8W2yy-l0IdQqNzXpz-_uoI5gABx5MawMqAjW8SW7dOh1u90fN4CQftQIOtwueMSEJgtBVpTA0/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye_DKkjLYb9RjYewhfe827q3CfY1cZ4IFd2zVV5WQqWVR-AuhnPG8u89hVT5L9kXkom8W2yy-l0IdQqNzXpz-_uoI5gABx5MawMqAjW8SW7dOh1u90fN4CQftQIOtwueMSEJgtBVpTA0/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1544.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From one end of my mantle ....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5fj7hJZxF3gSg9CAzAEJN7IWZgHzApCvL4SZS4J3iggeHm6E-KWuTkY-vYWFRhQHBZ1U0995mKqIIBcecT6JlZyXFjUPwIwuD2akJbgwjP6KPh4zP-nMLq4K728AacRG6sSssFA8Peg/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5fj7hJZxF3gSg9CAzAEJN7IWZgHzApCvL4SZS4J3iggeHm6E-KWuTkY-vYWFRhQHBZ1U0995mKqIIBcecT6JlZyXFjUPwIwuD2akJbgwjP6KPh4zP-nMLq4K728AacRG6sSssFA8Peg/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1546.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... to the other... my mantle is filled with FALL!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02Kj5rzftX1DTTDp6imQENVxfrrLje7jqffmSWGpAv8WR5M57SJNIjaMMjtFuzEV1le0Tz7BZG70JXCOXQodwamJ9Ge6aghV9OukO9uYstWXAPyWchx8P0fozM0QExUMeA1nqz5ve4ts/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02Kj5rzftX1DTTDp6imQENVxfrrLje7jqffmSWGpAv8WR5M57SJNIjaMMjtFuzEV1le0Tz7BZG70JXCOXQodwamJ9Ge6aghV9OukO9uYstWXAPyWchx8P0fozM0QExUMeA1nqz5ve4ts/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1530.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div> </div>

FALL COMES TO THE MANTLE

Fall has finally come to StoneGable's mantle...  This year my mantle is filled with pumpkins from the Pumpkin Wagon... I can get medium ...

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SPRING MANTLE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP3RIfro0ebAAHFOHJdUAxfJ9_OSgfpMRGraxbvXjQZexrK-nSLvU4BODq0ecAp0XZLHEW0tuA0DefP6LaLoIYfA5Sm_Ue3egzYtP7NDBXtdx_gWNFBxs8HUgR2C_MvxggcN306TSjA/s1600/Title+Page~+Spring+Mantle+2012+-+Copy+(2).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP3RIfro0ebAAHFOHJdUAxfJ9_OSgfpMRGraxbvXjQZexrK-nSLvU4BODq0ecAp0XZLHEW0tuA0DefP6LaLoIYfA5Sm_Ue3egzYtP7NDBXtdx_gWNFBxs8HUgR2C_MvxggcN306TSjA/s1600/Title+Page~+Spring+Mantle+2012+-+Copy+(2).png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the great benefits of having a mantle is decorating it seasonally.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Because it is a focal point it can set the decorative tone for a whole room. </span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> I so enjoy bringing a little seasonal panache to my family room...</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zk7LVhteSxKnbBMcFgQu9Pw_8nnAT2QX0F6CvaKPwJW8zLy8ZJY60W0vYcfjY5m4MbIcJX6w9wMYhtGgIWhOW9GltLwH4yTVPYJgUfqFZMCQgiiCLSRzJZlnqIOzcehYfWPJbdQ7GJA/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zk7LVhteSxKnbBMcFgQu9Pw_8nnAT2QX0F6CvaKPwJW8zLy8ZJY60W0vYcfjY5m4MbIcJX6w9wMYhtGgIWhOW9GltLwH4yTVPYJgUfqFZMCQgiiCLSRzJZlnqIOzcehYfWPJbdQ7GJA/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4508.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This Spring nests have caught my fancy and I am putting them here and there all over StoneGable! So my mantle is the perfect spot to pay homage to sweet Spring nests!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WdCO3OAvepJqPXii-oKGMx_E4Hb8ztNYAIx5DOzY-GR3XS_7E5vLNmO98d_RDHi_Gscn7J8PsdqBV09bwJfwqXfRbiS_r0la5N0SLHF87mN86dWp1cnmIaRxwK8v-qGoC5VfwtiTGvc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WdCO3OAvepJqPXii-oKGMx_E4Hb8ztNYAIx5DOzY-GR3XS_7E5vLNmO98d_RDHi_Gscn7J8PsdqBV09bwJfwqXfRbiS_r0la5N0SLHF87mN86dWp1cnmIaRxwK8v-qGoC5VfwtiTGvc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4336.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Large glass bottles hold faux spring blooms. Recently, I have returned to faux flowers. However, I am very discriminating... they must be great fakes! They are more of an investment, but a worthwile one!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These realistic blooms come from The Old Millhouse Shoppe in Lancater Pa.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin5yNf1-6hgEhu7I3KfNgR0s1qeRxtkFHM_azrInabr_87vaibApLL1GsjZO9fR_uPDud7V7Ob9EJ0ckyCdYY1eDimErIpgnIieBImdP1fzO2iGN8oZ09orU6jXUH1ueStHTObJBWyzU/s1600/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_4320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgin5yNf1-6hgEhu7I3KfNgR0s1qeRxtkFHM_azrInabr_87vaibApLL1GsjZO9fR_uPDud7V7Ob9EJ0ckyCdYY1eDimErIpgnIieBImdP1fzO2iGN8oZ09orU6jXUH1ueStHTObJBWyzU/s640/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_4320.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimX_1k30Lx5Xlto6mw36uA-TuXk5he-cHebYHbn1Xo6CT-YMuvy6ZnojHHvsRoooTjv4HGVjLZS9Dp2j1i47oAncH304cGklQpulRlNBPmZ6TMVrnZuoPfm3MDktlE5P-s82DsEgYHJ1s/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4465.JPG" width="426" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two pictures I made this Spring lean against the large gilded mirror. Click<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.stonegable.blogspot.com/2012/03/nest-picture-tutorial.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to see this easy DYI project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When the Spring mantle decor comes down these pictures will be used in a guest bedroom.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcihK5gXbkvUpQuRIIP_xYnY2o7nui17XDIr6b-Y6TOIuFsSENmaZeoVKxWtoil9Q2dASsLtE2VhgJUfbI5062t2-_RxFGhh4LVqX6MSmSg4wmd0D9mtEKdkmFcyhSVB4JCZnEXgbT3Q/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcihK5gXbkvUpQuRIIP_xYnY2o7nui17XDIr6b-Y6TOIuFsSENmaZeoVKxWtoil9Q2dASsLtE2VhgJUfbI5062t2-_RxFGhh4LVqX6MSmSg4wmd0D9mtEKdkmFcyhSVB4JCZnEXgbT3Q/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4455.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQojjOtQ5Dlho0EUezZ601h8Uy_X4puw2Sv8S8fmsk8IOiU5EMrJz4Ox089k3GePJd8QnkVsyravLO0ycChcjk9FCwEmaZIU58GOvhqPqRrQhleVjgPg2TbxbZRWv83ZS5rqmZReMxgQk/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQojjOtQ5Dlho0EUezZ601h8Uy_X4puw2Sv8S8fmsk8IOiU5EMrJz4Ox089k3GePJd8QnkVsyravLO0ycChcjk9FCwEmaZIU58GOvhqPqRrQhleVjgPg2TbxbZRWv83ZS5rqmZReMxgQk/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4489.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was important to keep a touch of blue and white transferware in the mantle decor as it is a repeated element in the family room.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wanted to keep the look more traditional and sophicated and not too cutesy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oWHAetXoKl646YVzXIfoiEg3s70vjMF1tnnm9Udu2bR_ioQ6Qffo-jMPosgBsJgL_5hOSzw_jy6Uhgjy01lbdNyiVooEkESkF1qgOQeGKJgFQg-guZHXd1iuqzYJkOe5gOo-ADhT2xw/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4365.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oWHAetXoKl646YVzXIfoiEg3s70vjMF1tnnm9Udu2bR_ioQ6Qffo-jMPosgBsJgL_5hOSzw_jy6Uhgjy01lbdNyiVooEkESkF1qgOQeGKJgFQg-guZHXd1iuqzYJkOe5gOo-ADhT2xw/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4365.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This large egg cup was purchased at an antique shop in Havre de Grace, MD and now becomes part of the mantle vignette. Filled with excelsior, it makes a cozy nest for a large goose egg.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5izrlt84mGBsbvvE8Cd5XqrQY1skLBPMVfobI0EKgs8azCvw1sqaTI0vuGTRdDZDGCpar05JSvvfmoDH1CqREZQCNYQlDzp3-wQ7YaCAcKm8JqjAFgI2_z6u2K1f_qpCoRPk76UgKepc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5izrlt84mGBsbvvE8Cd5XqrQY1skLBPMVfobI0EKgs8azCvw1sqaTI0vuGTRdDZDGCpar05JSvvfmoDH1CqREZQCNYQlDzp3-wQ7YaCAcKm8JqjAFgI2_z6u2K1f_qpCoRPk76UgKepc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4460.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A little blue and white bowl sports a willow ball and a couple of gaunty feathers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2aD_aRhyvYFJzJVY3aBH5QHAgGwvjhreEnXVwMDEStNSZowZUMosZoKhbZgUznfm3i8OD_Ku3yxIbVkhMi4haW-3eoRuvE-xi9XEcNbbmMLUjFrV11Zr71l64KswtfF_vQzYFuhiGdQ/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2aD_aRhyvYFJzJVY3aBH5QHAgGwvjhreEnXVwMDEStNSZowZUMosZoKhbZgUznfm3i8OD_Ku3yxIbVkhMi4haW-3eoRuvE-xi9XEcNbbmMLUjFrV11Zr71l64KswtfF_vQzYFuhiGdQ/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4329.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The mantle is the focal point of my family room. Keeping the mantle decor closely tied to the rest of the room allows it to all  play nicely together .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYlnfXgLMqqTs7zxU2LFFZP8keIW8OanqYkPmkox6R-uM_1caSuVVRaMdOT5R-EFRpvPoDlVTZxeVKiG1ri_tL-dEmn9wHr-H4C3fHoDJmXS5_S9IYIXOSCFa6xLGp-17jbPU_dgkeb0/s1600/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_4322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYlnfXgLMqqTs7zxU2LFFZP8keIW8OanqYkPmkox6R-uM_1caSuVVRaMdOT5R-EFRpvPoDlVTZxeVKiG1ri_tL-dEmn9wHr-H4C3fHoDJmXS5_S9IYIXOSCFa6xLGp-17jbPU_dgkeb0/s640/Copy+of+Copy+of+IMG_4322.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh0ezPNJs-JoD2wuyIZk-vjWPoILbGAUdnqN8MTmEGvkinYLSX9uKqgcakDmb56iHoInsB6rU9uPJZUUW6SjsNTucwsGCWECmJSndgc8eFxpvjm71Ht0AK297rsJQmdjEt-3eatUeDeU/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNh0ezPNJs-JoD2wuyIZk-vjWPoILbGAUdnqN8MTmEGvkinYLSX9uKqgcakDmb56iHoInsB6rU9uPJZUUW6SjsNTucwsGCWECmJSndgc8eFxpvjm71Ht0AK297rsJQmdjEt-3eatUeDeU/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4410.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G4__YxoBK_H0YRWR9WM37wrm_9stqdGj1-QGhl53BNKDPcHu06by2cbkIY5HepwteNBFqfAUV_OJIxqJ-0NAJi6mrMIKi-x21bKhVduVdZH6wMq1_vB8ZJDwMBeiZqLXhAVHT7H01Qo/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3G4__YxoBK_H0YRWR9WM37wrm_9stqdGj1-QGhl53BNKDPcHu06by2cbkIY5HepwteNBFqfAUV_OJIxqJ-0NAJi6mrMIKi-x21bKhVduVdZH6wMq1_vB8ZJDwMBeiZqLXhAVHT7H01Qo/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4473.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am participating in...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/03/wow-us-wednesdays-58.html">WOW US WEDNESDAY</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/">Making The World Cuter Monday</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center"></div></div> </div><br /><center><a href="http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Dyd5ljXxRyBoRtx2Ze4mLAwWb5J-k5Ui9WCd5fHHz_JG3A-UnLKpKytz0-HwLOL29jHX8c3oPkZzb4N7PfoT2qOkilI3h9coBMUSIyyjMN2jNQHd8xdlmJZC4AjxurK9QlLFfTTfgvZz/s1600/One+on+sidebar.jpg" /></a></center></div>

SPRING MANTLE

One of the great benefits of having a mantle is decorating it seasonally. Because it is a focal point it can set the decorative tone for a w...

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