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; 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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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THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS MANTLE!

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