Joyful Decorating - Christmas Mantal

Hello Fellow Thrifters and Friends,

   My house has a very unusual mantel that makes it very difficult to decorate and make cute. That just means my creativity is challenged and I must try very hard to get original and make an ugly hard to decorate piece full of beauty. After several put that up and then take that down attempts I am very pleased with the end result. Since we just moved in I jumped right into decorating my house for Christmas. It actually made it easy because then I didn't have to make any decisions as to real every day decorations because Christmas decorations are all about sparkle and cheer.

Here is my lovely little mantel

 As you can tell I have an adobe style mantel that has a very tiny ledge to put little treasures, which if you know me you know that I love little things and have a plethora of them. Some time in the near future I want to paint that brown on the mantel the same color as the walls, but until that time I am making my brown wall work.

I needed something to fill the space on my mantel, but didn't want to spend much money. I decided to put my box of vintage light bulbs to good use. I will be posting a Joyful Creations post on how to make one yourself tomorrow.

 My absolute favorite decoration this year are my skates that I bought this year at an Estate sale for $5.00. They are the perfect Christmas decoration.

 Did you have any challenges decorating your mantel for Christmas? I would love to see your mantels, so please link up on my Facebook page.

Smiles,

I am linking up to From My Front Porch to Yours 2nd Annual holiday Mantel Party

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