Spring Mantel 2014

I'm not going to complain.

No, I'm not going to say it. 

 I won't. 

I'm just going to share my SPRING Mantel with you. 

Emphasis on the word SPRING. 

If you've been reading here awhile, if you know

anything about me or where I live,

I think that alone should tell you what I'm not going to say today.

This mantel is a simple one.

It all started with the burlap bunny banner on the mirror.

Here's a close up:

About a month ago, I was shopping at Target

and I came across this banner.

It was quite inexpensive ($5.99?),

I ogled it a bit,  then walked away.

But...

I later came back to it.

My daughter commented,

"You can make that yourself."

(Oh, that kid is well trained.)

But...

for the price, I couldn't resist the lure of not

having to do anything but hang the darn thing.

So I bought it.

I then added some vases full of dogwood blooms to each end.

I added a burlap strip across the vases so

that they would coordinate with my burlap bunny banner.

I also added my wooden candle holders.

 I remembered we have a supply of old windows

in the garage, just waiting for inspiration to strike me.

This window was an old one from our dining room.

It made its way to the mantel, in its original paint condition,

along with a grapevine wreath that I threw together with moss and robin's eggs.

I found the cute white bunnies at Hobby Lobby

and added them as well.

It later hit me that I bought a burlap banner,

already made, at Hobby Lobby just

before Christmas.

(I was saving it, too, for inspiration to strike me.)

I pulled that out, simply tied on some colored ribbons

and called it done.

I really do love it when something

comes together easily.

I hope you are enjoying a beautiful

SPRING day today!

Emphasis on the word SPRING.

See you soon!

Linking to:

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Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Share Your Cup Thursday @ Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson