Fall Mantel Reveal!!!

I finally have a mantel to decorate!! I'm so excited, especially after seeing the beautiful and inspiring ways people have decorated theirs and pinned it on Pinterest!! I was working with a tight budget, but I think my "Fall" mantel turned out beautifully! Please, let me know what you think! I would also love to see pictures of your mantel!!

My inspiration came about when I went to my brother in law and his wife's house to search their attic for things they no longer are using. I was ecstatic when they said I could do this! I mean, who wouldn't be?! I also knew they had some beautiful paintings their grandmother had painted.

So the search began!!

My husband's grandmother was a great artist! She painted some beautiful paintings of the ocean, light houses, pastures with windmills and trees, barns, lakes, roses to only name a few. I mean they were gorgeous! While looking at all the beautiful paintngs I came upon the perfect one! It was just what I was picturing! It was painted with beautiful fall trees, a lake and a boy in a canoe.

Once I took it home, it sat on the mantel for a couple days and I started adding and taking things away. I took a trip to Hobby Lobby and purchased pumpkins for 40% off! I also found some grassy stuff to add to milk glass vases I found at a Goodwill last fall and have been using for all sorts of things around the house! I just love multipurposing things!

 I wanted to add burlap garland to the mantel like the ones I have seen all over pinterest. I even had all the supplies handy! I started by cutting out a pattern, traced it on the burlap, cut it out, and glued them to the twin.

Are you ready for the reveal?!!

Here you go!

 

I find it very simple and elegant! I just love it and I can't stop looking at it! :) I hope this gives you some inspiration to decorate your fall mantel! I would love to see pictures of what you have done!

Have a great day!

Weekend Update!

I'm linking up for the first time with Sami at Sami's Shenanigans for the

This morning I have a case of the Monday's! I just didn't want to get out of bed!! I wanted to sleep all day and dream about the great weekend I had.

Friday night Jon and I went to one of my favorite resturaunts of all time, Pappadeaux! It was so good :) Then we got home and watched The Heartbreak Kid. That movie is crazy...I really don't know what I thought about it.

Saturday morning Jon and I got up early and headed to the Farmer's Market. We have lived here for about a year and this was a first time for us. The market goes on every weekend in the spring and summer but starting this month it only happends once a month. We didn't buy any produce since we still had some in the fridge from the grocery store, but we did buy some local olive oil, fresh flowers, coffee and some soap made from goats milk. The goats milk soap is amazing! If you have any type of skin irritation, I recommend this stuff! You can shave with it and it also takes off makeup. I love buying things locally made to help the community.

The big event of the weekend was the Texas Blogger Meet up!! It was fabulous!!! We all met up at A Piece of Work in Ft. Worth where we shared some wine and painted a canvaas together.  It was hosted by three lovely ladies, Julie from A Beautiful Day, Sarah from City Girl Gone Country and Taylor from Goings On In Texas. They did such a great job putting it all together and supplying all the wine and yummy snacks. I'm still new to this blog thing and I was just introduce to this group maybe a few weeks ago, so I only knew a few of the ladies, but now it just makes it more exciting to start reading the other blogs. I didn't post very many pictures, but I would like to thank all the lovely ladies who brought their cameras and shared their pictures!

 

 

I hope you all had a great weekend as well and hope it's a good week too!
-Kristen