Mantel Mania....Christmas Style! Linky Party fun!

Hey guys!

I'll be linking up with the following ladies on different

Christmas themed linky parties Nov 30- Dec 9th!

Today's linky party is Christmas Mantels with Layla over

at The Lettered Cottage,

so lets start!

 (and before you scold my spelling of mantel, it's proper to spell it both ways, I looked it up! lol)

I took this first picture after stripping off all my fall decorations, so it's VERY nakie!

For my Christmas Mantel, I pulled out the set

of cloches with stands my mom made for me...

for directions on how they were made, go here.

You can see it's pretty, but it's plain....

Sooo.......

I filled them with gold toned ornaments!

I just turned the cloche upside down,

filled it with ornaments and put the base on it

and then carefully flipped it over...

walla!

Next on the mantel, I laid out a bed of green garland with lights first,

then layered in the cloches, large candle sticks with burgandy candles

that picks up on the mat color and also the color of the

poinsettias I placed in the garland.

As you can see, I also nestled in some burgandy colored beaded picks, and

glitter dipped pine cones....

they add some depth and also pick up on the cranberry color again.

To give the mantel a little sparkle, I added some

glitter covered gold ornaments along with some shiny gold ornaments in

different sizes to give it a little more interest.

When the lights are on, the mantel sparkles in the twinkling lights...

SO festive!

One last look and I hope you'll go to

The Lettered Cottage and

link up your Christmas Mantel too!

Have a great week!

HUGS!

Missy

Linking up to The Lettered Cottage  and

Hooked on Holiday House Tour