I have been feeling completely uninspired when it comes to my mantle lately. For years I lived without a mantle and I longed to have one that I could decorate and dress up, especially during the holidays. And now that I have a mantle it doesn't seem to be good enough. Though really, it's probably not the mantle's fault, it's a good mantle, I just seem to have lost my mantle mojo. So I went searching for Thanksgiving Mantle inspiration and here's what I dug up...
I really like Thanksgiving mantles decorated with pumpkins and banners. I had a few pumpkins on my mantle around Halloween but they started to get big mushy holes in them, so to my disappoint I had to toss them; and since experience has taught me not to keep fruit laying around for too long, I haven't replaced them. But I did make a banner with lots of Fall colors and tried not to be too dismayed by the sheer largeness of my mantle. This is what I came up with...
{I can't believe after all that agonizing I'll just have to take it down and go through this process all over again for Christmas.... jeesh, I really have lost my mojo!}
And while I was looking around for mantle inspiration I found a few non-holiday mantles that I think are amazing. My favorite one is the Alphabet mantle below and the one belonging to Amy Sedaris. I wonder if any of these people have some extra decorating mojo they could spare? Either way I'm grateful for the inspiration because sometimes it sucks to come up with your own ideas.
via sfgirlbybay
And speaking of Amy Sedaris, I think she is the biggest kick in the pants. I actually tried some of her Craftercise moves before making my Thanksgiving banner. She says "...it's important to keep yourself limber in order to better handle the rigors of crafting," and boy is she right! I don't know how I ever got through Crafting before she came along.
via Bust Magazine
Thank you Amy, you're a craftsaver!
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