Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Decorating My Fall Mantel

Since I LOVE Fall so much, I try to milk out all the decorating I can. For instance, I've had a Pre-Fall Mantel, and Early-Fall Mantel, now I changed up to a "Fall Mantel"; yet to come will be the Late-Fall Mantel. I guess you could say that I love all the stages of Fall. So transitioning into the regular Fall mantel, I traded out the sunflowers for some faux hydrangeas and some dried ones along with some faux berry stems and leaves.







 I've been playing up the more muted colors and neutrals that I love, just adding in a few splashes of russets and oranges and golds.


So the perfect time of the year to add in a few pieces of my flea market finds Brown Transferware that I picked up for just a few dollars each. My Wolff Pottery tall vases have become a fixture here. They are so easy to change out seasonally, and stacked on old books, they give the height that this huge mantel and ceiling need. Things can get lost here...


My little Tiger Stripe Pumpkins are nestled in a
 Staffordshire sugar and creamer set with leaves. (5 bucks at the flea)


And two of my Vintage Lefton Chipmunks have come out to play. I started my collection of chipmunks and squirrels at my first flea market booth from other vendors, never paying more than 10 dollars a piece.


You can see the Early Fall Mantel Here



 This is my old folding card table in front of the fireplace opening; perfect colors for Fall, and it hides the cavernous black hole. not pretty.





Did I mention that I love Fall...?
Vintage finds that last forever.

(yeah, I thought you might know that.)

I'm joining in for these wonderful Fall parties this week:

Fall Mantel Party at Centsational Girl


Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style
White Wednesday at Faded Charm
TTT at Stone Gable
Creative Things Thursday at the Vintage Farmhouse
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Coastal Charm
Fox Hollow Cottage for a Mantel Party


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 just click on any of the thumbnail pics under my header, 
they will take you to that post.

xoxo,

Let's Shop! Monday Marketplace #31

Hi Everyone, time for Monday Marketplace!

What a great group last week!
So many great links of wonderful items. Oh how I loved seeing the turnout! Today, I thought I'd share a few of the items that had an "animal" theme.

The Famous (Miss Mustard Seed has the original)
 and Adorably White Eulalie Cow Print
by Cindy at Pink Gloves2



by Romantic Farmhouse



Add some Fall Fun with a Pumpkin with Raven
by Craftaholic Creations




It's not too soon to be thinking aboutThanksgiving with this
Vintage White Turkeys Salt and Pepper Set


Not part of the "theme",
 but I fell in love with this unique and adorable
from Maya at Sewella
(isn't the model adorable too?)




And this week's Sponsor Spotlight is on Jessica
with her fun and funky Etsy Shop,


Her store has lots of fun bundles of craft and sewing goodies.







and just in case you're feeling a little "Squirrely" this Fall
I just made these fun little pendants, not yet listed in Etsy.
If you happen to be interested just email me,
(tag it as Pendant)
I'll get back to you.

(pendant on left sold)


If you don't know the drill here at Monday Marketplace, this is a link up for items that you have FOR SALE, just items that are for sale. You don't have to have a blog to link up. If you do have one, I'd love for you to grab the Monday Marketplace button on my sidebar to share on your blog. This let's people know about this Shopping Venue and spreads the word. You can link up to 3 individual item, please have a link to the item itself if possible. This link is open all week, so come back to check out new listings throughout the week.


  Now have some Shopping Fun!!