I'll Be Home For Christmas Mantel

 Good Morning !
 I am back from a whirlwind trip to California to see our boy play football..Before I left last Thursday I got almost all of the house decorated for Christmas.. My first project was the mantel!Last years mantel was the White Christmas mantel.. This year I wanted some red added ..

I used my daughters flea market frame again and turned it longways. I painted the back of the chalkboard white and wrote the same I'll Be Home For Christmas , but I just wasn't liking it. I turned the board back over to the chalkboard side and doodled away .. and I love it !

 There are white pine garlands, pinecones,red berry garlands and metal glittery snowflake garlands.

 The houses all have red on them , and I took the battery lights out of the bottom and stuffed some of the white lights in each one.They all are from Homegoods.

 I spray painted branches white and added glitter so they sparkle for in back of the houses.

 All the cross stitched stockings are hanging up..with a white sparkly pine garland on the ribbon holding them ..Hopefully my son Hunters new stocking will be finished for next year !

 So much fun adding the colored chalk to the chalkboards this year !

Thanks so much for visiting ! Happy Veterans Day , and thank you to all the Veterans for their service !
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