"Fussy" Christmas Mantle

I admit it...I have a problem...I'm a "fussy" decorator.  I just can't leave well enough alone.  I fuss and fuss until I've wasted 2 days on one area!

Here's how my fireplace looked yesterday...

"Good enough" but...

Then I remembered these little numbered "whatchamacallit's" I got at Haupt Antiek last week.  I decided a garland would be nice...

No hooks?  That's ok...a couple of rusty goodies will do the trick here...

And here.

And then I thought the sock stretcher "thingy" could use a little "Love".

And here's how it looks today.  Too much?  Oh well...it's Christmas!!!  I'll work on "simplifying" my decorating the rest of the year :)

Here's a peek at a few of the other "fussy" details...

Bed spring tree toppers...I "borrowed" this idea from my friend Traci...cute right?

A fish bowl full of styrofoam "snowballs" and a little "joy".

And yet another simple wreath...made from a metal vent cover and a sweet little button ornament I received many years ago from my sister-in-law Heidi.  Very special...

So how about you?  Are you a "fusser" too?

Well, I think I'll move on to my centerpiece now...see you in a couple days ;)

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Blessings,

Quick Fall Mantle Update...and a confession...

Well, I finally got around to sprucing up my mantle for fall...

"Before"

"After"

I didn't do much...most of the elements I love too much to put away.

Switched out candles for pumpkins...here...

...and here...

...and added a few rusty bouquets...my favorite :)

And this little cutie...he's part of the "confession" I mentioned...

  I am so very tired of hauling seasonal bins, and packing and unpacking seasonal decor items.  This is one of few fall things that I have left!!!  GASP right???

 

I guess I decided I would much rather store less, and re-purpose more everyday junk into seasonal decor...such as the old broom top I used in my centerpiece I showed you HERE. And adding in a few natural elements like pumpkins for fall and fresh greens at Christmas.  

This might not seem like much of a confession to you...but I used to be "that girl" who had 6 huge bins of fall decor and another 16 bins (slight exaggeration...but only "slight") of Christmas. It just got to be too much.

This is another item that made "the cut".  For some reason I just LOVE this fall oil painting.  I bought it at a garage sale many years ago for .25!!!  There was another one too with fall trees and an old cottage.  I sold that one on Ebay a while back...not sure what I was thinking.

So how about you?  Are you more like the "old me" or the "new me"?  Just curious...

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Chat soon,