Spring/Summer Mantel/Ledge

<div style="text-align: center;">Hey friends!  Yep, I'm late to the Spring Mantel party, but better late than never, right?  I decided to decorate our ledge for both Spring and Summer because, let's face it, I don't have time to do it again in a month.  So here it is....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdpyFqXi_o5a-8FUozgj6EuZVgvpFoxSnp8vNTxFYcqEINsF2-riKG8tUu9LYyK5IGGxXW3AcPeG033ulUOcdXUcPrrtWYrS788GL16GuCFd4zx4jN0CD6xnB-DGdJh9Urr9tF1OTE4g/s1600/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdpyFqXi_o5a-8FUozgj6EuZVgvpFoxSnp8vNTxFYcqEINsF2-riKG8tUu9LYyK5IGGxXW3AcPeG033ulUOcdXUcPrrtWYrS788GL16GuCFd4zx4jN0CD6xnB-DGdJh9Urr9tF1OTE4g/s640/001.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My starting off point was this amazing green colored soda crate that hubby brought home not long ago and I just went crazy for the color!  That crate kinda inspired the rest of the look, with my main color theme being green and white.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97Gu2nbvf9agPXLSawOvkHHqOFNsfbvFVBiGlIQ7wPsB16XbK9Owl9kj0zdrEbxCZM2gJEbha_vEO9rRtPYyeVHyMCX87f9k0qWZZocO_84ifbWJRf-JXlIfJiTcCAwpA2k473iKZPZo/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97Gu2nbvf9agPXLSawOvkHHqOFNsfbvFVBiGlIQ7wPsB16XbK9Owl9kj0zdrEbxCZM2gJEbha_vEO9rRtPYyeVHyMCX87f9k0qWZZocO_84ifbWJRf-JXlIfJiTcCAwpA2k473iKZPZo/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I always try to research the things that my hubby brings home, however, I couldn't find much on this crate, or what K.C. Love is.  If anyone knows what it is, do share!  I kinda went with a picnic theme, too, and brought out a couple of picnic baskets from my picnic basket collection.  I love them as much as I love ironstone and bread boards.  They just make me happy and remind me of fun things I get to do with my hubby and kids, past and present.  :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I picked up this adorable metal green picnic basket not long ago.  I went nuts for the wood handles combined with the green metal.  I've never been a fan of the all metal variety but this one, with the lovely wood handles, was calling my name.  Love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIbmbGxiX2_P3HppXFwG24dkrMda7BXYbPKNiaNf0ivOPiYvIZ3sVD9f-SJu7cxISTiU1xaesHQPx-t-dbWySzLdo981gulvHs2QJLn7ENUxuMb8h_lcLfu79Bz-ZymG5UihEKrbJTFg/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIbmbGxiX2_P3HppXFwG24dkrMda7BXYbPKNiaNf0ivOPiYvIZ3sVD9f-SJu7cxISTiU1xaesHQPx-t-dbWySzLdo981gulvHs2QJLn7ENUxuMb8h_lcLfu79Bz-ZymG5UihEKrbJTFg/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For my main piece of art, I decided to make a sign with this wood/metal thing-a-ma-jig hubby found during Christmas.  We don't know what it is.   It started out like this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXklADptC9kmtv_Fnx-QoTZae26vTW6Fw2H7S66xWZrHcKqY_vi6CN6uOFtTiio8blpByQDkt72AqvWYQNtZAdqaIO5Dsriuj387LbBSlhjYHT0iDAP0E6rdy1b4gXhGUPAdZDTWAo3AU/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXklADptC9kmtv_Fnx-QoTZae26vTW6Fw2H7S66xWZrHcKqY_vi6CN6uOFtTiio8blpByQDkt72AqvWYQNtZAdqaIO5Dsriuj387LbBSlhjYHT0iDAP0E6rdy1b4gXhGUPAdZDTWAo3AU/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I decided to give it a new look by sanding it down and stenciling some of our favorite things about summer on it with a vintage set of stencils, also from hubby.  So, now it looks like this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhuzHWoFNN62up6GeSVk4jjki_YR3QNtsxb7xF7dKF-VawpcavZu6OfiilBKErW-bGybiLcMQC_YzG1h1Y3eHuXb043YjYCQiJYvKuVXhvidfQlCfdZgA0QASlMOL3I9GW53owncD14Y/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPhuzHWoFNN62up6GeSVk4jjki_YR3QNtsxb7xF7dKF-VawpcavZu6OfiilBKErW-bGybiLcMQC_YzG1h1Y3eHuXb043YjYCQiJYvKuVXhvidfQlCfdZgA0QASlMOL3I9GW53owncD14Y/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything else, I already had around the house.  I pulled out my favorite ironstone pitchers to display because I love the crisp white color and to add a little farmhouse vibe.  The basket vases of faux greenery, I picked up at a yard sale last year.  I gave them height by placing them on alternating maple and walnut wood scraps that I already had and just cut into squares.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX89iSNuh7YyILip16jW3CfD-0fcT9YgBjuZeH-ReuwIOfEp-z28z3DDA4fmB46SZqzWHmu7yrfDocr1xyYG_25XrkDW04K3KaPVAmeyuhDhQ1oUe1e4i48lwi0NtBQDWKyWeNOAazOM/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX89iSNuh7YyILip16jW3CfD-0fcT9YgBjuZeH-ReuwIOfEp-z28z3DDA4fmB46SZqzWHmu7yrfDocr1xyYG_25XrkDW04K3KaPVAmeyuhDhQ1oUe1e4i48lwi0NtBQDWKyWeNOAazOM/s640/003.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made the jar candle lanterns with some old jars I had and wire from the hardware store.  I filled them with fragrant lavender and little tea lights.  Rather than hang them on the hooks on our ledge, I hung them above.  I just thought they looked better there.  I'm hoping to find a summery vintage bag to hang from those lower hooks soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXo1hROCl16tKR0s8S_qWMQREZfzSBQJhx3OkUf05qI9pvGG0fp3K62sEWRNgCUPOO7ZVwixhKkZD8OAAzKQedk8inEBTmEzvDQ7QVYpA8y1HhIdUFDQgWOQTpGeTtx9y28he2hOVMmw/s1600/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXo1hROCl16tKR0s8S_qWMQREZfzSBQJhx3OkUf05qI9pvGG0fp3K62sEWRNgCUPOO7ZVwixhKkZD8OAAzKQedk8inEBTmEzvDQ7QVYpA8y1HhIdUFDQgWOQTpGeTtx9y28he2hOVMmw/s640/013.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm totally happy about this Spring/Summer look!  I'm loving the green inspired by that wonderful crate!  And because it's finally Spring!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wishing you all a wonderful Spring!</div>

Spring/Summer Mantel/Ledge

Hey friends!  Yep, I'm late to the Spring Mantel party, but better late than never, right?  I decided to decorate our ledge for both Spr...

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