Revisiting Last Year's Christmas Mantel ...

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!  Are you still full?  I sure am!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before I share our holiday home, I thought I'd show my sweet, new blogging buddies what our Christmas mantel looked like for the past few years:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kdjtGKQcXDRwrQ5mX40MWu38bl07a13DVqh1G4EkIHyMQKMIaiKGHSG7eKakbaTiPlq4_J3G42SIHVcvqiWX7ELv7WNrdbJcfqacFrdJmjppwSzvG6rC-GQXARMSmO5-WCZul1NAKnM/s1600/moverall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kdjtGKQcXDRwrQ5mX40MWu38bl07a13DVqh1G4EkIHyMQKMIaiKGHSG7eKakbaTiPlq4_J3G42SIHVcvqiWX7ELv7WNrdbJcfqacFrdJmjppwSzvG6rC-GQXARMSmO5-WCZul1NAKnM/s640/moverall.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was filled with sequined nutcrackers of varying sizes:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SA-KYehiVtP4OZvAIZygFPRdvu1R_M_Ay2CTnxKJd_F1dordC24cOjte4Ea0Y3j2gKZmXLKvBZZCCivyO9SRyKtqhXFvvq1kQtqhcp1ouCH6tghy9xhDZZZ0iyVUvbt_cSWTSVAXoZo/s1600/lmantel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SA-KYehiVtP4OZvAIZygFPRdvu1R_M_Ay2CTnxKJd_F1dordC24cOjte4Ea0Y3j2gKZmXLKvBZZCCivyO9SRyKtqhXFvvq1kQtqhcp1ouCH6tghy9xhDZZZ0iyVUvbt_cSWTSVAXoZo/s640/lmantel.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Rdf6wvjx-qH7GWT_zXcBUsn8xYKbxRrZp7iSrB1TGZDGz8gNCxvKQDYLaxhRcCY7grBnhLTHD_oD4YXPSvRgBQGAPUmkzy9sD6ptDHEK5AWEnFzpBeOCfm9owWPbjFHiBbE6-Oip04/s1600/rmantle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Rdf6wvjx-qH7GWT_zXcBUsn8xYKbxRrZp7iSrB1TGZDGz8gNCxvKQDYLaxhRcCY7grBnhLTHD_oD4YXPSvRgBQGAPUmkzy9sD6ptDHEK5AWEnFzpBeOCfm9owWPbjFHiBbE6-Oip04/s640/rmantle.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Littles fellas perched on top of festive holiday nuts:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhIxS7gLxUDV81qxZyWzbEdf-xa6N4m2MW1p5QZW0RgGNQ4MElsD2uIRx0o957B1b0t4-d3BBER6_wFL4eEw3Lk8hmSrlvrzj3gT6D8nrzYAIxbQ2jRpiOR7PuA4fspuuL2NifikGDQg/s1600/nutcracker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhIxS7gLxUDV81qxZyWzbEdf-xa6N4m2MW1p5QZW0RgGNQ4MElsD2uIRx0o957B1b0t4-d3BBER6_wFL4eEw3Lk8hmSrlvrzj3gT6D8nrzYAIxbQ2jRpiOR7PuA4fspuuL2NifikGDQg/s640/nutcracker.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, lots of sparkle and beaded garland:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_1NJ3vgfL6UBzhfPU_nA-gh2nHWYULSwxR_rgf1dhViEZxK3qLaMmPZLCB5aOmQN84BoOMR75XtEpU0Io8Vhxpkaf9NuPeaBCJs0j3lPsewAvm8JKQIHpAzAUlR-a-M6KDqeECjtoIg/s1600/close5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_1NJ3vgfL6UBzhfPU_nA-gh2nHWYULSwxR_rgf1dhViEZxK3qLaMmPZLCB5aOmQN84BoOMR75XtEpU0Io8Vhxpkaf9NuPeaBCJs0j3lPsewAvm8JKQIHpAzAUlR-a-M6KDqeECjtoIg/s640/close5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjFmM7mcsVSSRWvKZG9BFjriZtEyTk2PM6tLMJ_CLKjksXg6CQFtVUXrnurR-BSNhSVA9fpev8SPrsrcqi8_2YbQGN2oZaIK153JQC77iwp3HnckA9L2qn2gKJGZjlmTqEobLYWXjQOM/s1600/mclose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjFmM7mcsVSSRWvKZG9BFjriZtEyTk2PM6tLMJ_CLKjksXg6CQFtVUXrnurR-BSNhSVA9fpev8SPrsrcqi8_2YbQGN2oZaIK153JQC77iwp3HnckA9L2qn2gKJGZjlmTqEobLYWXjQOM/s640/mclose.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It glowed and shimmered when it was all lit up at night:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29ueVArEkQsUDdswV9V1zj69BUhV-QEYV3oWTgaruFI2RVY-pS3R9eBywk2TQTzx2gF1BPmlGJis4okh_Q8rLMzGJRgnYfWTMxeFznYJJps9h6ndwny-zCYsVDEUy9qDtmfLI-bbnqVk/s1600/mnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29ueVArEkQsUDdswV9V1zj69BUhV-QEYV3oWTgaruFI2RVY-pS3R9eBywk2TQTzx2gF1BPmlGJis4okh_Q8rLMzGJRgnYfWTMxeFznYJJps9h6ndwny-zCYsVDEUy9qDtmfLI-bbnqVk/s400/mnight.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I loved the *blingy* look, I decided to do something different this year.  Lemme tell ya' ... I was stumped what to do until my sweet 5 year old kiddo inspired me ... can't wait to share it with you !!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYy8gawWbcWjY6BmzT75BEdsCzYtmJ4I4jB-k8lsZzb9JDaPPTBKhN3yN4IEUUCbMHk8c8q5g-5PSCBw7xskaClN8nO-AM93ypTSPC797zmSiIK3eGJSWHVxKPZj3kgMXnZcM085gOBo/s1600/xmasbelieve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYy8gawWbcWjY6BmzT75BEdsCzYtmJ4I4jB-k8lsZzb9JDaPPTBKhN3yN4IEUUCbMHk8c8q5g-5PSCBw7xskaClN8nO-AM93ypTSPC797zmSiIK3eGJSWHVxKPZj3kgMXnZcM085gOBo/s400/xmasbelieve.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great day and happy decorating!</span></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/248/3B01215062574D4D6FFA221C1E7FF50B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /></div>

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