The mantle

My mantle is finally sporting some Christmas cheer.  Thanks to all the fellow blogosphere-ians (is that a word? doubtful.) for allowing me to steal some ideas, er, I mean, providing the inspiration for me to finally  tackle this mantle project.  And I gotta tell ya, I was really torn between the blue/silver & the red/gold color schemes.  I guess you'll see that my more traditional side won out :)

Before:

After:



I still think a wreath is needed.  Like this one.  I love it.  I wish it were in my house.  But, hey, I've got 11 months to make it happen for next year :)