Hi friends!

I’ve finally gotten my Christmas mantel together….I know, I know…Christmas is only 5 days away!  In my defense, I didn’t really plan to create new mantel decor this year.  It just happened.

When I pulled my Holiday decor buckets out back in November, I should have known that it just would not satisfy me to use the same decorations on the mantel this year.  I put the old stuff up, but just wasn’t feelin’ it.

So, in true Megan fashion, I changed everything last minute.  I really didn’t know where I was going with it all in the beginning, it all just sort-of evolved over the course of a few weeks!

First, it was the Poinsettia’s that I needed to spruce up.  I buy them every year from Lowes on Black Friday.  It’s cheap decoration at 99 cents a piece but I’ve never been super excited about the cheap gold plastic paper-y stuff they come in and this year,  I had an idea,  and designed these fancy planter boxes for them!

Then, I saw this gold deer head on Pinterest.  And I HAD to have it.  So I made a huge one.

I made mine on a big scrap piece of Plywood though, not canvas.  I’m in LOVE with this piece…I think it’s the metallic gray stripes that I love the most.

So…I had new plant holders, and a new sparkly picture to sit on the mantel…so naturally, next came the idea to make new stockings.

Christen and I made burlap stockings together and I’m working on a tutorial post for that because we couldn’t find a simple tutorial anywhere for the type we wanted.  She fancied her stockings up and mine are still just plain, though I may add to them in the future I’m very noncommittal to that right now. 😉

Sometimes less is more, right?  That’s what I’m  telling myself right now.

 ….and then I needed new stocking hangers!

I’m pretty pleased with how it all came together this year!

Now, I just wish it would have evolved sooner!  I want more time to enjoy it.

I hope you have a safe and happy Christmas!