Home for the Holidays: Mantels Link Party

Yay!  It’s party time and today I’m hosting my first ever link party as part of our Home for the Holidays Link Party series.  I’m so very excited.  Fingers crossed that all goes well and you don’t have a hard time linking up.

I love decorating our mantel for each season.  I grew up in a restaurant that was in a colonial mansion and my mom used to decorate each of the 6 mantels for the different seasons with dried hydrangea and clippings.  They were absolutely beautiful.

Here’s my Christmas Mantel for this year:

Christmas Mantel 2012

It is very simple with green and silver accents.  We gathered pine branches from Norris Reservation the other weekend and used them in our centerpieces and on the mantel.  Conor found so many great branches.

Conor with a pine branch

I love the softness the fresh greenery gives (not to mention the amazing fragrance).  I added some sparkly decorations that came off a wreath from years passed.

Branches & Sparkle

Out came the Crate & Barrel mercury glass from the attic, too!

Each year my parents give the boys a Christmas decoration and this year they gave them these gorgeous reindeer encrusted in sparkle from the UK.

Reindeer

Aren’t they sweet?

I added the glitter wreath over the mirror and love how it looks:

Glittery Branch Wreath

A snowman completes the wintery scene.

What does your mantel look like?  I can’t wait to be inspired by you all.  If you don’t have a fireplace mantel please feel free to link up a shelf or ledge.  I’ll share some of my favorites next week.

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It’s simple to link up – just click “Click here to enter.”

The rules for linking up your projects:
– The link must be to a post, not your general blog.
– The project should be a project that you did yourself, not a link to someone else’s project.
– The link cannot be to an etsy shop or giveaway.
– We’d love for you to mention our link party on your blog or facebook!

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Shelly Andrade
11 years ago

Great mantel Danielle! I’m doing mine today and will link up later on tonight or tomorrow ~ thanx for hosting!!

Danielle
11 years ago
Reply to  Shelly Andrade

Thanks, Shelly! So excited to be hosting! x

Kristin Cadwallader
11 years ago

Thanks for hosting,Danielle! Your mantle is very pretty! I love the picture of your son helping 🙂 Kristin

Moni - Zuhaus at Home
11 years ago

Thank you for hosting…I love your mantle..so pretty!

Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com

I’m loving all the glitter! Your mantel is very pretty! XO, Aimee

lulumusing
11 years ago

Simple with a little sparkle and shine is always good for me. Thanks for letting us all share.

Danielle
11 years ago
Reply to  lulumusing

I agree. The more sparkle the merrier 🙂

Cobwebs, Cupcakes And Crayons

Just linked up! Thanks so much for hosting…Your mantle looks beautiful!

Danielle
11 years ago

Such a cuddly and fun mantel. Thanks for linking up!

Catie @ Get Careyd Away

Thanks for hosting! I just discovered your blog and your mantel is very festive! 🙂 love all the silver.

Danielle
11 years ago

Catie, so glad you found me! Thanks for linking up!

greendoorhospitality
11 years ago

Your mantle is so elegant and lovely! Thanks for hosting! Just linked up 🙂
Kenley

Danielle
11 years ago

Thank you, Kenley. Thank you so much for linking up your pretty mantel. It is so fun seeing all this great inspiration.

Anneke at This, That and Life

Wow! This is SO pretty Danielle!!! What a beautiful gift of the reindeer and a fun memory with your son. Thank you for hosting! 🙂

Danielle
11 years ago

Thanks, Anneke! I’m having so much fun with our series! x

pam {simple details}
11 years ago

So pretty, Danielle ~ the sparkle is my style and I love it paired with your greenery!

Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage

Lovely mantel! I love the fresh grennery with the silver spakly Christmas things!

Athena at Minerva's Garden

I love the pine branches and touches of silver throughout your beautiful mantel, Danielle! And it looks like you had a good pine branch gathering helper with you 🙂 Thank you so much for hosting the party today, and for your kind words over at my blog!

Danielle
11 years ago

Thanks, Athena! Yes, I have the best pine branch gatherer! Love your mantel.

beachcomber
11 years ago

your mantel is beautiful danielle!
thanks for hosting 🙂
x

Gina
11 years ago

Your mantel is so pretty! I love all the sparkle. Thanks for hosting!

thefinestkind
11 years ago

SOOOO pretty Danielle! Completely Classy. I love it!!

Karen Albert
11 years ago

Danielle I adore your mantle and the reindeer are wonderful!

So much great inspiration!

2012 Artists Series,
xoxo
Karena

Leslie
11 years ago

Very pretty! Love all the silver and green. That little snowman and the reindeer are darling!

leslie
http://www.trouverlesoleil.blogspot.com

twopurplecouches
11 years ago

so pretty!!!

Shelly Andrade
11 years ago

Hi Danielle, I linked up, but I’m not seeing my post ~ maybe I need some coffee 🙂

Restoration House Interiors

Love your mantel, Danielle! Such a great blog you have here altogether! Glad Anneke put us all together for this party! SO fun making new blogging friends!

Celestina Marie
11 years ago

Hi Danielle,
Your mantel is beautiful. Love the wreath on the mirror. So nice to meet you. I enjoyed my visit to your lovely blog.
Hugs, Celestina Marie

Laurel@chippingwithcharm

I “hopped” over for the party…lovely mantel…fresh greens and sparkle, can’t go wrong 🙂 Thanks for hosting!! Laurel

fiona anderson
11 years ago

Yay, I managed to link up in time.
Thanks for hosting this party Danielle, your mantle is very pretty, I see that you had one of your cute little helpers, to help ! – it definitely makes all the difference.