I am so giddy to share my fall mantel with you today!
But real quick…did you notice the blog redesign? I hope you like it… I did it myself : ) I feel like this one is much more me!
Ok… back to the mantel. I am not a craft ahead kind of blogger, many a days I am writing the post the morning it goes up. There are a few reasons for this.
one – I am always behind and pretty much a procrastinator
two – I can’t stand waiting to post something once it’s done.
My Fall Mantel – the faux kind
So what do you think? I kinda love it. It’s my orange and aqua fall mantel. : ) : )
My favorite part by far is this wreath. Maybe because it’s awesome, or maybe because it took me like 3 weeks to finish.
Part of that because I couldn’t ever sit down for a long period of time and part of it because it was super tedious!
Oh but SO worth it now that it is hanging in my living room!
That’s not even the best part….. those leaves are not even attached to the wreath
WHAT?!?!?!?!
I know, crazy right? But just like a magician never reveals his secrets…. ok fine, bloggers do reveal theirs so here’s my little secret:
The leaves where a stem that I bought from hobby lobby. I was playing around figure how I wanted to attach it and tie it in to the fall mantel and I stuck it in one of those mason jars to hold it up. It looked perfect… my husband thought I glued them on. Pretty cool right? Want to know how I made the wreath? Check out the tutorial
Never would have guess right?
Ok, back to the mantel!
I took my super duper awesome garage sale old aqua colored mason jars and stood them up on some candle sticks I had lying around. Then I filled them with some mini pumpkins and pine cones from Wal Mart. Aren’t they just adorable?…. I really do have a problem with mini sized things, they really are just cuter!
I love love love my cheese cloth pumpkins. I dyed them myself : ) It was my first time dying fabric and I’m kinda in love with it! It really isn’t as messy or bad as you might think. I’ll be sharing my tutorial for that very soon!
I got that stem of leaves from hobby lobby 40% off. It is stunning, so if you see some, I’d grab them….just sayin ; )
I just couldn’t stop taking pictures of the wreath…guess I’m a little partial!
And of course my Fall Printable < you can get your own copy too : )
So are you feeling the orange and aqua this fall? I thought I was crazy a few weeks ago, but I have been seeing it around, makes me feel a little better!
Plus it just worked with the dresser. Now just to convince the owners of this house to paint the paneling behind it : )
Have you done your fall mantel?
Don’t forget to check out my post on fun things to do with those leaves falling in your yard!
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wow! what a perfect mantle for the fall!! I can totally understand your love of the wreath!! it’s so pretty!! great job!
Thanks so much Joyce! I was concerned I would never finish that wreath…. good thing I started it way before fall, lol
Love all your fall decorations. Thanks for sharing, Jo-Ann
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Thanks so much Jo-Ann! Have a beautiful week! : )
Oh my gosh, that is absolutely GORGEOUS! I just love the orange & aqua color combo, and that wreath rocks. I would’ve taken a gazillion pictures of it too. :-)
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Thanks so much Ruth! : ) You are too sweet. Thanks for stopping in, hope you have a great week!
I see you did already link up… WOOP WOOP! Love the whole set up and arrangement. So pretty. Love your wreath, and the pop of turq. Great job. hugs, jen
Thanks so much Jen!! I did link up! First thing I did this morning…after coffee and sending the little man to school ; )
That is absolutely gorgeous… love the combination of aqua and orange! And that wreath is to die for… do you have a tutorial on it??
Thanks so much Sandy! I do… I’ll be sharing it next week : ) So glad you like it!
Ashley, this is absolutely gorgeous! I love love love the colors and especially that wreath. :)
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Thanks so much Crystal! I was a little concerned about that wreath half way through, but it turned out better than I imagined! : )
Looks fabulous!! Love it!!
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Thanks so much : ) Have a great week!
Wow, you are so creative! I LOVE this!!! And I love your new design. Great job girl!!!!
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Thanks Rachel! I think this is the most fun I have had with my “mantel” yet : ) I think I just love Fall!
Looks awesome! :) Where did you get your shutters???
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Thanks Ginger! I got them in Fredricksburg, TX at giant flee market type thing. Basically it’s a huge ongoing garage sale. Chris thought I was CRAZY buying old broken shutters, lol!
OK… a little in love!! You can just send this my way!! :) Love the colors!!
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hehe…I would if I could. If we lived closer we could just have a decorating party : )
Aqua and Fall? You are my kinda girl :))) Love the wreath too. Lots. Like, I think I need one of my own and want to copy cat ya:)
Everything turned out great! I love the colors and I love the mason jars on the candle sticks. Awesome! Thanks, Shelly
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Love your fall mantel! Love the wreath! I’d like to invite you to share it at my linky party tomorrow. It’s the Twirl & Take a Bow party at http://www.houseontheway.com! It’s every Tuesday through Saturday.
Leslie
Thanks so much Leslie!
Lovely! those colors look great together. I love the aqua.
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Thanks! I love aqua, so I had to find a way to get it in there somehow ; ) Thanks for stopping by!
I love it!! Awesome job. The colors are perfect and I love the tedious wreath :)
I’ve pinned this!
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Thanks for sharing Emily! Man o man, that wreath was definitely tedious… so glad it’s over because I almost quit several times, lol. It was totally worth it looking back though!
This is really beautiful! Great job!
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Thanks so much Bethany!
Love it, so gorgeous!
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Thanks so much! I had a blast creating this one!
So pretty! I love it Ashley! Xo, Aimee
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Thanks Aimee! : )
I love the colors and the arrangement! You so make me what to redo my mantle…..and maybe go shopping for a few items to put up there:). I really liked your cheesecloth pumpkins. Great Idea.
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Thank you so much! I really enjoyed putting this one together, especially my pumpkins. I have to say, I might be addicted to dying fabric : )
Absolutely beautiful! I love everything about it…especially that wreath. Megan
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Thanks so much Megan! That wreath took forever, but so worth it : )
What a pretty colourful faux fall mantle!!!
xo,
Shannon
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Love your color choices and how you pulled together a “mantel”!
ohhhhhhh I am SOOOO in love with your “mantle” I need to get over the fact that I don’t have an offical/real mantle and just decorate something like you did…. because your mantle is AMAZING and I love Love LOVE it!!!
Jaime
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What a GORGEOUS setup!!! I love it!! Awesome job!
What an awesome color combo! I’m always trying to find a way to integrate something new into seasonal decor. This is an unexpected touch that looks awesome! Also, it goes with what you have. Also, those leaves DO look like they glued to the wreath! I love happy accidents :)
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LOVE all your colors and decor!! Super cute it is!!! :) Have a great day! xo Holly
I LOVE the color choices! I would have never thought to do orange and aqua together on a mantelpiece, but I love it! Now to convince my mom to let me move her collection of teacups so I can design her a pretty mantelpiece like this, too!
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Thanks so much! I’m not even sure how I decided to go with the orange and aqua… it just kinda happened with me pulling stuff out of my closet to put on there, lol! A happy accident I suppose : ) I love changing up my “mantel” it gives my house a nice change without a whole lot of work! I’d love to see yours if you change it up!
So pretty! I love the way you mixed colors, so refreshing!
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Thanks so much! I had so much fun with these colors : )
Dropping by from HomeTalk. Love the colors!
Thanks for stopping by! So glad you like it : ) Have a great night!
I’m hosting an It’s Fall Y’all ~ Linky Party. I would love for you to share this, and any other Fall projects you have! Hope to see you there :)
Thanks so much, I’ll try and get over there. I’m running so behind having friends in town….eek.. the holiday season seems to be starting early this year, lol! Have a great night!
I adore your mantel – love it!
Would love for you to come by and link these up to my party happening now!
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Thanks so much Stacey!
Hi Ashley, I’m loving all your fall stuff ah decorations! They look terrific and inviting, too! I took the liberty of pinning your fall/Thanksgiving printable on my Pinterest. Hope you visit me at #250 on the hop “At The Picket Fence” is leading. Thanks, Helen
Thanks so much Helen! I’ll be sure to stop by! : )
What a great mantle! I wouldn’t have thought to add aqua to my fall decor but I absolutely love it!
Thanks so much Brittany! I don’t know how it happened, lol. I was just pulling stuff out and grabbed the aqua mason jars and it just kinda happened. I wish I could say I was a genius with color, but it was really more of a happy accident ; ) Have a great night!
Ashely! Oh my goodness I am loving every bit of this! The colors are so bright, yet so fall, and your take on the ‘faux’ mantel is perfect. That wreath is SO cool, very creative and it fits the whole space perfectly. Can you tell I really love this? Pinning for sure :)
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Thanks so much Taryn! You are too sweet : ) I kinda have a complete blog crush on you, so I’m pretty giddy you stopped by! : )
So, so cute! And I love the pops of aqua!
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Thanks so much Allison!
Oh my! WOW!!! It’s gorgeous! Just GORGEOUS! I’m in love! Ya know, I have a weathered shutter piece and ALMOST used that but then decided I wanted to go ahead and do something crazy. I hung up a piece of fencing that was knocked down by Hurricane Ike. I LOVE it.
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment, I LOVE your mantel, just saw it : ) Where do you live? I just moved from Houston to Wisconsin… I remember Hurricane Ike : )
i love this ashley! the colors are great and that wreath is awesome!
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Thanks so much Cassie! I had so much fun with these colors!
Where do I find all of your projects? This is the most inspirational fall project I have ever seen….the corn, the aqua, the mason jars……..I am so inspired by your creation! I want to try something like this, but will have to improvise on the shutter. I painted barn siding (old nail heads and knotholes included) on my kitchen wall to match the wallpaper I ran out of, so I thought about using this technique on an old square piece of board. What do you think?
You are too sweet! I’m actually in the process of updating my project gallery, but you can find it at the top of my blog (above the header). Here is a link to all the tutorials on my blog: http://cherishedbliss.com/category/tutorials you will see my most recent ones at the top. It goes from newest post to oldest post : )
Wow.. what an undertaking on your kitchen wall! I would love to see that : ) I think that would be awesome on a piece of board! I’m just not very good at painting details like that… something else I do is my pallet backdrop, here is the tutorial for that: http://cherishedbliss.com/2012/04/entry-way-pallet-wood.html
Thanks again for stopping by and your sweet comment, so glad you liked the mantel : ) Have a great night!
Procratinator or not, you did a great job. I love the blue added to the fall colors. The whole thing looks amazing. Love it!
Blessings,
Debbie
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Thanks so much Debbie! I had fun adding in the aqua : ) love that color!!
LOVe it!!! The orange and aqua look perfect together. And that wreath. How neat to use popcorn kernals. Adds such nice fall color and texture.
Thanks Jen! I had so much fun with that wreath. It took a while, but so totally worth it. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Ashley, I’m Hilani from over at Handmade by Hilani saw this on It’s Overflowing…ha, no really, I love this more and more, every time I see it. :D Have a great day!
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HAHA! I seriously got a little sad there at the beginning of your comment : ) Thanks Hilani! You’re always so sweet! Enjoy the rest of your week!
I love October pumpkins–always have, but have always struggled with the color orange. Aqua is my favorite and I never would have thought to combine them. I’m so glad you did and shared this because I actually love them together! Very pretty mantle. Nicely done.
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Thanks Shannon! Aqua is my favorite too, it was all just a happy accident, but I’m so happy with it. So glad you like it : )
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Thanks so much for the feature! Have a great weekend!
Love the acqua/orange combination! nice color variation from the “usual”
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Thanks so much Daniela! I had so much fun with the colors : )
I LOVE your mantel! Please come over and party with me at Cast Party Wednesday!
Thanks! ~Sheryl~
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Thanks so much!
I love the colors you’ve chosen! So pretty!
Thanks so much Michelle! So glad you like it!
Thanks for the great fall printable. I was looking for something extra to add to my faux mantel (which I am late on getting up). THANKS AGAIN
So glad you like it Kim!! I’d love for you to share your faux mantel once you have it up : ) Have a great day!
First, love the fall mantle and the organge and aqua together! Second, I am so glad I am not the only blogger who is a procrastinator and is doing posts the day of. I truly hope I can at least can one or two spares saved for a sick day or emergency! One day!
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Thanks Kathy! Nope, you are certainly not the only one. I am usually still typing it up right before I hit publish. Sometimes I’ll get a little ahead and have a few extra projects waiting for me to hit publish, but I use those up so fast that I don’t think it really counts, lol! Thanks for stopping by : )
Gorgeous! I am totally in love with the orange and aqua theme! Looks brilliant! Stopping by from the Fall Mantel Party!
Just wanted to let you know that I am doing a round up post on Fall Mantels tomorrow and yours is included!
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Thanks again Jill! Have a great week!
This is beautiful! I love the turquoise and orange together. :) Visiting from A Night Owl’s linky party!
LOVE this! The color scheme is so different. Great job on that wreath too – I’m sure it was a labor of love!
I featured you this week in my Friday I’m in Love favorites!
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Have a great weekend!
XOXO
Jenn
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Thanks so much Jenn!! You are too sweet ; )