My Rustic and Simple Christmas Mantle I hope you all are having a great December so far.This year I decided I was going to scale down on my decorating and I am sticking to my promise. But when I saw this cool chalkboard printable at dearlillie.com It sparked a bit of inspiration. So I got it on her black Friday sale, had it printed at Staples and then I made the frame myself out of 1X4s! Yay me! I didn't have my handy husband help. I'm so proud of myself. Can you tell? So anyway, if you want to see how to make your own head on over to Dear Lillie to see how she makes this cute frame. I wanted a rustic mantle and this is what I have so far. I am planning on adding a branch stocking holder, but it's still in the works as are the stockings. So basically I made the chalkboard frame according to her instructions, then I gathered a piece of burlap with a thread (I'm no sewing person btw) and just weaved the needle and thread in and out until I had this. ...
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