PATRIOTIC MANTEL

We're enjoying the red, white, and blue on our mantel.

INDPENDENCE DAY PARADE on the MANTLE

 

Our 12 year-old granddaughter, Carly, adheres to the philosophy of "Go big or go home". You can probably tell she helped me decorate the mantle for Independence Day.

 

RED WHITE AND BLUE MANTEL

Honey, I'm home. I know -- You didn't know I'd been gone. I have had a lot going on, and I kind of lost my motivation and my get-up-and-go. I thought I might not return to blogging, but I started missing all of you, so I'm baaack.

FOURTH OF JULY MANTEL

I know what you’re thinking.  “Didn’t I already see her mantel decorated for Independence Day?”  Some of you may remember that I took down the Memorial Day décor and replaced it with Summer mantel décor.  I just can’t leave things alone.

Now, there is an Independence Day parade  on my mantel.

Everyone got into patriotic costumes for the parade. There is an Uncle Sam on stilts everywhere you look!  I’m glad none of them have fallen down yet.

The vintage toy drum that the majorette is standing on was one of my purchases at the auction I told you about in my previous post.  I started the bidding at $5.00, and that’s what I paid for the drum.  Do you ever wonder if something is wrong with you if you want something nobody else wants?  I thought I’d use the drum for Christmas décor, but I decided I could also use it with the 4th of July Parade décor.  (You folks who didn’t bid on the toy drum – are you sorry now?  I’m going to get a lot of use out of it!)

Even my little barefoot gardener got into the patriotic spirit (mainly because I just put him up there for summer, and I didn’t want to remove him from the mantel and find a place to put him away).

 

 

On a nearby table, a dog and children are waiting…

for the parade to march by their house.

I hope you enjoyed the parade.  I’m linking to Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life, Homework Wednesday at Worthing Court, and Summer Inspiration Décor at The Happier Homemaker.  laurie

CAN YOU STAND ANOTHER PATRIOTIC MANTEL?

I don’t know why I bother changing my mantel between Veterans Day and July 4th, but I’m back to the red, white, and  blue.  So…I’m sharing a red, white, and blue mantel for the second time within a month.  For Independence Day, I crammed a lot of patriotism onto the mantel.

God bless America!  Laurie

RED WHITE AND BLUE MOTIVATION

After going on vacation for a week, I’ve been having trouble getting back into my blog.  But, there’s nothing like a kind comment to motivate me.  The Tablescaper commented that she came over to see my holiday mantel, and I didn’t have one posted.  Of course, I jumped up and started snapping pictures!  Thank you for the motivation, Tablescaper!








Since I was already snapping pictures, I decided to snap my tablescape too.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday.  laurie