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My front door is all ready for Summer….

After having to take down my leaves and lace felt wreath because some darling birds decided to build a nest in it and we needed to take it down for a bit to discourage such behavior (do these kinds of things only happen to me??), I was left with a blank door and a desire for something summery, glittery and pretty.

So I did what any good crafter would do. I went to Hobby Lobby, bought a straw wreath form, covered it in burlap fabric and then added an accent of navy houndstooth fabric leftover from my kids’ room window treatments. I added a glass glitter letter and glitter butterflies (all from Michaels), and hung it with some red, ruffled ribbon.

It was a snap to put together, and I love the pop of color it gives to my otherwise plain front door.

How are you getting your home décor ready for Summer?

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my mid-summer mantle

August 3, 2012 By burlap+blue

From the title of this post, you may get the idea that I had a lovely, put-together early-Summer mantle, and am just changing it up mid-season for the fun of it. Don’t be fooled-I threw up some votives and a wreath a few months ago and haven’t touched it since. Maybe I should call this post the better-late-than-never Summer mantle.

Anyway…my inspiration for this mantle came from this bhg image…

via oh hello friend

I loved the tight color palete and overall configuration.

The fern print is part of a set that I’ve had forever. They’ve been in pretty much every corner of my home.
The bowl was made by very talented father-in-law…he’s an amazing woodworker, I’ll have to share with you all one day the toys he’s made for Drew over the years.

The blue pottery piece was a gift from my sweet sister, you can find the tutorial for the felt votive holders here, and the tile was a find from a local salvadge yard.

There you have it! The probably-won’t-get-touched-again-till-Christmas mantle. Good thing I like it:)

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