Dare to deck the halls: my Christmas mantel - snowflake garland

This year I was in the mood or an all white mantel. Last year, I made a hand felted garland which was multi colored. This year, I put that garland on my tree. Instead I then made this paper snow flake garland for my mantel.



This oversized snowflake punch is a new purchase this year and I am coming back later with another craft where I am using it as well.

I used fish line to string the snowflakes.



I punched a hole in each flake.



Then strung and hung them.



They look so delicate from the fish line because it is barely visible.



For the mantle I bought these two matte white ceramic houses at Crate & Barrel.



I also bought those white wooden nut cracker ornaments. The white card stock trees in branch holders I made a while ago - also for the Dare to DIY series.



I used my miniature Christmas trees from IKEA last year and outfitted them with feather boa garlands. On the mirror, I hung a feather wreath that I got 50% off at West Elm last year after Christmas.

And there you have it. My Christmas mantel 2013.

Last year, I also showed my mantel decorations for the Dare to DIY challenge. You can see it here:
Felted ball garland - 2012 Christmas mantel

Our fireplace is a DIY project. Read about it here:  Living room remodel - the entertainment center

I used some of my DIY clay mushrooms on my mantel last year.



Sharing with
Cassie at Primitive and Proper
Rachel at Maybe Mathilda
Michelle at Decor and the Dog
Kim at Newly Woodward



And before you leave, I just wanted to mention that I will be back Wednesday with a collaboration of jingle bell ornaments.



With the ladies from these fabulous blogs, we posed this challenge to ourselves: Make a Christmas ornament using jingle bells. We are calling it a Jingle Mingle and we will show the ornaments that came out of that on Wednesday. I can't wait to see what the others made and to show you mine!

See you Wednesday!