My Christmas Barn Mantel

 

So… it hit me…

Why not bring the outdoors in…

by BUILDING an OLE RUSTIC Christmas Barn…

For my Christmas mantel this year!

Since I didn’t have any scrap wood, I had to take a trip to the hardware store.

I found some light cut wood and came up with a plan.

Here… I’ve cut and glued some of the pieces together as you can see.

Now… it’s starting to take shape with the beginning stages of FAUX PAINTING.

Remember… I wanted RUSTIC!

After the faux painting was done, I cut some strips and added that ole barn door.

with a little BLING, BLING!!

Ready for the WHOLE finished barn?

DrUm RoLL PLeASe…

TA DA!

I LIKE!!

Now…

Here’s some Christmas Barn Mantel photos for you to enjoy…

 

Notice the snowy branches?

They came from flocked scrap branches at a nursery…free! 

 

I added some stacked wood around the barn for an outdoor feel.

The lights all around the barn make it real nice and cozy at night!

And that’s my 2011 Christmas Barn Mantel!

What’s great about this piece is that I can use it anytime of the year.

OK…well…

Next up… the Christmas Tree!

I did something this year… I’ve never “had done” before!

Hope your Christmas Season has been Merry and Bright!!

 

Shutter Signs on My Shutter Wall

I had bought several shutters at the Habitat ReStore several months ago…

@ $2.00 each.

Not knowing what I would do with them…

they sat in a closet all spring/summer/fall long!

But finally a breakthrough.

Soooo…

I painted three of them white.

Hung Faith, Hope, Love signs (from Hobby Lobby) on them using hemp string.

Added some sprigs of fresh cedar, some hand picked pine cones from the woods,

and some fake berry stems.

Arranged them over my farm table bench I made last year.

Now, I have a my version of shutter signs on a shutter wall!

What do ya think?

AND

Just want to say…

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Praying you have some FAITH~HOPE~LOVE this holiday season!

1 Corinthians 13:13

(And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.)

Who Wants To Go Back to the Garden of Eden?

 

ME… that’s who!

Do I have something to share with you…

It’s a film… yes, a film.

(Back to Eden Film)

I know some of you either have land, farm or a garden

or want to have land, farm or a garden (like me!)

Well… you should watch this documentary.

A few days ago, Sharon (a friend from my blog),

who shares “THE DREAM” with me…emailed me a link to this film.

It’s about gardening… but SO much more!

God showed the gardener in this film (Paul) how to grow a self sustaining garden…

like the Garden of Eden!

It is a wonderful testimony of God showing Paul

how to grow beautiful, great tasting food

WITHOUT all the tilling, irrigation, commercial fertilization, and weeding.

WITHOUT the toil of maintaining it!

Just like the Garden of Eden.

WOW!

OK

so look at those Garlic cloves… they’re HUGE!

All of the produce grown here are big and full of juice!

Well…

It blew me away on so many levels and I hope it does you!!

 

Here is a trailer for the film to show you a snippet of it.

BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE FILM ONLINE:

http://backtoedenfilm.com/

And please…

if you watch it or have watched it… let me know if it “moved” you… like it did me!

Thanks For Stopping By!