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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Best Abode Bluish Christmas Mantel

My Christmas decorating began final weekend, every bit common the kickoff identify nosotros took tending of was the mantel! We pass such a skilful amount of fourth dimension inward this our identify unit of measurement room/kitchen surface area that all the changes I maintain on doing to this room are all good worth it, nosotros bask them!

This twelvemonth I've been on a bluish craziness, of course of written report the original coloring textile for the mantel had to hold upward blue. It began alongside this bubble wreath inspiration from CB2 Blog HERE, they select a cracking tutorial on how you lot tin forcefulness out seat together that wreath.

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Some changes were made to their pattern to larn inward run best for me. First, creating a plywood frame to drive to nails to it, non to the mantel. Second, the nails I used were the skinny nails (2") I purpose alongside my boom machine, their heads are really small, too I couldn't notice large, regular skinny nails on that size.

Third, I didn't purpose all the bubble balls they used on theirs, because of the size together with by together with large cost ($86.51)!
I did used 10 of the pocket-size bubble balls they sell ($1.95 each), inward my develop they are the biggest. I bought iii to a greater extent than dissimilar sizes of regular Christmas balls ornaments inward clear together with silver.

Finally, the board was painted bluish together with hence earlier the pigment was dry out some glitter was added. When nosotros went dorsum to admire our job, my kids were non hence happy, they proposed to add together some scattered snowfall flakes some it (They were having a gooood fourth dimension using the snowfall chip punching machine), together with I liked their idea!