I’ve been doing some decorating and am excited to share!
Who has time to decorate their mantel every time the leaves change? Every time a new Holiday pops up on the calendar? Not Me! Not lately anyway.
Don’t get me wrong, I love having a homey home. I like to get in the spirit of the upcoming Holiday — whatever it is. I just don’t seem to have the time these days.
Which is why I’ve created the All Inclusive Holiday Mantel.
That’s right. Fall, Christmas, Easter and Halloween all rolled up into one Hot Mess of a Mantel!
I do confess, I left out a few holidays but I can’t seems to find ALL of my decorations…because my house is under construction…which is why I don’t have time to decorate my mantel…
Cheers!
Jake's a Girl says
You’re Brilliant! 🙂
Karen says
HAHAHAHA Love it. You are so creative. I especially love your rat in between your egg Christmas tree. Cheers to you!
Sandra says
LOL Thanks Karen. That rat is nasty, he sucked all those eggs! (You know, after they were rotten like rats like to do. Uggh!
Andrea says
Or, like you recommended on facebook earlier last week, just turn off the lights and no one will know you haven’t decorated! It’s my new favorite piece of advice. Floors need mopping? Just turn off the lights! Piano covered in dust? Time for “mood lighting” (lights off)!
Sandra says
LOL But then I’d stub my toe on all the crap everywhere. I love the mood lighting idea though. You wouldn’t see the dust but you could see the shadows of the crap so you could avoid it. Good thinking!
Funky Junk Interiors says
I are so ON to something HUGE here, girl! Get this idea copyrighted right quick like! It’s gonna take off! 😀
Sandra says
circle C. Is that how you copyright? 🙂 I’m happy to share this idea with anyone crazy enough to copy me. They can even HAVE my rat! LOL
Tamara says
Perfect! I might aim a fan in that direction so it will dust itself too!!
Sandra says
Great idea. Now, if I can just find a Valentine’s fan, that would be perfect!
Tanya says
hahah. I was looking at the cover photo wondering how you incorperated eggs with that big rat. =) Funny idea.
Sandra says
hee What’s hilarious is that two people PINNED it. Hope they labeled it as a joke.
katie says
I LOVE the All Inclusive Holiday mantel! It’s perfect and as it sits around all year and collects cob webs it will add to the Halloween decor!
Sandra says
haha. It will probably still be up next year and by then, it will give Martha Stewart’s Halloween mantel a run for it’s money.
Jean says
If you painted a big red heart on the rat’s belly, you could have included Valentine’s day!
Sandra says
Perfect. Except then I’d have to get close to those awful nipples! Eww!
Donna says
That is just brilliant!
Sandra Licher says
Brilliant…as they say in the Guiness commercial! LOL! I love it! We both obviously have “bigger fish to fry”!
Sandra from the Ozarks says
Like Jean said, paint a red heart on the rat’s belly. Then stick a little American flag in his hand. You go, girl!! I never decorate my mantel for anything except Christmas, but maybe I could do it with your inspiration.
Sandra says
Next time I run across a little American flag I’ll totally pick it up. That’s a fantastic idea! (as is the heart…only then I’d have to get close to those nipples! YUCK!!)
[email protected] says
Does that hideous rat have nipples? Oh my goodness girl. Too funny :)! xoxo!
Sandra says
It’s terrible, isn’t it? That rat is CREEPY!
Maria says
What a great idea…. You crack me up! That’s why I always come back for more…Your posts are informative and inspiring too, but its your sense of humor I love.
With a larger mantle, you could definitely add more holidays….
-Maria
p.s. that rat is going to give me nightmares, thanks.
Sandra says
LOL Wes likes to hide that rat so Brody (our dog) runs into it and it freaks him out. Such a tease!
I’m glad you get me Maria. I think my sense of humor is lost on most because they just look at the pictures without actually reading…which is a good reason to start writing directly on the pictures “This Is A JOKE”, so no one thinks I’m serious about flaunting an ugly mantle on the internet. I do wonder about myself sometimes…but I just keep on keeping on. Whatev!
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Laura says
Oh how I love this!! I can never get around to switchig up things, so this would work for me. Heck, I just realized I still had a pumpkin in the bathroom….from last year!