Mantel Re-Do

I have been working on re-decorating my mantel

for sometime now. I am not one to use holiday

items, other than stockings, because I don't like

to change it once I love it.

Plus there are other places in the house for Holiday stuff.

I found this paper number 6.

To represent the Best's to the power of 6.

(Meaning 6 members of our family)

It started out like this.

Just the plain number 6 and some scrapbook paper

I traced the 6 front and back and cut out strips to

mod podge on the sides

I spray painted the 6 brown so that I could

file the edges to give the paper a torn look

then you could see the brown edges.

After she was all done I placed her next to our

family photo

I love the color she adds to the mantel

Half way done.

Good news is, this is practice for

the new house. The items on the mantel

all tie into the colors of the new house.

Less than a month, but who is counting?