Well, not completely done.  I thought my black and red clock would work with the new mantle items but it doesn’t it sort of sticks out like a sore thumb.

There is a star-burst mirror that would go great with this but it’s a little pricey (even at 50% off).  So, I’m hoping it will still be there after Christmas when everything is 70% off.

The two reindeer and peace are from M’s and I had to go to two different M’s to get a set.  They have a nice soft topaz glitter on them.

The candles run on batteries and I used the lids from some clear containers to lift them up and graduate them.  That was on an earlier post.

This is one of my favorite things – the Nutcracker.  A couple of weeks ago I was at JA’s and spotted him.  However, I didn’t pick him up and when I started putting the mantel decor together I of course wished I had.

Lucky me I went back to JA’s to pick up the berry vine and discovered he was still there.  He is all white and silver glitter.  A great addition to this layout.  The Mercury glass goblets are from M’s, and I put battery operated flicker candles in them so they would not get too hot and crack.

The sleigh is from HL and it worked perfectly with the reindeers.  The tall cylinder vase I’ve had for a good 7-8 years. I put silver ribbon in the bottom and then stuck in some silver branches.  This adds height to this end of the mantle and that gives some symmetry to the entire decor.

Our fireplace sits catty-corner in our living-den area and the mantle is large, so it takes big pieces to fill up the entire space.

Those little black stockings with hounds-tooth tops were found at HL.  I just love it when you start a new color theme and seem to be able to find all kinds of things to match from different stores.  This all started with the “believe” banner for my Santa Claus collection then it just exploded all over the living-den.

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