I got some apothecary jars (50% off at Sears) and brought down a curly framed mirror from upstairs. With these items, it seemed to be going in an old-fashioned direction, so I collected all the vintage and vintage-look ornaments (including some that belonged to my grandparents). Looking for things to fill the jars, I found whole walnuts, pods for the coffee maker (LOL!) and some stick candy... and then I thought, oh, nutcracker "sweets"!
So the little nutcracker ornament was joined by two big guys and we ended up with this (so far). It may not look like a decorator (or someone with a clue ;)) put it together, but it makes me smile!
(As always, click to "biggify" the image.)
7 comments:
OMG, I love it! It is so cool you've got ornaments with history, and I love, love, love the use of the coffee pods - perfect!!
It's really a gorgeous mantel. Please come do mine?!
It turns out there actually is coffee (as a character in the Arabian dance) in the Nutcracker Suite. I had completely forgotten about when I decided to use the coffee pods, but they turned out to be oddly appropriate!
Thanks for your kind words! :)
Oh, wow, that's so cool you remembered. Love it even more for that reason.
Awww, cute! I like it a lot.
Thanks, Danielle! I had a lot of fun putting it together.
It also inspired me to look up more info about the vintage ornaments. Based on what I found online (and assuming that these were not ornaments made "in the style of" earlier eras), the clear glass ball ornament may be from the 1940s and the bell ornament may be from the 50s/60s. Very cool!
So funny about the coffee pods!! I think it looked excellent (sorry so late on the comment!!)
Ha, that's okay, Tam, it's actually still up. I'm not as organized as Mollie is!
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