My Fall Mantel with Oscar the Owl

Fall officially starts this Saturday.

Officially here its still very warm.

But I needed my New England touches.

I loved last year's Fall Mantel

But this year I wanted to do something different.

I did use a lot of the same elements.

My  Fall Wreath

My Grown Up Wee Little Pumpkins

Dictionary Page Canvases.

And of course all of my favorite materials

Burlap and Book Pages.

The biggest makeover I did was paint my Mantel shelf

I was getting tired of the black.

I used the same grey I used on my Ugly Duckling Makeover

and I even added a shelf.

I am liking my two tiered Mantel now.

Best thing is all that I purchased was the twiggy branches.

(on 75% off at JoAnn's in the damaged pile)

And Mom bought me the Owl

His name is Oscar.

And I named him....not the 6 year old.

The more I look at it the more I love it.

I can enjoy it for a few weeks 

Until the 6 year old starts on me about Halloween

So what do you think about the two shelves?

Hanging out with my Friends....

Centsational Girl - Autumn Mantel Link Party

Paisley, Plaid and Polka Dot Pumpkins

Paisley, Plaid, and Polka Dot Pumpkins

Whew say that five times fast.

It seems like every year I come up with a pumpkin.

Actually one of my very first post was a pumpkin

My Wee Little Pumpkins can be seen here

Last year they grew up  here

So this year I went in a different direction.

My inspiration of course came from Pinterest.

And a sweet little blog Happy Together and her Playful Pumpkins.

So I dug in my stash and visited the fabric store.

Dusted off the sewing machine

And went to work.

And Yes Mom you can have the turquoise ones.

Hanging out with my Friends.....

A Glimpse Inside - Catch A Glimpse Party

Shaken Together - What's Shaken Party

Nap Time Crafters - Friday Favs

Tatertots and Jello - Weekend Wrap Up Party

The Gingerbread Blog - Sweet Saturday

Funky Junk Interiors - SNS

Hubby Made Me - Throwback Thursday

Be Different Act Normal - Show and Tell Saturday

Tutus and Tea Parties - Pinteresting Party

Rooted in Thyme - Simple Sweet Friday

Positively Splendid - Saturday Seven

I Heart Naptime - Sundae Scoop

Craft-O-Maniac - Maniac Mondays

Pinkapotamus - Pink Hippo Party

Brassy Apple - Make it Monday

Skip to My Lou - Made by You Mondays