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Fall Mantel Decorations #MichaelsMakers

September 15, 2014 By Amy @ Positively Splendid

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Even here deep in the heart of Texas, we’ve finally experienced those first crisp, glorious days of fall. This is, without a doubt, my favorite time of year, and I love to decorate my home to go along with the season! Today, I’m sharing my fall mantel decorations, made with the help of Michaels Stores. This mantel pulls together many of my favorite past fall craft projects along with some new items. I can’t wait to share it with you!

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Today’s post is brought to you by Michaels.

This month, the Michaels Makers were challenged to create a fall-themed display in our home. Over the years, I have completed so many fun fall crafts, and I knew I wanted to pull those out of storage to use in this display, while also making a few new projects along the way.

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Taking center stage are some great galvanized metal letters I found at Michaels. I love the rustic, antique look of these. So perfect for fall! 

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Instead of leaving the letters plain, I decided to punch them up a bit with some cute paper leaf embellishments I found in the scrapbooking section at Michaels. One of my favorite tips: the paper crafting aisle is a terrific place to find fun embellishments to add a pop of fun color and texture to home decor projects!

For the letters, I used foam adhesive dots to affix the leaves to the letters. By doing so, the leaves can be easily removed later on so that the letters can be used again in another display.

Use paper crafting embellishments to decorate plain metal letters. Simple and fun! #MichaelsMakers

For our wedding, my husband and I received some lovely silver candle holders, and love using them throughout the seasons. For this display, I decided to use them as pedestals for displaying some simple embellished white pumpkins.

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

To create the pumpkins, I simply took 6-inch faux white pumpkins and wrapped them with some pretty wired burlap ribbon, securing the ribbon with hot glue. I then used the same paper leaf embellishments from my letters above and glue dots to adhere the leaves to the center of the ribbon. So easy!

Decorate plain white pumpkins with burlap ribbon and paper embellishments. So simple! #MichaelsMakers

Using some great feather paper embellishments, I created this whimsical fall wreath in just 10 short minutes. This project tutorial is coming up later this week, so stay tuned!

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

To round out the display, I nestled my fall leaf embroidery hoop art alongside a quick arrangement of faux cotton blossoms and a peacock feather spray.

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Another smaller leaf hoop is propped against a fun vase I created with a mason jar. (The tutorial for this project is coming soon.)

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

My fall leaf garland anchors the display and adds another pop of pretty fall color. 

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Two of my plush patchwork pumpkins serve as bookends for the display. Those little guys are probably my very favorite past fall project!

Lovely fall mantel decorations with so many fun handmade projects! #MichaelsMakers

Thanks so much for stopping by today to take a look at my fall mantel. I hope you’re inspired to bring some fall color into your own home!

Projects featured in this post:

Plush Patchwork Pumpkins

Fall Leaf Embroidery Hoop Art

Fall Leaf Garland

Looking for even more great fall inspiration? I’m pinning up a storm on my Fall Fever board, and the Michaels Fall Ideas board is brimming with great ideas, too!

Be sure to also check out Michaels’ Fall Market Look Book for even more fall project tips!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Michaels Makers program. All opinions are entirely my own.

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  1. Crystal says

    September 15, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    Beautiful mantle!! Loving the metal letters and leaf garland. Love how you decorated the pumpkins too! I love it all!!!

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