THE THANKSGIVING MANTEL

This little guy had me at.....HELLO.......

I found this beautiful watercolor fox on clearance at Pier One

last summer and it just spoke to me that HE would be 

my inspiration for the fall mantel!

I was not sure what colors I wanted to use to accent

the lovely soft blues in the background, but I certainly am pleased

with the results!

I found a sweet little fall wreath with neutral tones

and added a soft sage pumpkin in the center.

Target had these beautiful sage pumpkins this year

so I bought some for all of us....daughter, daughter-in-laws

and combined deep blue greens and varying colors of sage

for the pumpkins. 

This just seems so lovely and soft as this

darling little happy fellow smiles back.....

We enjoyed this for the entire month of September, 

changed it out for Halloween, and now

it's back for November.

I have found that I really enjoyed that this year....

this way we were able to enjoy the seasonal decorations

all through the fall season

Lo and behold I came across this sweet hand hooked 

fox accent rug, which was going to be just perfect

placed on the hearth for Mae to stretch out in front

of her fire for those cold fall evenings.

I have also so loved the autumn banner...

The theme was THE FOX 

and I will say, this may have been my favorite fall mantel of all times.