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| My winter inspired mantel |
This year we are being wolloped by winter! We have soooo much snow, and it is soooo cold. But I am a born and bred Canadian prairie girl, and I love this weather. It is what I am used to, it is what I have memories of from when I was a kid, and it is what I love. I truly love it! The colours, the sparkles, the blue skies, the white snow, the drifts, the toboggan hill, skating, hot chocolate, fires, even the cold. Call me crazy, but I am embracing our winter this year! (I will clarify that I love our winters until March, then it is ‘spring’ here, and I hate our ‘spring’.)
So here is my ode to winter. I have decorated my mantel in a winter theme: the colours blue and white, snowflakes and snowballs. It makes our house feel so pretty. (My son came down this morning and said: “Mom that fireplace looks so nice! You are an artist!” What better motivation do I need than that!?)
Enjoy the photos!
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| Yarn snowballs, so cute and so easy to make |
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| Lovely snowflakes |
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| Bubbles frozen in the lake ice. (Photo courtesy of my lovely husband!) |
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| The most amazing hoarfrost I have ever seen. This was 2 years ago on our drive to Grandma & Grandpa’s. |
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| More hoarfrost shots. It was truly breathtaking! |
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| Through a barbwire fence. Seriously gorgeous. |
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| At the lake. The view from the kitchen nook. |
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| Crisp, winter blue skies. |
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| Snow drift on the neighbours roof. |
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| Snow building up on our bench |
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| Blanketing pine trees. |
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| Had to sneak a one in! These are lights under the snow in our pots on the porch. |
Enjoy your winter! I know most of North America is currently being blanketed in it! Cozy up and stay warm!
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Hi I'm Jo-Anna! I mom. I blog. I cook. I craft. I like pretty things.
I really like this. I always find it hard to figure out how to decorate right after Christmas, this is a good idea!
So beautiful! Waaaah, I’m homesick . . .
Don’t be homesick! Enjoy the heat!!
jo, you are so awesome. i wish you were my mom.
xxo Sav
Boy your husband takes GREAT snaps!
Your mantel looks outstanding and those snow pics are out of this world beautiful!
Blessings,
Linda
Wow! What a beautiful mantel and gorgeous pictures!!!
LOVE your winter freeze pics, I had to put on my blankie just to look at them! Oh they looked so cold! Beautiful though, thanks for sharing! Marla
Love your mantel! Those frost pictures are amazing!
Gorgeous photos of hoarfrost. That is amazing. Have you printed any to hang on your walls?
Just stumbled on your blog as I was writing an article on winterscaping. Nice work. From down the road in Calgary. Stop by our site and say Hi too.
Have a great day.