In The Mood For Love..

 

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Howdy! Can you believe that today is February??? Now, we're not huge fans of going Valentine's Day loco, but we decided that our place needed a little decoration to fill the post-Christmas void. Specifically, our shantle. What is a shantle, you ask? It's the top of our all-purpose hold-it-all shelf in the living room that we decorate as if it were a fireplace mantle! You may recognize it from this little DIY gem:

Mike's Bookshelf Re-Do was so fun and awesome! It left us with a nice open shelf (heretofore referred to as our shantle) to decorate!

So here's what we did to spruce it up for Valentine's day!

We swung by our local Dollar Tree (endless resources for cheap DIY-ers like us!! For under $20 smackers, this is what we came up with: (oh and check back for the terrarium how-to!)



And on top of our long bookshelf, a sweet little framed photo from our engagement portrait session and another "snow" candle.



We plan to add a few more decorative elements- maybe some fancy teacups that are just hanging out in our cabinet filled with candy? Or some smaller tea light holders?

What about you??? Do you decorate for Valentine's Day?