January 30, 2012

What's Black & White & Red Allover?



Do you remember that riddle from childhood? What's black & white & red allover? It's stuck in my head, but I can't remember the punchline. Bonus points** to whomever can tell me.

**bonus points not redeemable for cash, prizes, bragging rights...or anything even remotely cool. 

Welcome to Mantel Monday! This mantel is black & white & red (all over), hence the riddle stuck in my head. Yesterday after church, I came home and pondered my mantel for a spell. And, felt a sense of deja-vu. Didn't I just mantelfy my mantel for Valentine's Day? Like, last week?? Then I remembered. I remembered that pesky little challenge I gave myself for 52 Mantelscapes. In 52 weeks.

Oh for the love of mantels.

Can we be real for a minute? I SO was not in the mood to mantelfy yesterday. I kinda, sorta just wanted to work on other projects I have on deck.

Or sit. Yes, what I really wanted to do was sit.

But, I didn't sit. I gathered some black and white and red (all over) stuff from around my house and got to manteling. And, this is what I came up with.







You know my black & white wreath that's been refashioned from Halloween to Winter? Well, it's been refashioned again. I removed the winter accents and replaced them with this simple paper bunting. Three triangles and a red heart, laced onto a red ribbon. And, then a polka dotted heart stuck on top of the red heart.

With tape.

Fancy, I know. 



I added a melamine plate from Target, which I embellished with scrap-vinyl hearts.

Fancy. I know.




Then? Then I grabbed two candlesticks and two black & white Liberty of London canisters and introduced them to each other. They're getting along just fine.


I added my Love Abides Here printable to the mix and called it good. 

Hello, good. 



A NEWSPAPER!! What's black & white & READ allover? A Newspaper.

Whew. Glad we cleared that up.

Bonus points retracted.

Wanna see more Valentine mantels?

(It's okay. I do too).

These pretties were linked up to last week's link party, Thursdays are YOUR Days.

Kristin at Homespun With Love linked up this LOVE-ly black, white & red mantel. Ummm...are you seeing my color inspiration here??  I am in super-like with the cute bunting! And, you know how I love free printables

Oh, and there is a very good chance I'll try to recreate this CUTE envelope bunting for a future mantel. Hello?! How cute is that idea? The lovely sisters at My Sister's Suitcase linked this up and you really need to go check it out! They have several tutorials to share from this mantel and they are good ones! 

How lovely is this mantel from Cherished Bliss?? I adore this creamy white and pink combo (with splashes of red!). Plus, I love how she incorporated her lil' punkins on the mantel in the form of pictures! Sweet babies!


Girls, if you want a featured button, they are in the tab behind my picture.

Oh goodness, we've just barely made it through another Mantel Monday. That brings us up to 20.

But, who's counting??

(ummm. ME. I'm definitely counting).

Photobucket
(Like what you see? Follow 52 Mantels!)
52 Mantels52 Mantels52 Mantels

Follow 52 Mantels by Email

Yep! I link up! 


30 comments:

  1. Black, red and white are one of my favorite color combinations! LOVE this! (so much of our valentine decorations are pink/red/white).

    Happy Monday

    ReplyDelete
  2. Emily, your mantle is so pretty!!! I love how you mixed the black, red and white.
    It looks beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  3. The riddle is the newspaper, it is black and white and read all over the place! Your mantel is beautiful!!Di@cottage-wishes

    ReplyDelete
  4. This is great! Love the color combination.

    The punchline to that joke isn't very funny....it's a newspaper. Ha.

    ReplyDelete
  5. This mantel is fabulous! I love the little vinyl hearts on the red plate - so cute!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Love your mantel! I remember that riddle! Thank you for including our LOVE Mantel in your feature. :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Riddle... a newspaper OR a sunburned zebra :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Ahhahahaha.. literally laughed out loud at this whole post. You crack me up friend. Your mantle is lovely.. as always. You should make your hubby decorate it next week! That would be amazing to see :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. So creative!

    Do Chocolate Crepes With Raspberry Sauce sound good? Check out my new Valentine's Day post full of fashion beauty, and sweet recipes for some fun ideas for the 14th! Follow if you like my blog! Your support is needed and appreciated!

    -Halle

    classicglamblog.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. Help....I can't see your post in my a Google Reader in full. Say it isn't so. It's the only way I look at blogs and would hate to miss out on yours.

    ReplyDelete
  11. So pretty!! I love it!
    I just wanted to say Hello! I am on the Mommy Panel with you over at The Grant Life!
    Jill
    twoyellowbirdsdecor.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  12. I am totally inspired to re-do my mantel this weekend. I LOVE this!!!

    I am co-hosting the Tuesday Time Out Inspiration Link Party this week {my first time as a host!}. I would love if you stopped by my blog and posted some of your amazing projects! Thanks!!

    http://www.measureonce-cuttwice.com/2012/01/co-hosting-tuesday-time-out.html

    xo. Hilary @ www.measureonce-cuttwice.com

    ReplyDelete
  13. Love the scrapbook paper in the apocrathy jars. Much lighter on the calories than candy, LOL! I love the Love Abides Here. Was going to do this myself, but my printer doesn't want to print right now, so I did a button heart instead, LOL!
    ~Kimberlee, The Spunky Diva

    ReplyDelete
  14. Another gorgeous mantle! Love all of the ideas! Thanks so much for sharing at the Tuesday To Do Party!
    Smiles!
    Jami
    www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  15. I found you on Tip Junkie. Would you please share this with my readers for our Fun Stuff Fridays Valentine's Linky Party? I think it would be a great fit. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/02/14-days-of-valentines-fun-stuff-fridays.html

    ReplyDelete
  16. The black, white and red colors look great. I always love black and white with a splash of color.

    ReplyDelete
  17. This is a great look! Thank you for commenting on my blog and for following me!

    ReplyDelete
  18. Beautiful idea! Thank you for sharing!! Gonna try it next time.
    instagram viewer

    ReplyDelete
  19. ارقام مؤسسات بخ المبيد فى حائل
    يمكن التواصل بشركات بخ المبيد بمدينة حائل ومعرفة الأثمان والمقارنة بينهم ومعرفة مميزات كل مؤسسة على حدى بهدف تحديد المؤسسة التي سيتم التداول معها، كما يلزم استكمال العروض التي تقوم المؤسسات بتقديمها فيمكن أن تبلغ التخفيضات إلى 50 % أو زيادة عن هذا .شركة مكافحة النمل الابيض بالخبر
    شركة مكافحة حشرات بالخبر
    شركة رش مبيدات بالخبر
    ارخص شركة مكافحة حشرات

    ReplyDelete
  20. Hello! I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here on this post. I will be coming back to your blog for more soon.

    Pathtounite.org
    Information
    Click Here

    ReplyDelete
  21. You made some decent points there. I looked on the internet for the issue and found most individuals will go along with with your website.

    Aytoloja.org
    Information
    Click Here
    Visit Web

    ReplyDelete
  22. This is the right blog for anyone who wants to find out about this topic. You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you (not that I actually would want…HaHa). You definitely put a new spin on a topic thats been written about for years. Great stuff, just great!

    Inkitt.com
    Information
    Click Here
    Visit Web

    ReplyDelete
  23. I was very pleased to find this web-site. I wanted to thanks for your time for this wonderful read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you blog post.

    Eventfulencounters.co.uk
    Information
    Click Here
    Visit Web

    ReplyDelete
  24. افضل شركات منطقة مكة المكرمة التي تقدم خدمات تنظيف وتعقيم المنازل تلك الشركة التي تقدم خدمات جيدة في تنظيف المنازل من الداخل ومن الخارج وهي افضل شركة تنظيف بجدة التي تختص بأعمال التنظيف للمنازل الجديدة والمفروشة في مدينة جدة وقد تقوم تلك الشركات في جدة ايضا بتقديم خدمات غسيل المفروشات والكنب والسجاد تحت اسم ارخص شركة تنظيف كنب بالبخار بجدة تقوم بتقديم تلك الخدمات بأسعار جيدة وخدمات مقبولة
    والتي تقوم بها احسن شركه تنظيف فلل بجده لها خبرة طويلة بالمجال
    وقد عملت افضل شركة تنظيف منازل بجدة علي تقديم خدمات التنظيف داخل المنازل والفلل بمنتهى الاحترافية والدقة

    ReplyDelete
  25. نقدم خدمات نقل العفش مع الفك والتركيب والتغليف ويتم النقل في سيارات مجهزة ومؤمنة لتحميل العفش وتفادي التلفيات في الرياض والقصيم والخرج مثل
    - شركات نقل عفش بالرياض
    - شركات نقل عفش بالقصيم
    - شركات نقل عفش بالخرج
    ايضا في المنطقة الشرقية نمتلك مجموعة فروع خاصة بنقل العفش في كلا من الرياض والدمام والخبر والقطيف والجبيل والاحساء والظهران مثل
    شركة نقل اثاث بالدمام
    شركة نقل اثاث بالخبر
    وتقوم شركات نقل الاثاث في الاحساء والقطيف بنقل الاثاث من مكان الى مكان آخر باحترافية عالية وضمانات سلامة الوصول
    شركة نقل عفش بالاحساء
    شركة نقل عفش بالقطيف

    ReplyDelete
  26. Superb post! I genuinely value how in-depth your topical insights are. It provided me with fresh insight.Your writing style is really interesting. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. I look forward to reading more of your blogs.What I needed to read today was exactly this. You provided excellent advice on the subject. I appreciate you giving your knowledge!
    Leyes de divorcio sin oposición de Virginia

    ReplyDelete

Ratings and Recommendations by outbrain