Think SPRING!

I recently became inspired by a friends decorating blog to make a few small changes around our home. I started with our living room mantle, because it's the one surface in our home that the boys have yet to figure out how to reach! I browsed Jessi's blog for some fabulous ideas, she always has a warm, yet simple style that I adore. http://www.yankeebellehome.blogspot.com/

And then went to my old stand-by, http://www.potterybarn.com/ for some additional motivation.

It seems that chunky little birds are all the rage in the decorating world right now, and I was more than excited to hop on this trend.

I found these adorable chubby chirpers at Michaels for $1.67 each!

And some glass apothocary jars for $4 each.




Added some faux eggs, natural material balls which remind me of nests, and some robins egg blue candles to help welcome in the spring....

And of course a photo of one of my two favorite little men.....This particular photo happens to be my absolute favorite photograph ever! It was taken by a good friend and extremely talented photographer, Bernadette Uzcategui. You can see more of her talented work with families, babies and pooches at http://www.buphotography.com/!

Here's the final product! What do you think?

I think with a mantle like this spring MUST be right around the corner...who cares what that silly groundhog has to say!

Next stop the playroom, or as I like to call it, where the toys R us exploded.....