Christmas Mantle

Christmas is just around the corner so I figured I had better get my decorating into high gear!  This year I decided to decorate the firplace mantle with a garland/deco-mesh swag.  I really enjoy working with and using deco-mesh because it doesn't have to be "just perfect."  There's room for error and it's easy to style.

All you need are the following:
1- Strand of garland, you can double up on the garland if you like a thick full greenery look
2- deco-mesh of your choosing - I chose red and white because I like the look of those two together
3- Ornaments and ribbon to accent the finished piece.

Once you have all of your supplies just weave the deco-mesh in and around the strand of garland.  If you are using ribbon do the same thing with the ribbon.  You can use zip ties, bread ties or anything you have on hand to "tie down" the deco mesh to the garland.  You can probably tell from the picture where I tied the deco mesh to my swag.

All in all it was really easy to do.  I hung oversized ornaments at the ends of the mantle but I have seen some really pretty wrapped and stacked presents that would be cute on the floor to the sides of the fireplace, (provided you don't use your fireplace enough to get them too hot!).  At any rate, I hope you found something useful and happy decorating!