Spring Summer Link Party at TheLetteredCottage.net

Here is a party for you to share your summer mantels and other fun summer projects you have been working on..  http://theletteredcottage.net/ideas-for-summer
I decided to share my summer mantel…my VERY inexpensive summer mantel… .I used some of the frames  purchased to make vintage chalkboards for my son’s rehearsal dinner to start out with , added some of my peonies that are blooming this week here in the Midwest..Our mantel is from my husband’s grandfather’s farm house…we secured it against a wall in our living room and tiled a sheet of plywood behind it..I purchased a cast iron summer cover from here --http://www.urbanremainschicago.com  a VERY cool place—check it out….. This vase has been spray painted to cover the  not so attractive look it was sporting when I purchased her at a thrift shop for less than a dollar..
Tray behind the vase—another thrift shop find….the books came from an estate sale—on day 3 of the sale…the day for all the deal hawkers like me!
The bottles -- from the infamous Round Top,Texas— a vendor on the side of the road….He let me pick a group of vintage bottles for a couple bucks…

Even the raffia was on clearance—90% off from a going out of business sale..there are some things I will NEVER pass up!


Thanks for stopping by and checking my mantel—hop over the Layla’s to join the party……or at least check out everybody's ideas!!