Mr. Wheat's Iris

The iris that Mr. Wheat gave us a few years back are in full bloom.  They are beautiful and they will always remind me of a man Rudy and I dearly love.  I was playing around with headers and decided to try using one of the iris photos as a background.  It was OK.  Then I played around with some photo techniques and came across one that I loved almost immediately.

Here's the photo before -

And here's the photo after - cropped and with my title -

Spring Mantel Inspiration

I'm a little late to this - Spring is flying through here in Georgia.  It's been Spring since February here.  Anyway, I decided I needed a dose of Spring Inspiration and decided to do a search for Spring Mantels.  Here are the ones that most inspired me -

Love this one from Layla at The Lettered Cottage!!!!

From AKA Designs

from Love of Family and Home

Flowers bring the mantel to life! - from Miss Kopy Kat

This one makes use of lots of funky vintage treasures.
You really need to visit the post  and see
close-ups of the treasures to really appreciate it!  from Northern Cottage

Oh my gosh!  Those tulips!!! from A Pretty life in the Suburbs

Not all Spring mantel looks are light - this darker one is from Gail's Decorative Touch

from Refresh Restyle

from View Along the Way

Interesting combination of bling and simple and cute-sy.
from Adventures in Decorating

from My Pine Place

From Chateau Chic

And how fun would this be --- a garden mantel.... outside!  Love it!

from Shabby Story