Monday, June 20, 2011

mantle as anything



I heart mantlepieces, home of the good stuff, out of reach of little fingers and more often than not the only clean place in my home. I am lucky enough to sport 2 goodly sized mantles in my house and I love them, they are often the only thing that makes me happy about the life of compromise that is renting in inner Melbourne. I shoot most of my flea market finds on my living room mantle because the wall is white and the light is good (two things that are in short supply here). I also relieve an immeasurable amount of 'decorators itch' just by changing things around and creating new little vignettes, a change is as good as a holiday and all that.

With 'all that' in mind I am proposing a game of sorts, a kind of 'show us your bit's', an ode to the mantle if you will. And so, with out further adieu, a meme is born 'Mantle Piece Monday's'. Tart it up, take a breath, snap your pick,  load it up and add your link. Let's see what everyone's mantles look like. 

Just for interests sake, I take all my photos on an iphone, I just keep the field of focus close, keep my hand steady and shoot. I take a bunch of pictures, then choose the clearest one and play with the lighting and filters in Picnik until I think it look right, nothing to it!



11 comments:

  1. I'm sitting here chuckling away at that great post title!
    I wish I had a mantelpiece in my house.... but alas - modern house - no features.

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  2. I do the same thing, for the same reasons. I love this idea. I'm gonna do it! Now. Soon. Today.

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  3. I have three, though i rarely pimp them I could be persuaded...

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  4. Oh Yes I have a mantle, covered in bits and pieces,...... and DUST! and when the sun streams in the window.... MORE DUST!!

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  5. I love summer when vases of my roses fill the mantle.
    At the moment I have little glass vases which are yoghurt pots from a French hotel destined for the bin!! I love to put photos and invitations on there too.
    Chrisartist

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  6. Great idea, I will have to get round to taking some pics later.

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  7. I have no mantle either - can I pretend the top of my bookcase is, though, and join in next time?

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  8. Ok I have joined in with ours in an 'as is' condition. next time i will attempt a more pretty 'n pimped display! great idea BTW, as i love sticky beaks inside people's homes!

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  9. Book shelves are perfectly acceptable, it's more about the 'show us your bit's' than the 'show us your mantlepiece'. I'll be a bit clearer next week, we don't want to discriminate :)
    x

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  10. what a great idea, I love my mantle too, full of all my special things, most of them op shopped. I'll certainly play along. BTW loving the aqua pieces on yours.

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  11. Love the new look blog and what a great meme!

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