Thank You, BHG.com !!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just sharing a little fun news ... I was truly thrilled and flattered when the folks at BHG.com contacted me to see if they could include my Fall mantel from last year as part of their 2011 Fall Mantel Inspiration Ideas slideshow!  Of course, I said "YES!"  I loved seeing our little ol' mantel included:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvLED9HJPMKuzPk8T9AsvPEWUqxsQhQI4eeRDevmlco4WZSETUEqxDiLKwK8YkDWe5_8apabNV1bGVXdAzFJAjz4-eW9bQ2c3BOQKw8txc1y7R6jo2tEMQgEYES5rfKEH8LOsuuHruJo/s1600/fallmantel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The excerpt from BHG.com read: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>"A combination of real and </em></span><a href="http://www.bhg.com/topics/arts-and-crafts/faux.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>faux</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em> foliage looks beautiful on a fall </em></span><a href="http://www.bhg.com/topics/home-improvement/decor/mantel.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>mantel</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>. Becca Bertotti (adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com) created her flower arrangements by tucking real and fake branches into a vase adding pheasant feathers and </em></span><a href="http://www.bhg.com/topics/lawn-and-garden/burlap.htm"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>burlap</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em> in the base. To create the garland, Becca strung various size and color wood craft beads onto wire and hung the string at various heights. A few tucked-in lights add glow."</em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The entire slideshow may be found <a href="http://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/decorating/fall-mantel-decorating-ideas/#page=11">here</a>.  I loved seeing a few of my blogging buddies' mantels included, as well ... I know you will, too!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you believe we'll all be decking out our mantels for the holidays before we know it?  Yippee!  (Ummm, is that wrong that I'm already looking forward to it?)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Have a fabulous weekend ... stay cool!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>Becca</em></strong></span></div>

Thank You, BHG.com !!

Just sharing a little fun news ... I was truly thrilled and flattered when the folks at BHG.com contacted me to see if they could include my...

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