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Spring and Easter Decorating Ideas: My “Singing in the Rain” Mantel

Spring and Easter Decorating Ideas: My “Singing in the Rain” Mantel

9 Mar

This post was most recently updated on September 23rd, 2019

I just finished decorating a mantel for Spring / Easter.

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This year I opted to go with a happy Spring theme rather than an overtly-Easter one.

Last year’s Easter mantel, recently featured on Better Homes & Gardens, was decorated with vintage bunnies and robins’ eggs.  I planned to use those things again this year, but once I pulled them out of storage, I immediately felt bored. Besides, its fun to challenge yourself to do something entirely different!

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My sweet girly just recently performed “Singing in the Rain” in the big music festival here.  Look at that bright smile…such a little sweetie! (Yes, I’m biased!) So these days, just about everybody in our home has Singing in the Rain stuck in their heads: a result of 12+ weeks of my daughter’s practice.  Even one of my 2-year old twin boys has his own version which he’ll gladly sing for a smile:  “Singing in the rain…singing in the rain…I sooooooo happy again!”  Now and again, he’ll stop what he’s doing and simply say “Mommy, I so happy!”  Precious.

I think that Singing in the Rain is a perfect Spring theme for decorating a mantel.  It might seem gloomy but the rain doesn’t seem so bad when you know that there’s warmer weather and bright blooms in our future.  Besides, without rain, there’d be no rainbows!  Around here, we get lots of rain during Spring.  So, instead of complaining, why not buy yourself a pair of totally cute rain boots and sing your way through it instead?

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Singing in the Rain

Check back on Monday.  I’ll tell you how I created this mantel with….scrapbook paper!

Until next time, keep singing in the rain!

~Kerri 🙂

P.S. Would you like to see how my mantel transformed through the seasons last year? Click here for Mantel Decor: A Full Year of Decorated Mantels to see how I decorated my mantel at least 7 different ways in 12 months.

 

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By Kerri, March 9, 2012 Filed Under: Seasonal & Party Decorating, Seasonal Mantel Decorating, Spring & Easter Decor, Wall Art Ideas & DIY Wall Art

About Kerri

Kerri Roche is the owner, editor and voice behind A Pop of Pretty, a Canadian home decorating blog, where she shares her love of modern coastal and cottage home decorating style, from beautiful Newfoundland, on Canada's east coast. Home decorating has always been in her blood, even while earning a Marketing degree and MBA, and working in strategy and planning in a busy ad agency for over a decade. She aims to inspire other style seeking home lovers to decorate their own homes with confidence, by sharing home decorating ideas, shopping tips, and DIY tutorials from her own suburban home and lakeside cottage - all l while juggling the schedules of a world travelling husband, 3 busy and energetic kids (including twins), and a scrappy little Havanese named Finnigan.

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  1. Catie @ Catie's Corner says

    March 26, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Hi Kerri. I just stumbled across your blog, via Pinterest. Love your mantel!! I’ll be featuring it in a blog post about Spring/Easter inspiration. Stop by later today to read it! =)
    ~ Catie

    • Kerri says

      March 26, 2012 at 10:56 pm

      Thanks so much Catie! I really appreciate it! ~Kerri

  2. Mrs.B says

    March 10, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    LOVE the mantel! Happy Spring!

    • Kerri says

      March 10, 2012 at 11:08 pm

      Thanks so much, and happy spring to you too! ~Kerri

  3. Karin says

    March 9, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    It looks very colourful and cheerful. Lovely!

    • Kerri says

      March 9, 2012 at 4:54 pm

      Thanks Karin!

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