TOO BE or NOT TO BE...

THAT is the question.
HAHHHAAAAAA, I have had so much fun with this silly MANTEL decision....

LAYLA'S MANTEL,
on the top.


I tried to copy it as closely as possible and came up with the one on the bottom .



I was VERY happy with my copy. I didn't have to spend one dime on anything but a CHALK MARKER....

and THEN.....




I had to go and throw A CLOCK into the mix.



Just who do I think I am....?

Here I got a fairly good COPY from one of the greatest decorators in Blogland and I am trying to add MY TWO CENTS WORTH...???

...but...but....but, I love this little thrifted clock mostly because my sweetie GrandLuv, DEEDS, found it for me.

When I tried to put it in with all the other things on the mantel THAT LAYLA ACTUALLY DESIGNED.,
I had to start asking questions....

I can't do it on my own...I need HELP...SUPPORT...BLOGGY LOVE.
No one should ever have to make this important a decision without the opinion of THOSE TALENTED ONES.
"My name is bj and I am decorating challenged."
Is there a 12 Step program ??

Several bloggers suggested I might try hanging the clock where one of the plates are on the wall...
You can bet I will try that, too.
Quite a few sweet bloggers said to move things around a bit and...so I did.

 Everything DOES look better now that it is a little more 'balanced'....
but.....
still not quite right.
WHAT DOES IT NEED ?

 THEN...my sweet but ZANY friend, VEE, went to all the trouble to
"do up" a photo, showing the said clock, hanging by COMMANDO  Command hooks
directly to the CHALK BOARD...
Now, you, my dear friend, VEE, have DECORATOR IMAGINATION and I just wish I had it, too.
You should know that I WILL be trying this look a little later and you, my blogging friends,
will be the first to see it.
:))
Things still not JUST right on this silly mantel...
KITTY suggested CHANGING PLACES with the clock and the plate....
LOVE IT, KITTY.
How'd you know to try that ?
Just a simple switch-a-roo and it looks amazing.
So many ways to go with this mantel.

 I moved that clock to the right....then to the left....

♫♪♪"...ya put your left foot in, ya take your left foot out, ya put your left foot in

and ya shake it all about....."♫♪♫

It suddenly dawned on me..(DUH)...

the whole design of the ORIGINAL mantel seems to 

showcase the PLATE with the NUMBER.

The clock TAKES away from the design...
gives it all an entirely different feel....
Pretty LAYLA would probably NEVER add another round, large piece to HER mantel.
BUT, she just might.....someday....when she is overcome with
GRANDMOTHER LUV.
:)

☻

...just better lookin' to my untrained eye.
I think we are ALL learning a little bit about arranging things...
I've never really known a thing about scale, size, balance....
I just work it 'til it looks GOOD TO ME...
sometimes, I get it....
most times, I don't quite get there....:)

I even went off on another
ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
look....




I mean.... to me,
one can NEVAH
go wrong with
MACKENZIE CHILDS

...but THAT LOOK
is for another day....

 THEN, Mr. Sweet, getting ready to eat his breakfast, said,
"HEY....try THIS on your mantel....."

 "WHAT ?"

 "THIS..."

 "Are you CRAZY, man....?
I can't decorate a mantel with a breakfast......"
"Awww, you can for just long enuf to take a few pictures....."
♥

 Well, I hafta say, Mr. Sweet.....
that breakfast DOES indeed look pretty danged AWESOME,
sittin' up these,
all delicious looking....
I think those pancakes are SMILING at us.......

He loves the breakfast....
I still love my little DEED'S CLOCK....

 So, altho I know the original design of this Mantel by Layla is the most beautiful to the eye...

THIS one, with the clock Deed's found for me is the most beautiful to MY HEART.
♥ ♥ ♥
I think MANTEL,
God bless it's little heart,

will stay THIS way for awhile.....
all in the NAME OF LOVE. 

My thanks to all of you bloggers for your opinions and advice...
Ya'll are, without a doubt, the finest group of ladies I've ever had the
pleasure to be included with. ♥

I've had a LOT of fun with it all.
XOXOXO,
LOVE, bj 
 

OOO....and take a look at THIS beauty.....

I've got ALL THE STUFF to do one like this....
come AUTUMN...
WOO HOO...
these cute YOUNG bloggers are wearing me to a frazzle, just trying to STAY UP.
(gosh....and I wonder how she got that beautiful paint job on her TOO CUTE shutters..?)
THANK YOU, COURT, for letting me use your photo....
I can't wait to try copy catting you, my new friend.
***
I hope you will swing by several of these parties to check out all the
so stinkin' cute projects, crafts, recipes.....just PURE TALENT.
Thanks much for coming by to see me....come back as soon as you can.
xoxo

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