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Curate a Creative Valentine’s Day Mantel

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Curate a Creative Valentine’s Day Mantle

Lately I’ve been in the mood to decorate. Last year we celebrated glorious fall here in the South Carolina Lowcountry, then had a Merry Merry Christmas filled with woodland forest decor. Now it’s time for a vintage Valentine’s Day. First, we curated a creative Valentine’s Day mantel. It is a challenge to make a beautiful mantel display when you have a large tv hanging above it. Soon, I will tell you how I added the gorgeous photos to my television background. I enjoy my technology and strive to live in harmony with it. I love to watch my shows and movies in the wintertime while covered with a fur blanket and drinking hot chocolate!

Watch the Instagram Reel using the link below:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnA23hMB4aN/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Connecting Our Television to Our Google Photos

wagon of impatients in a friend’s yard
last year’s Valentine bouquet
cardinals in the snow
city painting that I would love to own
puzzle heart ornament

Today I challenge you to choose things that make you happy, without regard to what’s in style or other people’s taste. Tap into that marvelous place where your opinion is the only one that matters!

To begin, I chose five pictures that I really liked and created an album named Valentine’s Day Photos in the Google Photos app on my phone. I would love to paint those cardinals and a colorful cityscape of my city’s downtown area. Looking at the slideshow gives me something to dream about. Next, I added the PhotoView channel to my Roku. There is a 2021 Samsung tv that has an “ambient mode” that allows you to use your photos as wallpaper, and the newer Samsung tvs are even more customizable. However, I have an RCA, so I used PhotoView as a workaround to enhance my tv background.

Your tv will give you a code to enter in your smart phone, then it will ask for permission to sinc your Google photos with PhotoView. My album titles popped up on the tv screen, and I selected Valentine’s Day Photos, then slideshow. I can play this or any other album on my tv background as a slideshow at any time. That is a game changer for everyone who shares their mantel with a screen.

Let’s Talk About the Winter and Vintage Valentine Decor

I fell in love with these pink and turquoise reindeer that I purchased at an after Christmas sale last year. Who says you can’t use mint green (or any other color you want) for Valentine’s Day?
The two ruffled glass jars with Conversation Hearts coordinate with the reindeer colors. Luckily, they were heavy on the mint green flavor!
The pink Victorian ornaments look magical inside these vintage Cristal D’Arques Durand pressed cut Antique Ruby mugs.
I’ve had these gingerbread/Scandi wooden houses for a while and use them every winter.
The pink Victorian ornaments looked shiny and added a feminine touch tucked behind the reindeer.
This Rae Dunn garland is simple, yet pretty.
The stoneware salad plates sport a painted floral heart wreath in the center. I wish they were marked, I would love to know who made them. They were a thrift store find.
My dog, Hercules, is fascinated by all of the activity.
That was fun! Be sure to watch the video reel at the beginning of the post to see how it all came together.

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Blessings,

Kristie

Read By the Sea Shabby Valentine’s Day Vignette

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