Birds + Tea Cups + M&M's

I promise my title will make sense at the end of this post (:


Last week my mom and I took down all of our wintery decorations on the mantel and made room for a little bit of spring.  Aside from putting up a sweet lamb and bunny {Hooray for Easter!}, I also made an easy art piece using a canvas, letter stencils, Mod Podge, card stock paper, a decorative stencil and paint.

First, I painted the canvas a lighter version of the color of our living room.

Then I stenciled a design on the background:

Next I found this cute bird silhouette on The Lettered Cottage. Layla used it for her mantel, too! I printed it on card stock so it'd be a little thicker, then cut it out and Mod Podged it onto the canvas:

I stenciled the word "Bloom" down the side to really make it feel like spring:

Here's how it looks on the mantel!

On the other side of the room, we put out some more "springy" decor on my favorite piece of antique furniture.  My great grandma left this buffet table for my mom and dad and the vintage tea cups for me. I just love them (:

A photo of flowers in a gold frame and a sparkly candle vase complete the table:

Lovely roses on the dining table:

And of course some pastel colored candy in the candy jar:

And that, my friends, is how birds, tea cups and m&m's all go together.


Sorry for the picture overload(:
What are you doing to prepare for Spring?


Have a wonderful Monday, loves!


Love and Pastel m&m's,