Crafting During Quarantine (A Spring Mantle)

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We've finished our second week of school being cancelled. The non essential stores shut down as of Tuesday March 24th. People are working from home if they can. The governor decreed that we stay home, except for trips to get food/groceries/prescriptions. The libraries closed several weeks ago. Churches have gone online only. No sports are taking place. Even the golf courses shut down!

I was determined to decorate my mantle for Spring. I finished most of it a week ago but only today I finished creating a new banner. This new banner was inspired by a banner that I saw displayed at the Great Junk Hunt in February at the Monroe Fairgrounds. Remember when we could go to events? I was determined to recreate it. Here is the inspiration:

I searched Etsy.com to find the bird cards. They are from an antique card game.

The original banner has silk ribbon scraps. I found that some Etsy sellers sell pieces of dyed silk that comes from recycled saris (Indian dresses). I found a colour theme that I liked and bought a bag. The other ribbon scraps are from my embarrassingly large ribbon stash. I must say, it comes in handy to have a lot of craft supplies at a time like this when you can't just run out to Michael's at a whim.

Here are some close up views of my mantle.

The pussy willows came from Trader Joe's. All the other items on the mantle came from my stash of decor items.




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