At our house, I started decorating for the holidays early rounding up a stockpile of holiday goodies from one store to the next to build our holiday mantel. This year, I wanted to keep things simple and classic yet modern. Here are some tips and tricks I used to decorate our mantel this year.

Spotting some DIY paper snowflakes thumb-tacked to the ceiling at the Atlanta Holiday Home mixed with an pretty good guarantee we will not have a "white" Christmas this year in Atlanta, I am really feeling snowflakes this year for holiday decor.