Magnolia Christmas mantel garland & decor

Corner fireplace with Christmas greenery

It seems I can't use enough greenery in my Christmas decor. This pretty magnolia and greenery Christmas mantel is a favorite!

My house looks like a pine tree threw up all over it (but in a pretty way) by the time I'm done every season. And every year, I add more. My style is very traditional, and there's nothing that screams traditional more this time of year, then greenery wrapped around EVERYTHING.

This year, I was quite obsessed with adding white magnolias to our mantel greenery. I saw it somewhere months ago and fell. in. love. I looked at Joann's, nothing. Hobby Lobby, nada. The web, zilch.

Starting to hyper ventilate that my dream would not come true...I realized I hadn't stopped by Micheal's. The clouds opened up and I found EXACTLY what I wanted there last week, half off.

First of all, you need a few strands of basic greenery. (The more the better!) I usually get mine from Joann's for less than $3 each. For this project, I found greenery at Micheal's for $2 each. Got three, wrapped them together.

Then piled on the goodies...

magnolia and greenery Christmas mantel decor

I wrapped the whole thing with two strands of lights, then stuck a lot of these white beads in (also half off):

A little of this crystal garland (I already had):

And a TON of these...glorious!!:

It turned out exactly the way I wanted. You know when you see something in your mind and it turns out JUST how you imagined? Yep, this was one of those.

I usually use my basic candlesticks on the mantel, but these tree candles are so cute:

I also love this look with the greenery on top as well:

In my humble opinion, there is nothing quite so magical and beautiful then Christmas lights in the dark. The glow transforms the room and my state of mind.