Redecorating

So my mantle was looking a little rough. I decided to do a little make over. Here are some pictures of what I've been working on...

Before... (Basically a storage shelf)

After

Im not sure where I got the idea, but I bought the letters to spell our names & little shelves at Hobby Lobby. I cut newspaper into strips and glued them to the letters until they were completely covered.

 & I spray painted the shelves black.

Then I hung the shelves on the wall...

Then I realized that it was kind of blank. So I added an 8x10 picture, and 2 5x7 pictures. Im also going to put 3 4x6 pictures above Chris's name but Wal*Mart was out of the matching 4x6 frames. (Sad)

I think it looks pretty good! Im pretty happy about it!