Summer Mantle Fun I took down my Spring Mantle (which was never completed 🙁 ) the other day and then heard I had a crowd headed to my place. (Memorial Day)  Not wanting to leave it bare, I needed to get something on my mantle quick.  What to do?  A few ideas started spinning in my head and in just a short while I was able to complete it and have a lot of fun in the doing. Close-up… I cut some branches from our plum tree and placed them in a mason jar.  I’m not sure how long they’ll last but there’s plenty more I can cut.  The tree desperately needs pruning anyways.…