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More 4th Decor!

Okay, I think this will be the last 4th of July themed post!  Well, at least until the next one.  :)  This is actually the project that got me started the whole 4th crafty spurt this month.

I have two sets left that I haven't painted yet and I think I am going to make them for Christmas.

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Last minute 4th decor!

After my flag was hanging up, I decided it looked a little blah, so I went shopping the day before the forth, looking for some flag bunting.  I think I have been married to a tightwad  frugal man for too long because everything seems to be more and more expensive to me!  I just couldn't see spending 18.00 at the hardware store for ONE bunting!  Even at Wally world it was 25.00 for three.  I can usually make something cool (less expensive) so I searched the internet and found this great flag bunting download!  Lovely and Gracious is the name of the blog, I just love the name.  It is something I hope to always be Gracious and Loving to everyone.  After printing the flag download (thirteen times!), I cut them all out and after dithering on how to hang them (on a string to swag them or just straight across the railing) this is how it turned out:

I really like it!  I would have liked to have left it up longer but I had to take the bunting down early the next morning because frugal man was going to water the baskets and I didn't want them ruined.  They are safe and sound in the Summer rubbermaid container waiting for next year.  Maybe I will get them out again for Veterans day!  Oh and for Memorial Day! Ohh and maybe Flag day!  Hmm, maybe I will laminate them too!

Thinking, thinking, thinking...



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Homemade flag for the 4th!

I knew as soon as I saw this post, I was going to have to make one for myself!

This is my version:

 

The directions on the blog are very easy to follow.  Hubby (thank you honey) did all the cutting and gluing, I just painted it.  The hardest part for me was adding the stars!  I didn't have a stamp that would fit so I made a stencil to get them all the same size. 

I really like how it turned out and I  think it will stay up for awhile.


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Happy 4th of July!