USA

Happy Thursday!  It's almost the weekend and that is always a good thing!

I love decorating my home for the holidays, but that usually only includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. My house is pretty much naked the rest of the year. :( Well, I decided that needed to change! :) I'm patriotic and I love the 4th of July, so I wanted to add some red, white, and blue flair here and there. Well, we all know how the FREEDOM banner turned out (if you don't, you can check it out HERE, and just so you know I'm hanging MODEERF with pride for this year LOL). So I thought I would give it another go with a simple USA banner. I absolutely love how it turned out!

(click on the image to make it larger)

I used wooden star cutouts, Mod Podged on some stripy paper and letters, connected the stars with wire, and added fabric scraps, ric rac, and some burlap ribbon. You can't tell from the pictures, but the ivory fabric has The Pledge of Allegiance written on it. Love it! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Have a super weekend!

Bad Craft Day

Have you ever had a bad craft day?  Well, I had one today and I have to tell you, it's not so much fun.  This post will make you laugh and cry...from laughter!

I made this super cute bracelet last night!

Totally FUN, right?  So I woke up and started working on another one for a tutorial.  Well, it was a colossal bust...literally.  It busted open.  See.

So needless to say, I took a brake from the fabric covered bracelet.  It is salvageable, and there will be a tutorial...some day.  :)

On to craft project number two, a banner for Father's Day!  It's Keith's first Father's Day and I wanted to make it really special!  I thought an "I love Daddy" banner would be perfect!  Then I had a stroke of genius!  I thought, "Why don't I make this two-sided?"  I decided to put I "heart" Daddy on one side and Freedom on the other.  I "heart" Daddy can hang until Father's Day and Freedom could be displayed for the rest of June and early July.  Holy cow!  What a great idea!  See take a look.

Adorable!

And now here's the other side.

My stroke of genius turned into a very, ugly blond moment.  :)  Freedom turned into Modeerf...not really a patriotic word.  When you put the start of one word on the back of the start of the second word (does that make sense), it doesn't work out so well.  :)  I can laugh about it...now.

I will definitely attempt the two-sided banner again because it is pretty fantastic.  I'll just be more careful next time!  My day wasn't a total bust.  The I "heart" Daddy banner turned out perfect and I learned a GREAT lesson!  :)  LOL!