Busy days

Sandestin.........

Gifts for my sisters.......

Fourth of July cake........

Angus the Attic Monster for Ollie.......

Dot the Fashion Monster for Georgia.....

Pirate Cakepops for Kt's shower.....

Pirate cake (Melanie)..........

Check out the tat........

Polly wants a baby........

Baby treasures..............

An clothesline full of pirate clothes.......

The totally happy mom to be.........

I hope to be posting more pics this week!!

Fourth of July Door Banner

A quick and inexpensive tutorial for a Patriotic door decoration.

Accordion fold 3 pieces 4" x 12" of red, white and blue paper. I used my scoring board. Tape each piece together to make a complete circle.

Layer this piece on top of a solid 12" x 12" scrapbook paper covered with another crumpled piece of 12" x 12" patriotic scrapbook paper. I distressed my papers and highlighted some areas with brown ink.

Add a bingo card embellished with stars and backed with a red paper cut 1/2" bigger than the card. Highlight the number 4.  Also add another element like a flashcard. I used an F card and typed the remainder of the word Freedom. I also holepunched a star shape on the flashcard.

Add some more tags at the bottom. I used a red tag with a Fourth of July rub on and another tag attached with a star brad. I aged the pieces with more brown ink.

Place some grommets at the tope to attach ribbon to hang it.

Added vintage ribbon and tie your banner to an old wooden hanger.

A new Fourth of July banner!

Enjoy and have a Happy, safe Fourth!!

Happy Fourth to all my Pink Saturday friends too!  Stay safe and celebrate well!!

fourth of july

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

these are tags i made for a tag book swap with jessica. we received our books thursday and they are so much fun!!! each tag is so different and i love them all! i used these alphabet cards and added a phrase or word to each. thanks to jessica and all the creative minds who participated!

hope all of you have a happy and safe fourth!!

red, white and blue

showing off my american colors this week!

my fourth of july mantel.............

the coolest flag i saw on vacation-made of chains and suspended from the ceiling of a restaurant-loved it!
posting more tomorrow!!

happy fourth of july to everyone! thanks to kari and kijsa for letting us share our love of country! i love this holiday. celebrating with family and friends makes it special and it's also my oldest daughter's birthday. it's hard to believe she'll be 28 with a baby of her own. my holiday decorations include a long-legged uncle sam i made quiet a few years ago and some beautiful pieces by Dee Foust. hope your holiday is joyful and filled with love! stay safe!!

i had to include this picture of an order i received today from peacoats and party hats. the colors aren't traditional red, white and blue but it sure is close! i love the cherry charms!!

4th of July Banner

4th of July Banner, originally uploaded by suesueb.

getting ready for the 4th!!