A Few 4Th Of July Touches

I bring to tell I don't intend I bring e'er done whatever decorating for the Fourth of July. Partly, because I am a neutral daughter thence deep reds, as well as navy's but don't actually acquire me excited, as well as partly because I don't intend we've been abode on the Fourth of July inward quite a few years. I know the concluding 3 years nosotros bring been inward New Hampshire as well as I can't actually shout upwards yesteryear that - haha! Seeing how nosotros were going to live hither this year, though, I sentiment it would live fun to but add together a few temporary touches out on our porch. I knew it would in all likelihood drive me crazy inward the identify but out hither I sentiment I could handgrip these deep colors at to the lowest degree temporarily.

The start projection nosotros did was become acquire a slice of forest at Lowe's that nosotros had cutting to live ii feet tall as well as 3 feet wide. We painted it white as well as and thence taped off about stripes as well as painted them a deep crimson (I but mixed about dark pigment inward amongst a generic crimson arts and crafts paint). Then I painted the blueish foursquare amongst a navy (which I i time again mixed about dark inward to darken a brilliant blueish arts and crafts paint). The stars were a chip to a greater extent than interesting. I start but form of guessed as well as freehanded them. Not a expert idea! I didn't actually intend it through as well as although I got 13 stars on inward a circle, it wasn't a really expert looking circle. It lasted near an hr as well as and thence drove me thence crazy I painted over them thence I could start fresh. The minute fourth dimension I made myself a picayune stencil, which worked MUCH better! Then i time I was done I sanded everything downward as well as and thence watered downward about chocolate-brown pigment as well as washed it over the whole slice to historic catamenia it a bit. It took a few hours but exclusively toll near $10, which wasn't likewise bad.

Then I added our 1776 pillow covers (which are straight off HALF OFF) as well as used about cotton wool blueish ticking stripe to brand about novel pillow covers.

I used the leftover ticking stripe textile to brand napkins as well as and thence printed out God Bless America as well as added that on move yesteryear of each plate. (You tin give notice acquire our FREE download of this yesteryear clicking here).

Underneath the God Bless American printout you lot tin give notice run across nosotros added a silhouette of George Washington onto each plate. Although, all inward all, I wasn't thrilled amongst the overall look, I did similar how this turned out.

I also added a George Washington silhouette onto about navy pillows as well as placed them on the ii side chairs. I was form of annoyed that I wasted my fourth dimension on them, though, because I wasn't that happy amongst how they turned out.

Then I added our navy 1776 pillow cover (which is also straight off HALF OFF) as well as a smaller ticking stripe pillow to Lillie as well as Lola's picayune bench.

Here's a picayune God Bless America on a chalkboard behind the picayune circular tabular array betwixt the ii chairs.

And about other George Washington silhouette.

 

I also printed God Bless America (click here to download it for FREE) on a 8.5 yesteryear xi slice of cardstock as well as added it to an easel on the picayune java tabular array out there. 

All inward all it was an cheap agency to add together festive touches (I but purchased the forest for the flag as well as i yard of ticking stripe, I had all the other supplies) but I bring to tell I volition live happy to plough it dorsum to what it looked similar concluding week.

 I promise you lot bring a fabulous Tuesday!

P.S. Along amongst our 1776 pillows covers existence on sale, our 1776 wall fine art is HALF OFF too!