Since the "Derecho of 2012" caused me much drama during the week of the 4th of July, I never got this blog entry posted. My Independence Day decorating efforts were curtailed as we lost power here at the lake for over 7 days.
But I wanted to share with you what I did accomplish.But I wanted to share with you the wreaths I made for the 4th of July and put up for all of 1 hour before they had to come back in due to the storms.
This is my front door wreath:
I made this simple wreath by wrapping a straw wreath base (found at Goodwill for $1) with red ribbon (also a post Christmas deal). Then I covered it with Memorial Day/4th of July holiday garland from a dollar store, added a large bow and two small flags. I made the bow using a Bowdabra. (This is the only way I can make these great bows.) Note the wreath hanger - I spray painted a cheap brass door wreath hanger red to match the wreath.
Here is my backdoor wreath - it's basically the same idea and construction:
I also threw this cute little decoration together. I put in on the table outside.
I also have to share my neighbor Rox's creation - her 4th of July tree:
I was with her when we bought this small blue tree at the annual Harbor Hills neighborhood garage sale. She paid $5 for the tree and even got the red and white decorations at another house.
I kick myself for not buying the tree myself, but it would have been just one more thing to store. Perhaps next year....
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011
What started out as a simple comment, "Hey Rox, we can so do this..." after seeing a piece of garden art at the Backwoods Fest last year has turned into somewhat of a small obsession.
These flowers made out of old plates that were stuck to a pole looked super cute and super easy. Thus started an obsession of thrifting and yard sales looking for the coolest yet cheapest plates. A year later -- after buying boxes of "cute" plates, going through many different adhesives, and cajoling Dave to help me engineer the suckers to stick to a pole -- I've succeeded in creating this:
Well this craft project requires way too much input from others to make it work, so I moved on to another type of garden art -- totems.
It was apparently so inspirational that both of my neighbors created one too:
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Roxanne's
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