Ornate Splendor: 4th of July

Monday, April 23, 2018

New Creations...

Creating several collections for the upcoming Vintage Market Days of Dallas-McKinney. This beautiful market will be held on Mothers Day Weekend at Meyers Park & Event Center in McKinney, Texas. There will be live music, great food and fabulous shopping for vintage and handmade items!

My wine accessories collection will include bottle stoppers made with vintage glass door knobs and wine glass charms made with vintage jewelry.

My Patriotic collection will include lots of 4th of July decorations made with vintage jewelry and repurposed vintage books and book spines....

Yes, the ribbons below are printed with all of the constitutional amendments!!

Book spine flags!!

More repurposed book spines....

My Fanciful Photo Holders Collection....

made with repurposed glass door knobs, clock parts, and other ornate found items!!

Imaginative one-of-a-kind decor for your home...

My Pretty storage collection.....

Silk and lace covered containers and decorated bottles....

My Fancy Shmancy Hats Collection

....baseball caps embellished with silk beaded fabric and gorgeous vintage jewelry....

And, of course, my Jewelry Collection

..... one of a kind statement necklaces made with vintage repurposed jewelry...

Look for my booth - it's in the main building all the way to the far right/north side of the building. Look for the white booth with the crown on top!!

Hope to see you there - come join the fun!!

Hugs, Catherine

Sharing with these fun linky parties:

Amaze Me Mondays at Dwellings

Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Inspire Me Monday at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Tuesdays at our Home at Our Home Away From Home

Table it at Rustic and Refined

Let's Talk Vintage Party at Bella Rosa Antiques

Inspire me Tuesday at A Stroll Through Life

To Granmda's House We go (tues) at Abbots At Home

Talk of the Town at Knick of Time

The Scoop at Confessions of a Plate Addict

Wow us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style

Creative Inspirations (Wednesdays) at Embracing Change

Share Your Cup Thursday at Jann Olson

The Creative Circle (Thursday) at Seeking Lavender Lane

Home & Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life

Cooking & Crafting with J & J at Julie's Lifestyle

Pin Junkie Pin Party (Thursdays) at The Pin Junkie

Feathered Nest Friday at http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

The inspiration Gallery at The Craftberry Bush

Create, Bake, and Grow Together at http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/

The Friday Flea

A Morning Cup of Joe Linky Party (Friday) at The Cottage Market

Celebrate your story at Celebrate & Decorate

Share your style party at The Essence of Home

Pink Saturday at How Sweet The Sound

What to do weekends at Crafts a la mode

Saturday Sparks Linky Party at Pieced Pastimes

Happiness is Homemade at The Painted Hinge

Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper

Snickerdoodle Sunday at Across the Boulevard

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Happy Independence Day!

Aren't we all thankful for our country? Celebrate the freedoms that we have...pray for those who are not so fortunate.
Here are photos of the festivities at our house this year.

This sweet bottle is embellished with lace, rhinestones, crochet trims, jewelry and a patriotic image found at The Graphics Fairy. I filled the bottle with fluffy white feathers and an American flag.

I put the bottle in this patriotic vignette next to two apothecary jars filled with...sweet vintage baby shoes! These baby shoes represent sentimental family moments. Patriotism and Family...that's what it's all about! I put some fun patriotic jewelry in with the baby shoes along with ribbon at the top of the jars.

Votives wrapped with ribbon and jewelry complete the setting.

This sweet image is also from The Graphics Fairy.

More flags added around the house.

The banner above on the mantle is my own little creation! I used the constitution, the declaration of independence, and sheet music for The Stars and Stripes Forever. On top of these I layered other patriotic images, (mostly from The Graphics Fairy). Then more patriotic colored jewelry, glittered paper, crepe paper ruffles, and wooden letters spelling July 4th. The silver goblets on the mantle hold American flags.

I copied this idea from pinterest...I used my daughter's outgrown jeans -- cut the waist band off, the used my son's outgrown jeans -- cut the waist band off -- and voila! Just put them around a two tiered tray! My son's jeans fit perfectly around the bottom tier. My daughter's jeans had the type of waist band that has elastic that buttons on the inside - so I could adjust it to make it fit. Then I added a small amount of hot glue so that it would stay on. Then I taped napkins to the post in the middle.

The banner on the front porch is made from strips of red white & blue fabric. The blue is actually denim...my daughter's jeans (that were too small) cut into strips. I tied these strips onto a simple jute rope while sitting at my son's baseball game (double header...several hours!...so I usually bring an activity. Tying fabric onto a rope is a good activity for such a setting.)

Next I embellished this plain gray T shirt - I printed the constitution onto fabric using the freezer paper method. Then I added a blue ruffle, a white ruffle, and rhinestones! Oh my!

Printed on fabric, traced my desired shape...

Cut out and peeled off the freezer paper...

Sewed onto t-shirt using zig zag stitch

Fray check any loose threads. Put a blue ruffle around the edge...

Now a white ruffle around the edge...

And then - rhinestones!

We watched our small town parade...

We can watch the fireworks display from our front yard - our little Texas town puts on a fireworks display at a park very close to us. So we can see them perfectly from our front yard. It's fantastic!
Hope your Independence Day was fantastic! : )
Linking up with these parties:

Brag Monday at The Graphics Fairy

Make it Pretty Monday at The Dedicated House

Made by you Monday at Skip To My Lou

Anything Blue Friday at The Dedicated House

Feathered Nest Friday at http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

Show and Tell Friday http://romantichome.blogspot.com/

It's a Hodgepodge Friday http://itsahodgepodgelife.blogspot.com/

Frugalicious Friday http://decormamma.blogspot.com/

A Crafty Soiree http://www.katiesnestingspot.com/

Vintage Inspiration Friday http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/

Inspiration Friday http://www.atthepicketfence.com/

Thrifty Things Friday http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/