dresses for the 4th- i couldn't resist

I've had these dresses in my head all week. 

I already had the fabric in my stash HERE,

and I loved making dresses for my girls last year.

Every time I mentioned making them to my husband he would look at me like I was crazy and told me not to add anything else to my list. 

I saw things differently. I needed to make these dresses to have a break from my list.

I am so glad I did.

I had just enough fabric to make two dresses. One for the middle and youngest girl.  

I was hopping to get some cute pictures of the two of them together, but my youngest has been in a rotten mood the last couple days. So you only get to see one of them in the dress.

I love the giant star.

And the button neckline.

Did you notice the American-Chinese yo-yo's she is playing with. We got them at Joann's. I think they will be a lot of fun when we are celebrating on the 4th.

Happy Independence Day!

God bless America!

AMERICA banner free printable

My sister asked me to make a banner for the 4th of July. I threw this together and thought some of you might want one as well. 

First you'll need to download and print the letters:

letters A and M are HERE

letters E and R are HERE

letters I and C are HERE

and, letter A HERE

After printing the letters, I matted them with blue card-stock and hung them with red ribbon. For more detailed instructions on how I made and hung the banner, you can look HERE. 

Let me know if you have any questions or need help with the download.

Check out THESE super cool parties I'm linking to.

Happy 4th of July

When I found this red gingham fabric a couple of weeks ago for only $1 a yard, I knew I had to make my girls dresses for Independence Day. I haven't had a lot of time lately, so I just finished making them last night.

They wore them to breakfast this morning,

and to all our activities throughout the day.

It's been a good day!

I think this was my favorite moment

We hope yours was good too.

Burlap and Doily Flag

I am so loving this flag. It was a super easy and quick project. Plus I was able to make it with things I already had at home. This project is similar to my Mod Podge hand trees.

I started with this old cutting board. I got it from my dad's garbage pile here.

I spread some Mod Podge over the board and placed a piece of burlap on the top. Then I flipped it over and cut the extra burlap off with an exacto knife.

After I cut the edges, I Mod Podged the edges to make sure they wouldn't fray.

Then I cut seven strips of fabric for my stripes. I lucked out, my board was exactly 14 inches and there are 14 stripes. I marked where my stripes should go and glued them down.

Then I cut and added a blue rectangle piece of fabric to the corner.

The final touch was some doily's I bought at an estate sale last week.

Once it was all in place I smothered the whole thing in Mod Podge.

The doily's remind me of fireworks and work well with the rest of our decor.

Here is a list of parties I link to.