Glass Jars

Mmmmm.  A large glass jar with a natural, woven lid.  I have so many plans for you!  For the summer, you will sit on my coffee table and hold some wonderful things like starfish, sea shells, and some wonderfully, textural balls of rope and twine.  When fall comes, I promise to give you a whole new look.  :)



I found this glass jar at Marshalls--around $7.00.  So many of the bloggers that I follow decorate their fireplace mantels for each season.  I don't have a mantel.  But, the coffee table is a great place to make a "splash" to reflect the season. 

July 4th Burlap Bag Favor

"The United States is the only country with a known birthday."           ~James G. Blaine

Burlap favor bag filled with red and white peppermints.

Flag Block #2

Here's another flag block with a beachy-twist.  I got this idea and the directions from How Does She? but again, stacked the blue blocks to keep the flag even.  I white-washed the wood on all sides with a watered-down vanilla colored acrylic paint. After that dried I got out the Mod Podge and adhered some beachy looking scrapbook paper to the blocks.  I sanded the edges of the paper EXCEPT for the two edges of the blue blocks that meet.  I wanted that to look as close to one piece of wood as possible.  I used hot glue to attach that cute little starfish and then tied the whole stack of patriotic blocks with a burlap bow.

 Puts me in the mood for a little July 4th celebration...ON THE BEACH!

4th of July Wooden Block Flag

When I saw this lil dandy over at http://www.brownpaper--packages.com/2010/08/flag-blocks.html ... well, I knew I had myself a little project for the afternoon.  It was easy, inexpensive, and fun.  I followed the directions, but changed the blue blocks up a bit.  I wanted my blocks to be level so I painted the edges of the blue blocks--painting a bit inside the edges where the 2 blocks go together.  I put a little hot glue between the blue blocks to keep them tightly together.  I found this little wooden star at Michaels and painted and distressed it. Then, I adhered the star with hot glue to the blue blocks.

Burlap Bag with a Daisy

 

Lots of possibilites for these little burlap dandies!

 

Burlap Favor Bags from Pick Your Plum are the perfect size for a gift card. I stenciled a little olive branch on this bag, tucked a Sur la Table gift card in it and tied it to a bottle of their fabulous olive oil.

Same burlap bags... This time I sponged some grapey purple craft paint on a rubber stamp and pressed it on the bag. What a cute way to give a gift card!

4th of July Kabobs

Strawberry + glazed donut hole + festive skewer = POW! 

Great for brunch or a snack for the kids...Happy 4th of July!

http://www.celebrations.com/content/4th-of-july-brunch