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

4th of July Banner

4th of July Banner

Do it yourself--no sew banner for the 4th of July.  Directions are posted at:  http://www.celebrations.com/content/4th-of-july-bandana-print-banner