Red,White & Blue Galvanized Tiered Tray

 Good Morning!
With Memorial Day weekend it's time to get out all the Red White and Blue..

 The galvanized tiered tray in my kitchen ( from Sam's Club a couple years ago) .. got decorated with painted mason jars full of flags, red gingham, daisies, chickens and a cow creamer.. transferware in red and blue, a little stitched piece .. and some America stitched little pillows.

I always love this time of year .. the official start to summer ..

 Daisies and flags are made for each other!

On the other counter is another stitrched piece on top of a vintage scale.. Lots of thrift store items over there :)

Hope you get time to spend with family and friends today ...and remember all those who serve and have served our country!

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Patriotic 4th of July Cookies.... 2013

 Yesterday I baked my annual patriotic flag cookies . Can't let a holiday go by without some sugar cookies !

I use my recipe from the Mrs. Fields cookbook for the cookies. For these cookies I made 2 double batches. I did a lot of double decker cookies this year , using the small star and heart cutter ..and even some small round cookies.

 The bigger hearts and stars I do all white royal icing , then add the blue in the left corner .. then the red stripes.

 I love the flowers and the little houses .

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Redoing the Red White and Blue..

 One of my favorite projects is this patriotic   Decomesh wreath I made it 3 years ago and

 the red decomesh was really faded this year when I put it up.. So I took it down and took out all the red , and put new red pieces in so it looks alot better.

 Here it is after taking out the red pieces.

 I use floral pins and also hot glue over the pins to hold the decomesh in. I use pieces of decomesh that are about 18 inches long . Scrunch them up , pin them and hot glue.

 I ended up replacing the blue too, it was a little faded but mostly needed puffing up. I think I am going to have to redo the white too so that it is equally as puffy as the rest of the wreath.

 Last year I made this flag pillow to put on the chair that sits on our front porch. It too was a little faded , so since I had hot glued all the ruffles on , I ripped those off as well..

 I used red gingham ( love the red gingham :), muslin  and blue dot fabric.. I use hot glue and pinch the ruffles in place..

 I ended up pulling up the blue on the top and making the ruffle go all the way across .

Love my wicker chair  that we got last week ! I think the flag pillow looks so cute on it !

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Patriotic Subway Art Table Runner

Good Monday morning :) It was time for a new table runner to be made .. I went with a patriotic theme ,so I can use it from now until Labor Day , unless I decide to make a flowery summery one :)

I used my foam stamps and acrylic paint ,on osnaburg fabric. I used red gingham and navy polka dot fabric to make the ruffles..

I had to use some of the pompom fringe with the ruffles too ! I think this is my favorite so far out of the five I have made :)

I used red, white and blue paint , with a little light blue thrown in there.. I love how it looks with the light blue .

I actually made 2 of these , one is a gift for someone special :)

My duaghter and I were in Target last week and got these anniversary blue Ball Mason jars.,We split one package , then went back on Saturday and each got our own package of 6 .. Just love the blue color :)

I posted this photo of our front porch on Instagram last week , and to my surprise Home Depot commented on it and asked to share it ! How exciting !
My little Jack Russell is in the doorway supervising ! I had just moved some of the plants around in the front garden and planted a new hydrangea my daughter had bought me for Mothers Day.

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Memorial Day Trifle

 I just wanted to show you the dessert my daughter and I made yesterday for Memorial Day..we saw this idea here on Pinterest .

 This all started by running through our local mall on Sunday evening trying to find a trifle dish .. we finally found one with a few minutes to spare until all the stores closed :)

 We bought a frozen Sara Lee pound cake and cut it lengthwise into about 3/4 inch slices... Mixed up a batch of whipped cream with a little sugar.. cut the strawberries into thirds lengthwise , added the blueberries and a little sugar.

 We started the layers by adding whip cream , some of the pound cake scraps , berries then tried to place the pound cake stars around the sides .

 We kept it in the refridgerator until it was time to eat . It was so good ! Can't wait to make it again :)

 There is a sneak peek of my newest table runner. I haven't been able to finish it yet , I have been so busy , but it will be coming soon , and I think it is my all time favorite !

 This was our weather yesterday , gloomy and chilly ..I think it is going to rain all week !

 Photo op with the baby :)

 We took Mr. Adorable for ice cream .. I think he liked it !!
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