It’s time to celebrate the our independence with some Fourth of July decor! I’ve joined over 100 other bloggers to share the ultimate roundup of Fourth of July projects just in time for you to make some amazing things to celebrate Independence Day!
I’ve had my eye on some paper medallions lately, and I thought this would be a fun way to try it out. However, I couldn’t decide what I wanted my banner to say. I played with several ideas until “USA est. 1776″ popped into my head. I can’t remember seeing any other Fourth of July decor with this on it (although I could be wrong). So here is my take on the project:
The white frame is actually a repurposed cabinet door from when we redid our kitchen. I snatched up this one and three others to use around the house, and I love them. However, I don’t want to be committed to red, so covered the inset in card stock so that I can change it out.
I went with red, white, and aqua dotted paper for my Fourth of July decor mostly because my living room walls are aqua, and I like the twist on tradition. I didn’t mean to pick all dots since I was pulling papers based on color, but I ended up liking that they were all dots, but they were all different at the same time.
I chose not to do a second layer because I already had this red background and white frame going. Instead, I chose some chipboard stars and letters. I left the stars naked and inked and glittered the letters so they would stand out.
The white letters at the bottom of the door are chipboard stickers, and came already glittered. It was nice to be able to just stick them on.
To finish it off, I strung the cute little medallions on baker’s twine by punching small holes through two of the pleats on the back the threading the twine through. Tie bows at the ends of the string, and hot glue it to the background!
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Super cute!! :)
Thank you, Marti!
Super cute! Love the medallions!
Thank you, Ariean. They're so easy to make, yet so much fun.
This turned out so cute Lisa! I love the chipboard letters in brackets at the bottom. Such a clever idea!
Thank you, Kara! I thought I was pretty clever... :)
So cute and thanks for sharing !!
Hope you and the family are doing good !
Thanks, Diana! You're always so supportive--I love it!
What a great idea. Off to pin. :)
Ahh, thank you Kiki! I framed the prints you handed out at SNAP and they're in my girls' room now--I love them!
Adorable! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Tiffany!
Super cute!!! and I love the polka dots ;)
You like polka dots? I'm shocked. ;) Thank you!
Darling frame. I love those medallions!
Thanks, Marie. I love how easy they are to make and yet they look so impressive!
Love this -- so patriotic, yet so cute and chic! I'm not super crafty, but I have dreams of getting my act together... will have to try this in the weeks to come!
LOVE this! Just pinned.
Thank you, Amy! You're fabulous!