4th of July

I have been in a headache comatose for the past two days so I apologize for the lack of posting.

The 4th of July was SO FUN despite that the city banned fireworks due to extremely high fire dangers.

We had all of our little gang over for a wonderful cookout including all the delicious American foods that are a MUST HAVE on this holiday from Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, chips and dips to Sausage filled jalapenos, bacon wrapped green beans, watermelon and topped off with My Mom's 5 Layer Delight. It was Perfection!

We climbed on the roof to watch the "laser show" that was substituting the fireworks this year. It was NOT impressive at all so we just chilled on the back porch instead.

I did manage to do one little crafty on my day off.

I had ordered a return address stamp from Etsy. I have been so excited for it to get here and last week it finally arrived from Costa Rica. The stamp came unmounted so I was debating for a week on what my best mounting option would be. I purchased some round wood blocks from Michael's with a cute little knob to top it off but it did not provide enough weight on the stamp :( So that was a bust!

I found a hockey puck laying around the office and decided it was the right weight and size for my stamp. So over the 4th of July I cutsied up my hockey puck and glued my new return address stamp to it.

I also completed a new yarn wreath for our front door last week. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I wanted something HAPPY and CHEERY  for the summer time. I tend to be a black and greys with some browns kind of a girl so it has taken me a while to find the right colors.

While searching Hobby Lobby I found this great green/yellow for $1.22 a bundle. This was like music to my ears with all the other yarn bundles being $3-5 each. So I grabbed it and paired it with some purple fabric I had left over from a necklace. I made grey felt flowers because come on we can't have TOO much color on our front door and then suprised myself by adding some pink flowers scattered throughout. Turned out so cute!

May I just offer some advice if you are going to make your own fabric wreath?!

I have found that Michael's is the best place to find the yarn. They usually have huge bins with great colors on sale for .99 to a $1.29. I have also found that Hobby Lobby is the best place to find the actual wreath. They have the wooden wreaths, wrapped straw wreaths, and foam wreaths all for under $3.00. For fabrics I am partial to Joanns. The felt is about the same everywhere. Happy Crafting!