It was the 4th of July...

Happy late 4th of July!!! If I were a real professional blogger, I would have given you all these ideas last week, but seeing as I like to implement before I give advice - here it is now. These were the decorations that we I set up for my mother's birthday celebration.

Notice the paint chip bunting hanging on the cabinet. I strung it together in the car on the way down. For more information on the bunting...click here. I think it turned out great! And the chinese lanterns were very effective (and easy to pack). I probably would have done some vases with smaller necks, but thought these galvanized flower buckets would be easy to travel with. unbreakable. 

 The red raffia placemats I found on the 'fly' at Garden Ridge for $1...no I didn't leave out a 0...yes a dollar. And the Pomegranate seaspray chainstitch napkins, at Table Matters of course - my first stop for quality linens. 

 

And did I mention...I love the subtle red and seaspray combination!!!

Happy JULY!!!

Paint Chip 4th of July Flags

So I have to admit, I saw this somewhere else first. (I would give credit, but honestly can't find it. I found it one night when I was jumping from blog to blog.)

I've started working on the decorations for my Mom's Birthday which happens to be the 4th of July. My mom is a decorator, so I thought the buntings made of paint chips would be very apropos considering that she is a decorator. Here is the beginning of my bunting....