Celebrate 4th of July with Handmade Decorations!
It's almost the 4th of July here in America where we celebrate Independence! It's a great day for barbecues, picnics, and parties and we have some fabulous ideas for you today from Ginny Nemchak and Maggi Harding!
First, Ginny shares the most beautiful centerpiece using Home Sweet Home! We love her handmade pinwheels and shiny stars. What a perfect party decoration!
Supply List
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~Home Sweet Home
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~Handmade
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~My Sunshine
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~6x6 Paper Pad
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~8x8 Paper Pad
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~Die Cut Chipboard Tags 1
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~Die Cut Chipboard Tags 2
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home~12x12 Cardstock Stickers
Graphic 45 Staples~Large Black Tag Album
Graphic 45 Staples~Stamped Metal Brads
Petaloo Flowers
Tim Holtz Distress INk~Black Soot
Really Reasonable Ribbon
Vintage Mason Jar
Next, Maggi shares this absolutely beautiful spread using Home Sweet Home! This looks like a great party to attend!
"Here's a quick little project that you can put together in no time. The napkin rings are simply 6 x 3" punched strips of paper glued together and embellished with a quick homemade flower and button. Then I've wrapped more of the design paper around a tin milk jug, added a punched contrasting strip around the middle along with a Home Sweet Home tag. I made a pretty "platform" for my jug by layering a 12" doily over a 12 x 12" sheet of design paper. Red poppies complete the look and I'm all ready for a fun July 4th get-together! Quick decorating schemes are my thing because I love to cook and when entertaining, I spend my time preparing the food rather than fussing with decorations and such.
Now I have a little secret, I LOVE that tin milk jug and I love to use it for many occasions, sooooo, I glued the paper to itself rather than the jug. That way I can remove the paper and easily change the look of my jug and incorporate it into different decorating schemes." ~Maggi
Supply List
Graphic 45 Home Sweet Home Collection (12 x 12):
With the exception of the sheet of paper underneath the jug, I used all scraps from these
papers for this project -
Home Sweet Home
Garden Fresh
Handmade
Granny's Quilt
Apple Pie
Scraps from the Home Sweet Home 6 x 6' pad
Other:
red and blue buttons
Gold cord
McGill Floriano flower punch
Spellbinders Gold Label Four (diecut underneath fussy cut Home Sweet Home oval)
Fiskars Threading Water border punch
1/4" Scor-tape
12" doily
White cardstock
Don't forget you have until Monday to win this A Proper Gentleman prize pack! So, enter today by commenting here on the blog or on our Facebook page.
We hope you enjoyed seeing these fabulous 4th of July ideas. Many thanks to Ginny and Maggi! What fun!
Happy 4th of July,
The G45 Family
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All the handmade decorations are terrific. I like the pinwheels.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Posted by: stamping sue | July 02, 2015 at 05:55 AM
Happy Fourth of July to the G45 family in America and a very happy just another day to our great friends in other countries.
Posted by: Gail Gill | July 02, 2015 at 06:04 AM
Great projects, Ginny and Maggi! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Vanessa L | July 02, 2015 at 07:38 AM
Great projects, and just in time for one of my favorite holidays!
Posted by: Erica H | July 02, 2015 at 08:13 AM
Love the patriotic theme to the home sweet home projects!
Posted by: Donna Nuce (Crafty Colonel) | July 02, 2015 at 08:14 AM
I love Ginny's 4th of July centerpiece.
Posted by: Pamela Heinowski | July 02, 2015 at 08:39 AM
getting me in the patriotic mood :)
Posted by: tammy kist | July 02, 2015 at 09:05 AM
Beautiful items
and I'm loving
the napkin rings!
Carla from Utah
Posted by: Carla Hundley | July 02, 2015 at 09:40 AM
Festive and fun!!! Headed to my craft room to make napkin rings right now!! TFS!
Posted by: barbara macaskill | July 02, 2015 at 09:56 AM
Oh my goodness! Ginny's project gives me goosebumps and makes me want to stand up and sing The Star Spangled Banner! Wow, wow, wow! What an amazing, creative and practical use of Home Sweet Home! And Maggie's project is just down home country gorgeous. What a great day on the blog!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | July 02, 2015 at 10:30 AM
Home Sweet Home is my all time favorite G45 paper collection...but I never would come up with using this collection for a July 4th theme. Just proves how much we need to see the projects created by the G45 Design Team! THANKS!
Posted by: Martie Rollin | July 02, 2015 at 10:52 AM
Can't wait for our July 4th celebration and this puts me right in the mood with all these creative ideas. Thanks DT's!
Posted by: Terri Burson | July 02, 2015 at 11:10 AM
Great ideas for the 4th! Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Sue Kendrick | July 02, 2015 at 11:11 AM
merci, merci, merci!!! pour toutes ces sublimes idées
je sais que je ne vais pas résister longtemps et refaire ces modèles à mon tour!
bravo !!!
Posted by: delphine | July 02, 2015 at 12:19 PM
Great ideas and inspiration from the Design Team! Happy 4th to you all♥
Posted by: charlene short | July 02, 2015 at 01:17 PM
LOVE these projects!
Posted by: Tona | July 02, 2015 at 02:05 PM
Great holiday decorative projects! Keeping my hopes high and crossing my fingers...hope to win this collection!
Posted by: Karen Itzenhuiser | July 02, 2015 at 10:23 PM
What pretty creations!
Posted by: Marsha | July 02, 2015 at 10:46 PM
Love that the decorations are so quick to make but look stunning!
Posted by: Sue Hendrix | July 03, 2015 at 03:34 AM
All so beautiful!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | July 03, 2015 at 04:14 AM
To all American G45 lovers have a happy 4th of July. I just love the decorations.
Posted by: Maureen Larner | July 03, 2015 at 04:41 AM
Very elegant and festive!
Posted by: Marina Kovalenko | July 03, 2015 at 05:05 AM
I love them all but you can't beat a pinwheel for the 4th of July. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Nikki | July 03, 2015 at 06:25 AM
Great job on the tableware!! And, of course, I'd love to win A Proper Gentleman package.
Posted by: Deb ONeill | July 03, 2015 at 11:31 AM
Lovely ideas. And the Proper Gentlemen is a wonderful addition to the G45 line.
Posted by: Diana W. | July 03, 2015 at 11:38 AM
I love the Proper Gentleman paper collection! It was my introduction to Graphic 45. It's the perfect "guy" paper!
Posted by: Susan Bossiere | July 03, 2015 at 12:33 PM
Living down under it is hard to get some of the G45 paper. To win this would be wonderful.
Annamieke from the land down under
Posted by: Annamieke | July 03, 2015 at 01:36 PM
I love the red, white, and blue. Even those simple napkin rings are beautiful!
Posted by: Noreen | July 03, 2015 at 05:20 PM
Hope everyone has a Happy 4th of July. I enjoy G45 blog and look forward to seeing all the projects. Beautiful!
Posted by: Julie McVay | July 03, 2015 at 07:42 PM
Oh what a wonderful addition to our celebrations! The Proper Gentleman set looks totally enticing!
Posted by: Rebecca Deeprose | July 03, 2015 at 07:44 PM
Very festive for the 4th of July.
Posted by: Sue D | July 03, 2015 at 08:04 PM
Happy 4th July to all of you in America. Loving the napkin idea; I might just borrow that for Christmas over here in the UK.
Posted by: Pauline A | July 04, 2015 at 01:16 AM
These are so pretty and happy! I love the creativity....thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: Kee Ostler | July 04, 2015 at 11:51 AM
They are all so very pretty. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Posted by: Katherine Buchanan | July 04, 2015 at 01:09 PM
Love the Red, White, and Blue!!
Posted by: Barbara DeLong | July 04, 2015 at 03:14 PM
Wonderful projects Ladies. TFS!
Happy crafting, Linda ;0)
Posted by: Linda Storey | July 06, 2015 at 08:52 AM
Would love the Proper Gentleman set. Always looking for masculine paper. Love your projects!
Posted by: Julie McVay | July 06, 2015 at 04:09 PM