Skip to main content

The Red, White, and Blue

 

 I was shopping the basement for something to make a wreath for the front door and ran across this old straw hat. It had been given to us at a community event several years ago.  Spray painted it red, added a ribbon I already had.  So now I have a patriotic item on my front door.

I continued to shop the basement and came across these hydrangeas.

I remembered I had a tall red metal vase that I bought a long time ago at Micheal's, so I put the hydrangeas in that, added a flag, and now my front porch is ready for July 4th.
Cost:  Zero, Zilch!!

Couldn't forget to add some red white and blue to the screened porch.


HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!!


I'm linking up to Thrifty Thursday at Bloggeritaville.  Come by and see what's going on in the ville!

Comments

  1. FABBY'S LIVINGJune 30, 2011 at 12:12 AM

    I love it, great idea! I may shop my boxes and cartons for something like this and make it for my door entrance! I love the red hat...hum, now that's another thought too! Thanks for sharing. Have a terrific 4th. of July and God bless my friend. I'm visiting from TT at, BNOTP. FABBY

    ReplyDelete
  2. VintagesouthernlifeJune 30, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    Love your red hat and you can't beat that price! Have a wonderful 4th of July!

    ReplyDelete
  3. A Hint of HomeJune 30, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    I love all your patriotic arrangements! They look great around your house.
    I love your header!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Mid-Atlantic MarthaJuly 2, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    Great red hat welcome! Happy 4th and have a great one!

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousJuly 2, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    What a beautiful view from your back porch.

    Pamela
    WV

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

I love your comments and feedback. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you visited, and I will visit you and leave you a comment in return! Thanks!

Popular posts from this blog

Linens & Things

I love finding tablecloths, runners, napkins, and other linens when I am out thrifting. Whether it be at consignment shops, GW, or yard sales, I will usually snap up a pretty linen if it doesn't have a lot of stains.  I will show you some of my favorites. I found several pieces embroideried with this design at a favorite consignment shop. This blue runner (reversible to stripes), found on consignment. This is one of the nicer quality tablecloths I have found, $4.00 at a thrift store. This cloth was around $10.00 on consignment. This runner is also reversible to polka dots, and was a consignment find. This pink and white gingham is perfect in the sun room, and is a consignment find also. This is the most valuable table cloth I have found, and it was $2.00 at a nearby yard sale.  It is a vintage Wielunder.  They sell on ebay for 30 - 90 dollars.  Mine is in pristine condition! Christmas tablecloth, consignment sale. ...
49 comments
Read more here »

What's in the Hutch?

Yesterday I awoke in the mood to do some "deep" cleaning.  First on my list was to dust inside the china cabinet in the dining room.  Can you believe how much dust can get into a closed cabinet.  Really, how does that happen?  My cabinet has glass shelves and they were hazy with dust.  This is a rather tedious job because I not only have china inside, I have all kinds of little "pretties" stored there too.  It's one of the first things you see upon entry into our home, so I really should do this more often.  I want show you the before, sufficeth to say, it had been a while since I had tackled this chore.  Here are some photos showing the "after". Here is a collection of vases and crystal pitchers .   These were all gifts except the smallest one in the front and the one to the right of it. China and a consignment shop cake plate.  The china was formerly my MILs. More china . This little fairy lives here with her 2 sisters. They ...
31 comments
Read more here »

Decorating Slump

I have absolutely had the hardest time deciding on how to decorate the dining room table for Thanksgiving.  I am not satisfied with anything I've done.  I'll show you the latest in a long string of 'tries'. Anyway, this is the latest try.  I bought six of these chargers at Dollar Tree, at $1 each.   I layered with this dinner plate and salad plate purchased from Wal Mart several years ago. I stopped there.  No decision yet on silver, glassware, or placemats/napkins.    I have the drop cloth/burlap runner I made last week on the table. I brought out this lovely cake stand bought at Good Will for $4.99.  It is centered on the runner.  I like the contrast between the leaded glass and the runner.  I placed the arrangement I made a few weeks ago on top of the cake stand. I added the two white candle sticks with white candles, leaf garlands, 2 small ceramic pumpkins around the cake pedestal, and stopped. I have to decide on ...
18 comments
Read more here »