06-25-2014

4th of July Printable [Land of the Free]

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4th of July is right around the corner and it is important to remember that the 4th of July isn’t just a day of work for us.  Of course that is great and the fireworks are beautiful and we get to eat good food.  But, it is the day we celebrate our founding father’s declaring our independence as our own country, the United States of America.  In addition to that we have to remember that we are the Land of the Free because we have so many Brave people that live here as well.  I made some free printables for you to share.  Just click on the thumbnail and it will bring you to the PDF version of the Printable.

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07-03-2013

4th of July Outfit- jean cutoffs and star tank

So in addition to painting my nails I wanted to have a cute 4th of July outfit that was comfortable enough to be in all day.  I love what I ended up making.  It was very cheap and looks adorable.  The shorts are made from a pair of jeans I got at Goodwill for $3.50, the tank top was $3.97 at Walmart and then the fabric was .97 cents as I used a fat quarter for it.  I apologize for the horrible pictures, I was trying to take them myself and you can only get so good of picture in the mirror.

 

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Here is the front of my outfit.  I distressed the shorts in the front and cuffed them up.  For the tank I cut some rough stars out that I sewed on in a random pattern using a zig zag stitch.

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I covered the pockets with the fabric as well.  Biggest pain to get the rivet out so that I could cover the pockets but worth it :)

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Here is a close up of the front of the shorts

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and the back pockets

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and the stars.  As you can see I was rough with my stars and rough with the stitching, I didn’t want it to look like perfect little stars.

I loved how this outfit turned out and am so excited to wear it tomorrow!

 

 

06-29-2013

4th Of July Recipes

So with each holiday comes some absolutely amazing ideas that are posted on blogs for decorating, recipes, clothing and more.  I wanted to share some things I had found that look absolutely amazing.

My Juice Cup has these amazing looking 4th of July cake pops.  I have never tried to make cake pops, but there is a tutorial and it may be worth giving it a try!

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Fourth of July Firecracker Cookies, yes please!  You use poprocks to decorate the cookies, cake, whatever you are baking.  This is a fabulous idea!

Red Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches look wonderful!  They have cheesecake ice cream!

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Skinny Berry Parfaits.  Can I have one now?

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Happy 4th of July!

 


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I hope everyone has a terrific and safe fourth of July! I ran my first 5k this morning with my dad and sister. They have both been running for a while but I only started less than 2 months ago and I shaved 3 minutes off my best time. Crazy and I wanted to kill them both at the end but I feel good! I’ll even post pictures once I get them from my mom :)

Oh and check out my toes….