DIY Red, White & Blue Patriotic Banner

Hi Everyone!!!  I super excited today to tell you that I'm part of the Awesome Red White Blue Series over at Sugar Bee Crafts - If you are looking for all things patriotic be sure to check out all the other amazing projects over there.  

The project that I'd like to show you how to make is a Patriotic Banner.

These are the supplies you will need:
burlap
contact paper to make stencil
spray paint
Silhouette, Cricut or x acto knife.
spray paint

Step 1:  Take your burlap and cut your burlap into individual pieces.  I cut my pieces into rectangles first and then rounded them after they were painted.

Decide on what you want you pieces to look like. I wanted a chevron and I wanted stars.  My designs were from Silhouette.  I cut my designs out of contact paper using my Silhouette.  If you don't have a Silhouette you can always cut your designs out with an x acto knife.  

Note:  I used the positive and negative part of the hearts and the chevron designs.

Once my designs were laid down I spray painted them four different colors.

Note:  You will see the contact start to curl after it's been on it for a few minutes.   It didn't affect my end result.

Once dry, take off contact paper and trim the pieces.  I rounded mine.

I chose to hang mine on a piece of twine.   To keep with the rustic look I spray painted clothes pins.  

I then hung them.

I LOVE the look of it with my whole mantel.  

If you are interested in how I made my window pane flag check out this post.

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Make sure you go visit Sugar Bee Crafts to see other patriotic ideas.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you found something to inspire you to create.

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Upcycled Window Pane Flag

In honor of flag day, I thought I'd repost my favorite flag.  Hope you enjoy!

I have had this old window frame with this flag panel in it for years.  I LOVE it, but as you can see it is really faded.  So I thought it was time for some updating.

We had some wainscoting that was left over from our banquette seating project and thought that would work great if I ran it horizontally.  I had my handy hubby cut me a piece that would fit the window frame..

Here are the supplies you will need:

window frame

wainscoting

white spray paint

blue paint 

brown paint 

red paint- I used Martha Stewarts red glitter paint

paint brush 

thicker white vinyl

Silhouette machine if you have it.

First step:  spray paint your wainscoting white.  When the paint is dry nail it to the frame.

I then painted the upper left hand pane navy blue and then painted each strip with red paint.  I left the white stripe alone.

For my stars I used my silhouette machine to cut them out.  I used the heavier vinyl instead of the thinner stuff.  The thinner didn't want to adhere to the wainscoting.  The thicker vinyl adhered very well.  I cut 12 and used 10.  If you don't have a Silhouette or Cricut you could just cut them out by hand. 

After I put the stars on the flag, I lightly dry brushed some brown paint to antique them.

The finished Project.

I put it on my mantel with my USA frames that I made last year for 4th of July.

 Here is a picture of the whole mantel.

Happy Creating!

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{How to Customize your Vinyl the DIY Way}

Today I'd like to share with you something I discovered out  of necessity.  I LOVE to create frugally and often try a lot of different things to achieve that.  I was trying to create a piece of art using drift wood and vinyl.  I knew what I wanted but didn't have the  color of vinyl I needed. I am limited to only the colors of vinyl JoAnn Fabrics has and that's pretty limited so I decided to try painting it. I had nothing to lose except a piece of vinyl.  So I got out my vinyl and my paint and tried it and I LOVED it.  

Here's how I did it.

I used a piece of white vinyl and found a paint color that would coordinate with my project.  It happened to be a "pearl" color which I thought added a lot interest.

I painted the vinyl with a foam brush and let it dry.  

Once dry I ran it through my silhouette machine just like I would normally do.  I cut out the word "beach" and I also cut an anchor and piece of coral.   I put the pieces on a piece of driftwood I found on the beach.

Here it is in my bathroom. Last month I showed you how to make your own wall art from chargers.  If you missed it you can find it here.  I think my customized piece of vinyl goes great with the rest of the room. What do you think?

Here are a few of my favorite DIY Projects!  Come over and take a peek.

DIY House Number Sign Tutorial 

Painted Glass Garden Art

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Tuesday:

Sugar Bee Crafts , Not Just a Housewife Tip Junkie, Today's Creative Blog , Crafty Confessions,  A Bowlful of Lemons, Coastal Charm, Growing Home Blog MercyInk, Timewarp Wife, Blackberry Vine,  New Nostalgia, Hope Studios, Tell Me Tuesday,Ladybug Blessings,The Bliss Project,  Teach Me Tuesdays,  The Gunny Sack, Yesterday on Tuesday,  Inspiration Exchange, Brag About It

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Lil'Luna, The DIY Dreamer, Gingersnap Crafts , Seven Thirty Three, Creations by Kara,  Raising Homemakers , Women Living Well  NY Melrose Family,  Someday Crafts  Family Home and Life, DIY Crafty Projects, Fine Craft Guild, Sew Much Ado, Upward Not Inward, Internet Cafe Devotions, Deep Roots at Home, My Daily Walk in His Grace,  The Real Housewives of Rivertown, Fluster Buster,  My Girlish Whim, Nap Time is My Time, Off the Hook, The Shady Porch, Project Stash

Thursday:

The Thirty Sixth Avenue, House of Hepworths, 52 Mantels, Somewhat Simple, Shabby Creek Cottage, Live, Laugh, Rowe, Imparting Grace,  Saving 4 Six,, Artsy Fartsy Mama, Easy Living Mom,  Crafts Ala Mode, Sparkles and Stove, CIS Project, The Girl Creative

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