4th of July decorating

I know the 4th of July has come and gone, but I did some fun last minute decorating that I wanted to show you.

I originally was planning on a small group of 12 friends and family, but in the end we had about 20 people.  I had to change my plan of using real dishes and pull out the paper goods.  I couldn’t just throw the plates and silverware on the table..not my style.

I wrapped the silverware in the napkins and tied a ribbon around them and put them in pretty white cups.  I put the plates in a nice wire basket I got on sale at Pottery Barn.

I tied ribbon around these mason jars for the raspberry lemonade and put them in this red box I had lying around.

I had so much fum making this banner that I hung in front of the food table! I made it out of place mats that I just cut in half.  I hot glued them to a long ribbon and tied on the stars.  I liked the way it turned out.  Plus I can use it again next year.

I got fresh flowers from the local farmers market and arranged them on my tables

I bought these flag pennants at World Market for decorating my umbrella but didn’t have enough for the second umbrella.

I just couldn’t have one umbrella decorated and the other plain, so I made my own last minute flag pennant.  It was my first attempt at making one, and it was so easy!  I laid a triangle pattern on the fabric and cut it out using decorative scissors.  Then used my hot glue gun on the back fold that the twine goes thru.  I will be doing this type of decoration again for sure.  Super easy, and makes a great inexpensive filler for parties.

I love decorating for the 4th!  It is so fun to make vignettes of red white and blue

One thing I didn’t make this year were 4th of July wreaths.  I bought them instead.  My first time ever doing that!  I always make my own holiday wreaths, but I loved this particular style and knew I would’t have time to make it, let alone two of them.   So I bit the bullet and bought them off of Etsy from a shop called  WreathsbyKari,  She did a great job, and it was money well spent.

I have been pinning on Pinterest more 4th of July ideas for next year!  I think I might be a little obsessed with this holiday.