I am jumping the gun a bit by pulling all my summer decor out but tomorrow is May! I associate May with summer time..the start of the BBQ season!!! I wanted to share with ya'll my porch in all it's Americana splendor! I re use as much as possible, which meant puling out my red pillows I used during Christmas last year for pillows on my wooden chairs. I was considering buying some fabric and making some custom pillow covers but the red pillows will work perfectly! Less work, less $$ spent! Hooray! Everything I did purchase, craft paint, paper mache stars, scrap book paper, etc/ was purchased at Hobby Lobby! My favorite store...or they are tied with Lowe's! Haha. Here is a picture walk through of my porch decor. =)
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Here is a little bit of a closer shot of the porch. I left my grey frame with drop cloth covered canvas as a back drop for my table. It also adds some great height and texture. |
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I bought paper mache stars in two sizes at Hobby Lobby and used some craft paint in red, white and blue I hung them off of branches I had from my backyard and also hot glued two paper pin wheels in coordinating paper |
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I painted a scrap piece of wood with some red craft paint, distressed it and used some themed scrap booking paper I bought at Hobby Lobby to make the stripes and star section. |
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I am really loving pin wheels this summer season and my porch is no exception! I used two American themed scrap book papers with bronze tacks to create them... using the same method found here |
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These nautically themed hooks were the perfect shades of red white and blue ! I scooped these up at 50% off at Hobby Lobby this week! |
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This American themed picture box added some great height to my branch arrangement. It was %3.99 at Hobby Lobby. The little lighthouse was from who knows where? |
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My big window needed a garland of some type so I used scrapbook paper and card stock to create these awesome vintage looking paper banners, just like I did for Easter. (See HERE)! I used small wooden clothes pins to hang them off some jute twine strung across the window! |
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I used two paper folded circle on either side of a huge pin wheel! |
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God Bless America! |
looks so great, i love it,,
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