My Thrifty 4th of July Decor 2012

We are painting our whole basement apartment 

and although it has been hard work 

(It is huge) we are on the home stretch

We have been painting at nap time and bed time 

so my sweet little mister doesn't get into the paint 

we started last Monday and are really close to being done 

Just have our room and the big living room to do 

It is so fun to see the transformation

and I feel like the Grey we chose makes it feel so modern,

  stylish and warm

But because we are painting I don't have anything up on the walls right now

This is exciting to me because I can start fresh and new

But I still wanted to be able to decorate for the 4th 

so I did so on our little sofa table and our TV stand 

I also had like no 4th decorations so I used a bunch of stuff

I already had and made some fun decor 

that I want to share with you

-U always up for our last name Ulrich

-Ulrich Plaque from our wedding

-Red frame is an old DI frame I had in our closet

it was brown and I spray painted it red

Then I filled it with an 11X14 print that I got HERE

and I printed it at Costco for a couple bucks 

-White frame is a frame I already had I think I got it 

from hobby lobby on sale and I filled it with some 

red, white and blue scrapbook paper

-Little white birdies I already had but I got them at 

Michaels about a year ago for $1 a piece

-Flags I got all three for $1 at target

-White vase, I have for when I redo our bedroom 

I got it at home goods for $7.99

-Keep Calm and Carry on Plaque I made tutorial HERE

-Framed flag I made  Tutorial HERE

Simple and easy but the perfect amount of some red, white and blue 

to show my love for our awesome country 

I had almost all of this on hand and spray painted it 

I only spent about $4 on things I didn't have 

Pretty thrifty for how cute it looks right?

Sometimes you just have to find other decor you have around the house 

and bring it together in a different way

and it all looks brand new :)

-Red Chalk board I had on hand from last years summer fun list

I got it at hobby lobby and painted it red 

-Keep Calm and Carry on Plaque I made tutorial HERE

 -White frame I already had originally from hobby lobby 

I filled it with red, white and blue star scrapbook paper

and painted a wood four red to put inside

-little pinwheels I got all six in a pack for $2 at Michaels 

-Flag Blocks made by me tutorial HERE

Again I had most of this on hand 

I spent about $4 on this as well 

And of course no holiday decor is complete until 

you have a wreath on your door

I also made this tutorial found HERE 

It is the perfect pop of color to have around the house 

that would otherwise feel so empty right now with all the 

painting going on 

I spent a total of about $20

with most of that being from the Wreath

Not bad eh?

And now I will have all of these for the rest of the summer 

and for next year

I wanted to thank some amazing blogs for featuring me this past week 

Thank you thank you to all of you

 My Yellow Sandbox featured my 4th of July Ruffle Wreath

Vintage Wanna Bee featured my 4th of July Ruffle Wreath, 

Patriotic Flag Blocks, and my Easy Framed Flag

and Southern Lovely featured my Patriotic Flag Blocks

Linked up HERE 

Raising 4 princesses, Snap, Organize and Decorate Everything,  

Sew Much Ado, The Trendy Treehouse, Someday Crafts,

Lil Luna, Sugar and Dots, Southern Lovely, Rolled up Pretty,

 Somewhat Simple, House of Hepworths, Shabby Creek Cottage,

Two Yellow Birds Decor, Whipperberry, Fingerprints on the Fridge,
 The Shabby Nest, Chic on a Shoestring, Naptime Crafters,
Tatertots and Jello, Six Sisters Stuff,

Thank you for Reading for your support and for following 

Happy Crafting 

XOXO