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Happy Independence Day!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the long weekend.
I wanted to share this little DIY banner in celebration of the Fourth of July as well as a super easy dessert inspired by the red, white and blue. For the banner I started out with 20 paint chip cards (10 Red and 10 Blue) I got at the local paint store.  Cost = $0 I cut them into these shapes: Then I grabbed these items I already had at home. To make the stars, I traced a circle using the bottom of a cup on the white card stock.  Then I made 5 dots at equal distances around the circle.  From there you draw lines from each point to two points on the opposite side of the circle so you will form your five triangles, and your finished star.  Use a ruler to draw the lines so you can get it perfect.  This is much better then the criss cross star you would do free hand.  Using my Xacto knife I cut out my first star and used it as the stencil for the rest of my stars.

Next, you want to use the craft glue to glue the red triangle to the blue paint chip and then the white star on top of that.  Take your hole punch and punch a hole in the top two corners of each 'flag'.

Take the twine and thread it through each hole. Cost = $0 since I had most of the supplies at home and the paint cards were free!
Here is the finished product. We also had a small get together over the weekend.  I made this super easy dessert for the first time.  It was a big hit at our bbq.

Red, White and Blue Trifle - you can find this recipe at FoodNetwork.com but I will also include below. 1 box red velvet cake mix,a bout 18 ounces
1 (16 ounce) tub whipped topping
2 pints blueberries
1 pint strawberries, tops removed


That's it!  Super easy and delicious!

P.S. Did I mention it was a hit?... Enjoy the day ahead and remember what it's all about!  Be safe out there <3
Posted by Kristin O at 8:47 AM 


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