Roundup of 40 Independence Day Projects

1. Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Drink from Mel's Kitchen Café
2. Cookie Cutter Fruit Salad from Wit & Whistle
3. Tin Can Luminaries from Crafts for All Seasons
4. Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes from Tidy Mom
5. Shooting Star Wreath from Jade Louise Designs

6. Bib Style Necklace from Oksana Likes It
7. 4th of July Blocks from Next 2 Nothing Crafts
8. 4th of July Tablescape from The Pink Lab
9. 4th of July Cupcakes in a Jar from Tomkat Studio
10. 4th of July Word Art from The Crafting Chicks

11. 4th of July Necklace & Headband from My Cup Runneth Over
12. DIY Star Sign from Craftaholics Anonymous
13. Chocolate Dipped Oreo American Flag from The Pink Flour
14. Beadboard Flags from Get Your Crap Together
15. 4th of July Printable from It Freezes Beautifully

16. Faux Wood Pallet Flag from Saved By Love Creations
17. Felt American Flag Cushion from Twigg Studios
18. Firecracker Cookies from Lizard & Ladybug
19. Cupcake Pick 4th of July Wreath from Mom Advice
20. Red, White, and Blue Firecracker Marshmallows from Just Us Four
21. Framed Fabric USA Map from Tatertots & Jello

22. Flag Kabobs from Lucille Roberts
23. Land of Liberty Framed Vinyl from Occasionally Crafty
24. Mason Jar Lanterns from The Happy Scraps
25. Paper Medallion Patriotic Candy Jar from I Dig Pinterest & I Did it Too
26. Clothespin Flag Wreath from Cat's Craft Room
27. Painted Burlap USA from Domestically Speaking
28. Patriotic Wood Shim and Starfish Flag from Craftiments
29. Burlap American Flag Frame from A Pumpkin and a Princess

30. Patriotic Bandana Tablecloth from Me and My Insanity
31. Patriotic Flag Banner from Sweet Pea
32. Patriotic Doily Banner from The Scrap Shoppe
33. Patriotic Cheesecake Parfaits from Becoming Martha
34. Patriotic Fruit Ice Cubes from Posed Perfection
35. Patriotic Tin Cans from Blissful Roots

36. Pledge of Allegiance Canvas Flag from A Little Tipsy
37. DIY Small Firecracker Decorations from 2 Crafty 4 My Skirt
38. Stars and Stripes Oreo Bark from Pink Cake Plate
39. Patriotic Rag Wreath from Oh So Crafty Life
40. Red, White, and Blue Cookie Cups from Shaken Together



You can check out more Patriotic and Independence Day ideas at the Categorically Crafting Party. Feel free to link up anything else you've created that fits within this theme!

                                     

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Threaded Tin Cans

  I put a few of these cans in the recycle bin yesterday and know I am thinking of digging them back out!  How cute are these cans from North Shore Days.  I think they are the cutest tin cans I have seen!   

See the threaded tin cans.

Guest Blogger - Frenchknots - Halloween Paint Can Vase

Hello Crafty Friends! I am thrilled to be guest posting while Michelle is enjoying some R & R with her family. Oh, Wow! let me introduce myself: I am Pamela, I blog at

Frenchknots

about quilting, crafting and the yummy things I make in my kitchen. I am lucky enough to live in Utah with my three sons and my creative husband. Right now we are enjoying the most beautiful indian summer; the leaves are about to change and fall harvest is at its peak. Oh, my heck! what's not to love?!?

I wanted to share an easy and dirt cheap Halloween craft. Once you see how easy it is you'll be raiding your neighbor's garages to make more. I know, I've done it!! (Crap, that was a secret) I digress; let's make a :

Halloween Paint Can

Who doesn't have a few of these laying around?!?

Step 1: Find a almost empty paint can. Clean out remaining paint and remove wrapper.

Step 2: Paint Can. I did 3 light coats of paint, letting each dry before applying the next coat. It was a warm afternoon so each coat only needed about 15 mins. Don't forget the inside too!

Step 3: Pick an image. I used an old Susan Branch Calendar. I love her illustrations, and this little vignette of children trick or treating was perfect.

Step 4: Mod Podge the image onto the paint can.

Step 5: Stain over the entire can, image and all to get that fun, aged look.

Step 6: Fill with something festive and enjoy.

Every year I put out my Halloween Cans and fill them with different things: fresh flowers, fake flowers, candy, dollar store decor etc. In the past, I've filled the can with something special and given them away to neighbors, teachers, and friends. This year, I think I'll be giving away cinnamon swirl bread, the opening looks just big enough.

I'd love for you to stop by Frenchknots and say hello. You'll find lots of quilty and crafty goodness. Check out this quilt top I recently finished ~ I am so in love with it! Once you've made the Halloween Paint Can check out these other super cute Halloween crafts: Polka Dot Pumpkins and a Halloween Countdown Calendar for your little trick or treaters.



XOXO, Michelle. Someday Crafts is the best!

THANKS, Pamela! I love it when a person turns garbage and junk into something adorable. These paint cans look so cute with the fun prints and flowers! What a great display for fall and Halloween. Visit French Knots today!

50 Crafty Ideas for Recycling/Upcycling Cans

This post at Under The Table and Dreaming is a must see. Not only does it have some great "green" ideas for using old food cans, it has 50 gorgeous crafts for what may have become garbage! It is amazing. I'm loving this tiered can. (Do you have any idea how long it takes to put together a post like this? Probably months!)

See the 50 ideas for recycling and upcycling tin cans.

CAN Categorically Crafting Show

 

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Since we celebrated Earth Day this week, I thought we should see a few "recycling" ideas. This week, let's see what we create with all the can we (hopefully) are recycling. Tin cans, formula cans, paint cans, pop cans, garbage cans, and other kinds of cans! What are you using yours for? Here are a few I've found!

Turn your ugly cans into a feminine flower vase with a little spray paint and ribbon. Snippets of Wonderful is the artist of this vase. Go HERE.
Use your pop cans to make flower brooches. Learn how to make these HERE at Crafts Unleashed.

Wrap your cans in twine to give them trendy and beautiful look. See this at Brown Paper Packages. Go HERE.

These used to be soup cans!!!! Don't you love the transformation? See how to transform drab into beauty. Go HERE to Me Making Do.

See how The Scrap Shoppe turned an old peanut can into a scrapbook can. Love this idea! GO HERE.

Transform your formula cans into handy utensil and gadget holders. See this at Small Fry and Co. Go HERE.


Using paint cans filled with themed items are great for gifts. See this article and some ideas you can use with altered paint cans HERE at Craft Critique!



Lastly, I totally had to include this hilarious idea from Not Just Paper and Glue. She spray painted her garbage can and added some feminine ribbon to it. This is the CUTEST dog food container I have ever seen. I seriously think this is so cool. (But my husband would never let me do this IF we had a dog.) GO HERE.

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of CANS! (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with CANS! If you have a lot of CAN projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page. I'm excited to see how you creatively use cans around your house!!!

You can paste the "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until next CC Show. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!
The next 3 Categorically Crafting Shows are as follows:

April 30 - Toilet Paper Roll Crafts (Save those rolls and make something fun!!!)

May 7 - Mother's Day Gifts/Projects

May 14- Twine



 

Wrap It Up!!!

For a while now, I have been seeing home decor items wrapped in twine, jute, yarn, burlap and other materials. Cones, vases, cans, wreaths, balls, jugs, etc. are wrapped and gorgeous. Below are just two examples. PLEASE LINK UP WITH YOUR WRAPPED ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM! We want to see what you are wrapping up!

These twine wrapped cans are so stylish and functional. You can find these at Brown Paper Packages. Click HERE. This vase is wrapped with yarn. So inexpensive and beautiful! Pastor's Girl's Pondering created this. Go HERE.