Celebrating the red, white and blue...

This week was full of fun activities and projects preparing for July 4th... 

I hosted a red/white/blue pennant swap for The Altered Place group. 

We were to make a pennant for each of our  three swap partners...

  (these are the pennants I made and sent)

 

I also made two extras to keep....

 

I recently found some Mahjong tiles at an estate sale and decided to make some patriotic pendants to send to my swap partners....

 

We received three pennants in return from different artists. 

Part II of the swap then required that we combine our pennants to make a July 4th banner.

 

This is how I put my pennants together; the three beautiful ones I received from Amy, Carol and Evelyn - combined with two extra ones I made for myself.

 

 

 

 

I used beautiful doilies as my background... they really help the red/white/blue details of the pennants pop.

 

My mantle, which is usually oh-so-shabby with pink and white, is now very patriotic with its beautiful banner and blue/white transferware plates!

UPDATE:  Well, I had everything set up on Friday... took some photos (seen above)...then left the house for a few hours.

When I got home, I discoverd that my dog--Luna, had decided to play a bit with the banner.  

I found it dismantled, on the floor!  A few pieces of ribbon and some buttons were missing (!?!?!)...

 

 

So, after a few adjustments, the banner went up higher (minus one pennant).

 

 

I'm just glad she is okay...  my heart skipped a beat when I saw what she had been up to.  I had visions of running to the vet to get x-rays and surgery to dislodge certain things that shouldn't be ingested.

 

Luna in her July 4th finery...

 

Comments

[Christine Barker]

Your banner pennants are gorgeous and I love how you used doilies to tie all of the different ones together, they look stunning! Gorgeous pendants also! Thanks for sharing!

Christine Barker
www.ScarletCalliope.com

[Michele Askeroth]

Oh man Mercedes, those pennants are to die for. Love what you did and the post is perfect for the time of year! Hope you are doing well!

[Kelly Deal]

Love Love Love your banner and pennants Mercedes!

Luna is a BAD girl, but looks so patriotically gorgeous in her finery!

[michele]

What a beautiful Luna she is. Those shepards hardly ever grow up, puppies for life.
I love how you added the vintage doilies to the pennants, great touch indeed.
Thanks for sharing Mercedes.
Have a wonderful 4th.
Michele

[Linda P.]

I absolutely LOVE the banner you created with the swap pennants combined with your own! Those patriotic pendants you made are very nice, too.

Ohhhh, I am so very sorry that your doggie mangled your banner a bit. I have been there, too, Mercedes. My border collie has gotten hold of some of my things! I'm glad you were able to save most of the banner. Oh, and she IS such a beautiful dog, especially decked out in her 4th of July finery!