I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I’m not very good at decorating. I like to pretend, and every once in a while, I’m able to pull a fast one on my husband. I wish I took after my mother; the woman could have trained Joanna Gaines for heaven’s sake. When we bought our house, we asked her to kindly come out and see our First Home, with no intention whatsoever of hoping she would decorate it for us. Which she did. Promptly. Probably because she saw my incredibly horrible sense of decorating and knew something had to be done immediately. On the bright side, I’m better than my husband, which is something. If I let him, he’d hang a framed photo of Rambo in our living room. Love you babe.
When it comes to holiday decorating, I’m always so jealous of those beautifully decorated homes. The ones that elicit fabulous feelings when you walk through the door. The ones that proclaim, “I hired professionals.” But because I can’t fly my mom out here for every holiday, I guess it’s up to me to put up a half-assed attempt at decorating.
I always start with the same thing. Holiday prints. I have go-to frames that I use to change out holiday prints, and I’m always looking for new printables. Because of this, I scammed my cousin into creating a few 4th of July prints that I could use. Since she graced me with her design abilities, I thought I’d share them with you too.
Because two prints are never enough, I also did a little DIYing…which I’m sure surprised you. I printed a map of the USA on cardstock, cut it out, and applied glitter to the entire thing. I glued it to a piece of decorative paper, put that baby in a frame, and voila! A little handmade magic.
Print the Stars & Stripes Forever print here.
Print the Land of the Free print here.
Rambo? Cmon Sparkle. Framed picture of Dirty Harry more like.
Hahaha or Phil Mickelson.
Cute idea! You could even try to put a bit of different colored glitter around the part of the country you live in.
Ohhhh yes! That’s a great idea!
I love a well-decorated home, but beyond Christmas, I would have no idea where to keep all the different towel and plate sets, and the knickknack ornaments for around the house! I hardly have enough closet space for my very modest wardrobe, haha.
Haha its so funny you said that because every holiday when I decorate, my husband says, “I have no idea where you keep all of this stuff.”
Woah. That was indeed quite a surprise. You, of all the people not good at decorating? I don believe it 😛 I loved the DIY idea you put in here 🙂 Looks awesome.
P.S.- Rambo in living room? ROFL 😀 You guys make such a cute couple though. A new instagrammer, I recently started following you there as well and your pics are so fab <3 I just could not help going on a liking spree 😉
I’m so glad you’re on Instagram now!! It can be fun to have little glimpses into other bloggers lives! I’m excited to keep seeing yours! 🙂
These are so cute! I love it! I’ll definitely have to try it. I’m definitely terrible at decorating too. I make the attempt and then everything ends up all over the house when it’s in the way!
Erin
http://www.topknotsandsweatpants.com
Hahaha glad to know I’m not alone here!! 🙂