Patriotic Crafting and Nelson Crest in Her Patrioitc Finery! 2023

Posted by Admin on June 26, 2023

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

I am now posting TWICE a week !!!

I will be posting on MONDAY and FRIDAY!

As always, click on each picture if you would like to enlarge it....

Today, I will be sharing how Nelson Crest, my Victorian Doll House, looks all decked out in her Summer Patriotic decor along with a few Patriotic crafts that I recently made....

In my last post, I shared the rest of the Living Room decorated for the Summer Patriotic Holidays....

And the hall downstairs...

Click HERE if you missed that post!!

I want to Thank Dee, over at Grammy's Grid, for featuring my post, Patriotic Tree, where I also shared the Patriotic Star that I made, from last week's I Made It Monday Link Party!!!....

Thanks so much, Dee!!

And also Thanks to Richella, over at Grace at Home, for featuring my post, Patriotic Summer Tree, from the last Imparting Grace Linky Party!!

Thanks again, Richella!!!

Please visit and link up to these wonderful parties!!

And now for a few Personal Notes...

Last June, Joe won $1000 and then $500 on Scratch Offs....

This June , he won $1000 a few weeks ago...

Today, on the same day he won $500 a year ago, he won $400 on a new Scratch Off...

As my son Joey always says....

" He sold his soul to the Devil"!

LOL!

And as I always say, " Just getting his money back"!

But at least he is getting some of it back....

Tomorrow is my Great Niece Caitlin's Graduation Party so I will be making lasagna today in addition to 2 batches of cookies I already made....

Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies....

I gave my son Joey some to take into work as he is always "enjoying" desserts brought in my his fellow coworkers....

His work friend Erin sent me one of her gigantic cookies to taste....

Yes, it fills out a sandwich bag!!!

Delicious!!!

I also sent over a few cookies to my next door neighbor Mehrukh, who in turned sent over 2 pieces of New York Cheesecake!!

Joey and I enjoyed them after dinner for 2 days....

Joe does not eat things like this....

I have been enjoying my Patio in the back......

Burning my citronella candles....

And reading a book in the evenings...

I also took what I call a Carpe Diem Day during the week and did a bit of reading in the afternoon on the front porch as it was a nice cool day with low humidity....

I know for many this is a small amount but I am determined to read at least 10 books this Summer....

It seems I have more time in the Summer to read and craft because I am not changing the Holiday and Seasonal decorations in our home over every 4-6 weeks....

And I really do need to clear out some of the books that I have amassed to read in Retirement...

And with that being said, I also have time to do more crafting.....

Bringing me to some crafting that I have recently done.....

I was inspired by something on Pinterest that caught my eye.....

Well, actually, there are a lot of things on Pinterest that catches my eye!!

So I went to Dollar Tree to buy a few things I needed....

What I wanted were these Party decorations....

But when I saw this sweet Patriotic Pup, I had to have him too!!!

And here he is on the Platform under my Patriotic Tree in the Living Room.....

This is what I made with the party decorations.....

I had 2 of these Dollar Tree hats.....

One of which I placed on top of the curio in the Living Room....

I filled the inside of the other hat with the party decorations and some flowers and greenery....

I also used one of the Patriotic coasters that we keep receiving through the mail from Veteran's organizations that Joe donates to......

Plus I glued one to the front of the hat....

I am using the hat as a centerpiece on my Dining Room table and will be sharing a Patriotic tablescape or 2 in the future.....

You may remember that I recently bought these ornaments at Dollar General for a buck a piece.....

I added some vintage looking tinsel trim around the edges.....

I also used some of those coasters to make these.....

The silver stars were bought at Dollar Tree last year and I embellished the coasters with red tinsel trim and a mini red star garland from Christmas before gluing them to the stars...

I topped it off with a red, white and blue button....

And this is where I chose to display them rather than on the Tree...

I hung 2 of them here.....

And added the 3rd one to this sign....

Now I have made Patriotic Fire Crackers before using mini flags and toilet paper and paper towel rolls....

But I was inspired by Ann, over at Apple Street Cottage, who made these charming Fire Crackers from Essential Oil Tubes!!!!

Ann's project reminded me that I had cut up a faded old Patriotic banner that I used on the front porch in past years so I had some blue fabric with white stars on it....

I also recently got rid of rolls of wrapping paper I had, giving them to my niece Renae, as I do not give gifts to family members ( money or gift cards) and when I gift friends something, I use gift bags....

I did save 3 rolls of red, green and gold glittered wrapping paper to use for crafting....

And this is the new Patriotic Fire Cracker that I came up with...

I used a Quaker Oats canister, a Pringle's one and a tin can....

I covered one with the red glittered wrapping paper, one with the gold and one with the star fabric from the banner....

I trimmed them with red and gold vintage looking tinsel trim.....

And added gold and silver pipe cleaners to the tops....

I printed out a few vintage graphics, gluing them to each canister and then trimmed them out with pipe cleaners....

I displayed it on the stairs in the corner of the Living Room.........

It goes well with the hand crafted red glittered envelope that a beautiful card was in, sent to me by my FB friend, Angela....

And in the evening, it sparkles with the lights of the Tree by it....

I will be doing a few more Patriotic and Americana crafts so stay tuned....

And that brings us to Nelson Crest....

She is all decked out in her Patriotic Finery for the Summer.....

Nothing much new this year.....

The left side yard....

The balcony off the Master Bedroom....

Last year, I bought these cute mini Patriotic pin wheels in Dollar Tree that I have used as "wreaths" for the windows....

I made a wreath for the door....

I made the banners many years ago from crepe paper....

And glued star stickers to the center of each banner....

The left side of the front yard.....

Fire crackers on the fretwork above the porch....

The front porch.....

A wreath I made hangs on the front door....

Flower pots on the porch and steps....

Fresh milk and eggs have just been delivered....

The red cardinal in the bird bath to the left is new, bought for a buck at Dollar General....

In the right front yard....

A flag pole....

The right side yard....

The water spout with the red cardinal was also just bought for a buck at Dollar General....

I hoped you enjoyed seeing how Nelson Crest will look for the rest of the Summer.....

She will be decorated this way until Halloween.....

I also want to share an amazing Sunset from our front porch.....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on MONDAY for my next post when I will be sharing My Summer "Sweet Treat" Tree in the Craft Room....

Hope to see you back here again on MONDAY!!

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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