4th of July Banner

Now that I have my wreath done for my front door, my next project needed to be something for my entry way.  I wanted to create some kind of banner to hang on my big mirror.

I found all my supplies at hobby lobby.

I found some coordinating 4th of July paper that I really liked.  I decided I would make some paper accordion medallions, similar to those I made at Valentines.  This time I wanted to make them bigger and fancy up the edges.  I used my edge punch to make the scallop along the edge.  Following my tutorial here, I made up some 12 inch round medallions (I had to use (4) 6"x12" papers to make these).

I found these wooden stars for $1 each.  They are 8 inches wide.  If you wanted to cut out stars from paper you could do that too!  Then you wouldn't have to have the expense of the wooden stars.

      

I traced the stars on the back of the papers I wanted to use, cut them out, and then I mod podged them to the front of the stars.

After making my medallions, I hot glued the stars to the fronts.

I decided I wanted to string them onto a ribbon so I could hang them.

I hung them up and think they look great.  This project cost me around $8 total.  Not too shabby considering I had to buy the paper to make them!  I love when Hobby Lobby has 50% off on things I'm wanting to buy!

Now I just need to add a little something on the table beneath the mirror to finish it off.

Hope your 4th of July decorations are coming together too!

Here is where I'm linking up this week:

Mommy by day Crafter by night

Tatertots & Jello

Lil Luna

Somewhat Simple

Simply Sweet Home

I Heart Naptime

Craftionary

A to Zebra Celebrations

Lolly Jane

Oopsey Daisy

Reasons to skip the Housework