4th of July Patriotic Mantle

With only a week until the 4th of July I thought it was finally time to finish and post my 4th of July Patriotic Mantle!  

I’ve had this vision in my head for a couple months that I wanted to create a clean & simple 4th of July mantle. This year I am in love with gray if you couldn’t already tell.  So when I created this American Flag Art I knew I wanted the whole mantle to be simple and neutral as well. 

After making the huge flag, I knew I wanted to create some fireworks!  So I grabbed my trusty striped paper straws in gray and some glittered cardstock.  Such an easy project, perfect for the kiddo’s too.  Love how they turned out.  

I had an old frame in my stash so I gave it a quick coat of gray acrylic paint to match, roughed it up a bit…then made a quick print for it.  I chose to put my favorite sentence from the Declaration of Independence in it.  I bordered it with some more silver glittered cardstock to add more sparkle!  Can’t have enough sparkle!  

And did you see the cute little popsicle stick stars we made?  So cute right!?  {ps – yeah totally forgot to dust the mantle first, oh well}