A Meaningful 4th of July Project! - Start a Craft Business

Hello friends!

I hope you are having an amazingly wonderful week!

I am SO looking forward to a LONG overdue BREAK from home renovations.

My husband and I are officially taking time away from the house to have some friends from Michigan visit—YAYYYY!!! And really just enjoy life.

****But stay in touch via the Crafty Scrappy Happy facebook page during my blogging vacation/break—-there will be photos and updates on my house progress and the weekend fun!****

And so, with that said…. you may not be hearing from me quite as much in the next few days—-AND I have decided to NOT host the regular Crafty Scrappy Happy Thursday Party….. I am honestly torn as to if I will continue hosting it at all—- do you have feelings about it one way or another?!

Anyways, I am rambling… sometimes I do that!

For today and for this upcoming holiday I thought I would share a post from last summer–because the majority of your were not around back then, I thought it was worth sharing again…. because I think that the meaning of the 4th of July is just as important as the actual celebrating!!!

This project is very meaningful to my husband and I am is also a wonderful way of saying thank you on 4th of July!

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~Without further ado here is my project for today~

**But with a bit of explanation.**

I have been feeling really patriotic lately. Yes, it’s probably because the 4th of July is nearing, but it is also because my husband (Cal) just finished serving his last of eight years in the army. I have been trying to think of a way to “commemorate” his time in the military in a meaningful way. I came up with this re-vamp of a project I did a few months ago.

This project is a little way for me to say THANK YOU to him for giving up so much to serve the country.

**Okay, so on to the “how I did it” part**

So, I know I have definitely mentioned that adore all things having to do with encyclopedia paper, so my project definitely utilizes my beloved encyclopedia—the Atlas and Index version!

We punched out stars from all of the meaningful places Cal had been throughout his military career. It was such a special way for me to learn more about each training and “tour” overseas.

I then taped the stars to a piece of vellum I printed a meaningful quote on.

“Land of the Free, Because of the Brave”

Then I tried to pick the perfect background for my project…(encyclopedia paper is most definitely included in this line-up!).

But at the last-minute my Cal asked me if I had any of the letters that he had sent me when he was overseas. And OF COURSE I did. The letter I ended up using was one of the most special, it was before we were even dating and it talked about the feeling Cal had for me. Siighhhhh. Love story for sure!

Sooo special to me.

And don’t worry I have many MANY more love letters to save and treasure!

I sewed each star individually right down the middle because I knew I wanted to fold them up a bit when I was done. And then I sewed the vellum to the letter.

Kind of a fun project and super meaningful to my husband and I.

What do you think will you be making your own special version of this meaningful project?

See—-old, but good right?!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and beyond!