Happy Birthday America!!

Hello Everyone -

I am getting ready to head to the beach to write some postcards and just enjoy the beautiful day! But this weekend is 4th of July and what a fantastic time to just relax and enjoy our beautiful country.

Sure gas prices are awful, unemployment is high and we have service men and women oversees protecting our freedom. But use this time to be with your family and friends.

Go to the parade, see the fireworks show, grill out (yumm, I love cook outs) and have a beverage or two! I'm planning on visiting these things (sans the cook out) but I'll be on my lonesome. I'm actually going to hit up a bunch of the 4th of July furniture sales! That way I'll have something to sit on or a table to put my computer on while I write my blog!

I also have these beautiful vaulted ceilings and so I plan on buying making some artwork to put above my kitchen cabinets. The easiest (and cheapest) way to do it is to go and buy two or three large poster frames they shouldn't be more than $25 each. Then flip the piece of paper inside it over so you have the white side. Get a few tubes of acrylic paint in your favorite colors and a few different size brushes.

The color you want to be most predominant gets the biggest brush and then work your way down. This is where it gets fun! You can do swirls, zig - zags or just freestyle! You can make each frame different or line them up and make them one large mural! Once the paint has dried (give it overnight to make sure) put them back in the frames and you are good to go!

If you don't have large space to cover, get a bunch of small ones and hang them on the wall. This is a great thing to do if you have kids or you are babysitting all summer - they can make art for their bedrooms or their bathroom. And for the more mature set, kitchens, entryways, dens anywhere really! It is so easy to do.

Then when people come over to visit and they see your fabulous art display they'll ask where you got it and how much it was... you can take full credit for it! (but throw like 3% credit to me... I did give you the fantastic idea!!)

So those are my plans for this 3 day weekend!

Take care and have a great (and safe) holiday!
e*ricks - out!