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July Garden Journal Pages for the Happy Planner or Other Discbound Planners

Independence Day Crafts

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A July Limerick, for Crafters in the USA*

Our holiday in July’s on the Fourth.

Freedom — priceless its worth.

Let’s have fireworks and beer,

Parades far and near,

And picnics everywhere, from the south to the north.

We crafters have other ways

To spend our holidays.

We stitch and create

Even staying up late

To work on our crafts and displays.

DIY Jewelry for Fourth of July

In July, we celebrate Independence.

To do so, we could crochet pendants

In red, white and blue

Or other colors too

And we’ll make plenty more projects hence.

*To those of you who are outside the USA, please feel free to re-color any of our Fourth of July projects into other colors — maybe your own country’s colors if you like, or whichever color combinations you prefer.

Also, I invite everyone else to join in the limerick-writing fun, if you like. I’m writing these from my own limited experience, and since I have lived in the USA for most of my life, those are the experiences I have to draw on. I really don’t mean to exclude anyone, and would be happy to see family-friendly limericks from crocheters around the world expressing other viewpoints. Bonus points if they’re silly, tongue-in-cheek, and knitting or crochet-related, but they do have to stay family-friendly!

Related Resources

Accessorize for Fourth of July With a Red, White and Blue Bracelet

Independence Day is coming up soon; this year, it’ll happen on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. If you’re hoping to make some fun craft projects to celebrate this holiday, one of the things you might want to plan on is creating some fun wearable accessories ahead of time, so you can wear them out to whichever picnics, barbecues, parties or fireworks festivities you plan on attending.

Red and Blue Beaded Bracelet for Fourth of July or Every Day Wear

You can make this simple-but-lovely bracelet using metallic floss and round glass beads. If you’ve never crocheted with beads before, this bracelet is a fantastic introduction to the technique; it’s a quick project that proves that bead crochet does not have to be difficult, despite what you may have heard to the contrary.

For those of you in the USA, this bracelet is an ideal way to accessorize for patriotic holidays such as the Fourth of July. It’s a fabulous everyday accessory as well; you could make it for Fourth of July and then wear it whenever you’re dressing in red or blue in the days following.

Related Crochet Resources:

Get the free bracelet pattern
See more jewelry making project ideas
Check out more crochet accessory patterns

Summer Projects

Today, June 21, 2023, is the official first day of summer this year. Are you looking for summer projects to work on? This page features suggestions for different summer themes and summer patterns to explore. Most of our patterns are free! Hope you’ll enjoy ’em. ((Plus I also included a few suggestions for some particularly lovely patterns that I think are worth paying for.)

Bird Themed Slimline Greeting Card for Spring

Bird Themed Card Making Idea: Make a DIY Slimline Card Featuring Bird Motifs

Handmade Greeting Cards Made Using Papers by Graphic 45

Spring is a fantastic time to make greeting cards for your inner circle. The spring calendar includes diverse holidays such as St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Passover, and Mother’s Day — but you don’t need a holiday or any other excuse to make a greeting card for someone you love. This Bird Themed Slimline Greeting Card is an example of an everyday, all-occasion card you can make to send to a friend in springtime, or for that matter, at any time you like. Of course, you can add an Easter or Mother’s Day sentiment to your card front to make this design holiday friendly and appropriate for whichever of the spring holidays you’d like to use it for.

Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Making a Similar Bird Themed Slimline Greeting Card for Spring

Patterned Papers: You can use any patterned papers you like to make a greeting card. If you want your card to be bird themed and / or spring themed, you’ll want to choose papers featuring bird motifs and / or other spring-themed designs like flowers, clouds, rainbows, etc. I used Graphic 45 papers from the 8″x8″ “Time to Flourish” paper pad. The bird focal image is one of the cut-aparts from that collection. Unfortunately, the “Time to Flourish” 8″x8″ pad is now hard to find; however, the 12″x12″ version of the “Time to Flourish” collection was still available last time I checked, or you could go for the “Flower Market” collection, which is the latest similar spring-themed paper collection from the same manufacturer.

Washi Tape: I used two different washi tape designs to create this card. One is a narrow-width washi tape that’s green with a shimmery, lustrous metallic silver design printed on it. The narrow green washi tape is by The Happy Planner. I also used a wider, subtly dotted washi tape by Doodlebug Design; this design is called “Lily White Swiss Dot”.

Distress Oxide Inks: Inks are optional for this card making project, because you aren’t actually stamping. However, I like using inks in different colors to add emphasis to parts of my card designs, and sometimes also for adding extra colors to make a card design look more interesting. In this case, I inked around the bird focal image using Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide ink to make it stand out more from the card front. I also inked around the outside edge of the card using Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.

Narrow Ribbon: If you want to add a three-dimensional finishing touch to your card like the one pictured, cut a short length of narrow ribbon and tie it into a bow; then use a dot of liquid adhesive like Zip Dry Paper Glue or Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to the back of the bow.

Adhesive: Above, I already mentioned a couple of adhesives you could use for this project; if you use a liquid adhesive to put the entire card together, I recommend Zip Dry, because it doesn’t distort the paper and make it buckle as it dries, unlike some other liquid adhesives. I personally prefer to use dry adhesive for projects like this; I used Cherry Tape to put my card together. But you can use any paper friendly adhesive(s) you like.

Thanks so much for checking out my card making project. I really appreciate your interest!

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