A Lapin Life: July Fourth

My First Tablescape

4th of July celebration!

I went around the house gathering up supplies. Nothing is new except for the beautiful American flag benches. I won them from sweet Carol at the Firecracker Kid Primitives. I have been oohing and aahing all the beautiful tablescapes in Blogland. Here is what I came up with. I'm a newbie so be kind :) The butterfly in the jar I received for Mother's Day. The red wood apple is from Maine. The other one is made from stone. I think its onyx. The warm beer sign is from Marshalls. It's metal. The old camera is my husbands. The July fourth is a small tile I painted with blackboard paint. The old lantern is from my son's rustic room.

The red bottle is from a winery. The flags are from my children rooms. Red checked napkins and plastic plates are from Target a few years ago. The star placemat and napkin holder I made them out of brown craft paper.

Having three boys plastic plates can be a wonderful thing. I like that they are not girly. Most everything else I buy is. This is for them.

Wine bottles and spice jars make wonderful displays for flowers.

The American flag benches are just the cutest!!!

Thanks Carol!

I set the table for the five of us. Pork ribs, Jersey corn, salad and fresh strawberries with whip cream were the menu last night. We also had my favorite key lime pie. I started off first cooking the well seasoned ribs from Costco on a large pan covered in tin foil. I set the ovens temperature for 300 degrees for 2 1/2 hours. My husband then cooked them on the grill and basted them with barbeque sauce. Boy were they ever delicious!

The glasses also came from Target a few years ago. They are plastic with a faux leather. They are so easy to hand wash. Do you like my brown paper star placemats? My kids had to let me know that the stars were not perfect. lol