Fourth of July--pretties

Just a few more photos from the Fourth of July:

We made our first homemade ice cream of the summer: vanilla with chunks of strawberries and blueberries. Delicious, and festive!

I finally got to use the beautiful red, white and blue plates I thrifted last fall.

Maren and I made these cute little treat bags to give to her friends. The red is Twizzlers Bites, the white is yogurt-covered raisins and the blue are Sour Patch blueberries.

Silly me, I put them 'somewhere safe' to keep them out of Porter's reach and then forgot to take them to the pancake breakfast! Now we'll have to find another way to disperse them all.

I didn't go crazy with my Fourth of July decor this year. I'm still quite limited as to what I can put out because most of my display space is within Porter's (destructive) reach. I put a few of my favorite bits of patriotic decor on my new aqua dresser (still need to blog about that!)

and made a little display on my vintage chalkboard.

I put out some Fourth of July-themed family photos in my living room. I found a few more photos that would have been cute, but didn't have any more frames to fit them so I couldn't display them. Another item to keep an eye out for while thrifting!

Normally I keep my patriotic decor up all through July, but I think this year I'm a little bored with it so it will be put away this weekend. I'm feeling beach-y instead...