My Patriotic Tablescape

I have been so out of the blogging loop this last week.  Between my trip to St. Louis, taking care of some moving back to New Orleans in three months (I can't believe it) things, and getting ready to welcome our Fourth of July guests, I have barely seen the laptop. 

For weeks, I have been searching around for inspiration for a festive Fourth of July tablescape.  Martha Stewart had some really great ideas.  I only had so much time though, so crafting things from scratch would have to be limited to items I could take care of after work.  I went to Michael's two weeks ago and found the most adorable red, white, and blue items that required little to no assembly at fantastic prices! 

Here's the whole picture (sorry for the terrible lighting - I'm still working on my fancy camera skills!)...

I went with a centerpiece of sunflowers because I wanted to bring some yellow into the scene to remember the service men and women who won't be home to celebrate the 4th with their families. 

I thought American flags would be a nice backdrop for the flowers.

I chose a red napkin rolled up in a way that resembled fireworks. I tried to find blue wired ribbon with white stars, but after a few stops and no luck, I went with the blue and white polka dot ribbon.

In the background you can see red, white, and blue metallic confetti in dots and stars.  I thought it was a festive touch that tied in the polka dots!

On Martha's website, she had a precious display of votives in vases filled with red, white, and blue sand.  I loved the idea and adapted it to hold some patriotic pinwheels!

I used the same idea on the other side of the table to hold American flags.

These adorable fireworks straws were perhaps my favorite find.  They are available at Pier1!!

I have used our buffet table as a display for the gift bags bowls we've put together for our guests!

They're filled with lots of Patriotic items, and a few Beaufort favorites as well!

What are you doing to make your house festive this Fourth?  I hope you all have awonderful and safe holiday !

And as always, I want to thank the men and women who fight for our country, most especially those stationed at the Naval Hospital Beaufort, the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, and the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot.  Every day when I see you reporting to duty I am reminded of how amazing and selfless you are.  A million times, THANK YOU!