Patriotic Holiday Assemblage in Vintage Tin

 

Hi Friend!

I wanted to make a small addition to my

patriotic decorations and

I was inspired by 

Tami@creativegirlvintage

I started with a vintage tin,

 I had in my collection.

Do you remember Sucrets ?

I liked the cherry !

An ALTOID Tin would work just fine!

I  found a Patriotic songbook.

Picked a song and

I used my printer to shrink it to size.

Made a pattern by tracing the outside of the tin.

I glued the song sheet to cardstock.

Then crinkled and folded and inked up the edges.

I had a lace applique that I glued on top of the song sheet.

Print 1 copy of pins and flag below

I used the flag above and a toothpick, but you may have

a cupcake flag

I used brown ink on the 'flagpole' and rolled and crinkled

the flag before gluing in place.

To make my 'vintage pins', 

I used white glue to adhere to pins.

Do not Mod Podge- The ink will smear!

If you don't have a pin, you could use a bottle cap or

another item to give it some dimension.

Even these cork pieces were the right size.

I helped an older friend down size

and move into an assisted living facility last summer.

I was surprised she and her family had no problem

getting rid of her possessions!

When it came to family photos, I had to ask if I could save them.

This adorable photo below was one I found.

It was my friends mother and her uncle.

Print and shrink to size

I used my printer to shrink my photo to wallet size.

I have some scissors that cut a 'vintage photo' edge.

For the background, 

I glued a scrap of navy homespun fabric

and some vintage lace

I glued the photo on the cloth.

The pins are pinned to another 

scrap of lace applique and glued 

under the photo.

I found a star button and glued it in place.

Lastly I added a scrap of garland at the bottom.

I wanted the tin to be able to close- 

so I kept checking.

I can close it up and

 put it away after the 4Th of July :)

I hope you are having a wonderful summer!

xo, Lisa S