The Once a Month Blogger: Star Spangled Banner

Welcome to the once a month blogger! The purpose of this blog is really to share ideas/thoughts/projects and maybe even a story or two!

I became a stay at home mom after having my second child. As a new stay at home mom I wanted a way to document the things I'm working on as well as share with anyone who might care to listen. I have gotten so many great ideas from others that I want to pay it forward in any way I can.

As for the name, "The Once a Month Blogger," Well, I have to be honest, that is extremely ambitious for me! I've had a personal blog site for about 6-7 years and have probably written on it less than a dozen times. My posts aren't likely to be long. I like to try to keep things as brief as possible!

As a warning, if you're looking for comic relief or inspiring literary genius...you won't find it here. But

I promise I will do my best to post once a month or more, even if only to briefly update you on a current project. Hopefully you can find something you'll like!

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Star Spangled Banner

In preparation for Memorial Day and Fourth of July I wanted to make another banner. So, out came my cricut! I don't use it very often, but it does come in handy for projects like this. I scored some scrapbook paper at Joann's for 6 for $1 that I was planning on using as a flag banner for a cake smash, but I ended up using something else. I decided this would be perfect for my star banner! It's such a simple project and I love the way it looks, don't you?!

I used 6 sheets of 12X12 scrapbook paper: 2 blue, 2 red and 2 white. I used the "Plantain Schoolbook" cartridge (the one that comes with the cricut). I set the size to 2 1/2" and chose the "fill page" option. It cut 16 two and a half inch stars. I did that for one page of each color.