Some red, white, and blue for Good Juju’s First Friday weekend, with a side of Father’s Day goods

The mall is decked out in patriotic tones for 4th of July decorating.  Of course, since this is retail, we need to be ahead of the season so you can have a chance to gather up our finds to use for yourself.

That is the same reason I am making brooms and painting ravens now, so they will be set and ready to go in August and September for Halloween.

Our July sale will be on the 5th and 6th, so now is the time to display these colors.

My garage is filled with stacks of clear storage tubs and throughout the year as I find treasures, I  coordinate them into those.  Some containers are themed by holiday, others by season, the rest by colors.  So my red tub of goodies is ready to delve into for the 4th, Christmas, and for Valentines.

It’s good to have items in a shade that goes well with the holiday without being only for that date.  You can see here that there are very few flag pieces, I’m suggesting the theme just with the colors of the day.

The space was done and ready to go when I realized, I’d almost missed out on another important holiday.  Father’s Day was just around the corner, so I squeezed in a few tidbits for the dads and topped it off with a Moose Lodge hat on the bust I had repainted.  The statue was previously flat brown, with beat up marks showing the white plaster underneath.  

Typically, I am all about messed up areas that show age, but this one was all wrong. The white starkly glared through the dark brown, in places it shouldn’t, like his nipples.

Nope.

So I repainted it to look like cement, and added it to my garden area before turning him into my Father’s Day spokesperson. In front of him is a basket with dad friendly items, keys, pipes, money clips, etc.  Hopefully there is something there that will make a thoughtful gift for pops.

I’ll have more pictures of the girlier side of the booth in my next post.

Speaking of important men in our lives, this guy turns 64 today on 6/4. Happy birthday, my love!

Comments

[Ellen Bailey]

Hey Karla - Love the patriotic colors in your booth. I use the colors too, but not flags or buntings.

My birthday is June 4th too, but waaaay older than your husband! Wishing him a happy 64th birthday with many more to come.