234 Candles

The 4th of July is coming!

The 4th of July is coming!

Oh, it's my favorite holiday... nothing but fun.  (except that time Tony lit a rocket and it fell over and shot straight  into my sister's thigh. Nothing puts a damper on pyromania like third degree burns).

These  rockets are cute and safe... they're metal, they don't have a fuse, and they  aren't accompanied by a 52-year-old juvenile delinquent with a lit punk. Hang a bundle on your door or stick some in a pot of red geraniums on your porch.

 Independence Day is the perfect time to get together with pals. Hey, I've got it!  

Have a Happy 234th Birthday America theme for July 4th.

 ( Any excuse for cake, you know)

Put this sign on your door to put your visitors in the party mood.

Then put this cute tin cake stand on your table. The neat metal cake slice boxes on top have no calories, or if you prefer something tastier than tin, buy some red, white and blue cupcakes from YUM Bakery next door and add 234 of our long red skinny candles or ok, maybe just one sparkler on top of each treat. (But I do believe that 234 candles would make a bigger visual statement).

And pinwheels!  The perfect cheap decoration! Stick a handful in some old pop bottles, and add whatever red, white and blue stuff you can get your hands on -- don't get all  matchy-matchy on me now; this is supposed to be fun, not stressful.  Red and white check dishes, blue polka-dot napkins,vintage gingham trays. An old quilt thrown over the picnic table. Red bowls of potato salad, blue bowls of potato chips, white bowls of strawberries.

 

Fun coozies. Bottled Orange Crush iced down in a striped tub. Starred-and-striped papergoods. Sparklers and punks stuck in galvanized buckets o' sand. Patriotic star-rimmed bowls piled full of party poppers and Black Cats.

Raid your closets for silly hats and flags to wave and red wagons to pull  and ponies to ride 'round the block in the neighborhood parade. (What, you don't keep ponies in your closet?)  Have a horseshoe tournament (we've got rubber ones so nobody gets clanged in the head)...a potato gun shoot-out... sit on the hot sidewalk and play jacks with the old ladies and little girls.

              Honest Abe -- it's the best day of summer.

Just don't forget the hotdogs.