I came across this patriotic clip-art from Martha Stewart Living’s July 2006 issue.  It’s designed to be wrapped around can and used as a vase or serving vessel… …but I made these festive votive holders.  I printed the clip-art onto vellum, trimmed it down to fit my clear cylindrical votive holder, and attached the vellum …

Did you notice we changed our blog header in preparation for July 4th?  Since we launched thecraftsdept.com, we’ve crafted each blog header using a specific technique, or relating to a seasonally relevant theme. Blake came up with our most recent header.  She used red strips of paper to create the striped letters.  Once she’d cut …