How to look *Rosie* for the 4th!

Wouldn't it be fun to wear your hair like this on Indepenence Day? Or for a summer BBQ? It's SO easy!

I have a rather flat head in back, and normally have trouble getting a bandana to stay on my head. Well, not with this look! It works swell!

Below is a tutorial by the lovely Iris. She has many wonderful videos on youtube, check them out! Aren't her false lashes killer?! I've got to try them again some time. Further down you'll find a vintage pinup style makeup tutorial!

I do a lot of "hair twirling" in my updo's at work. For proms and weddings I usually use hot rollers or the curling iron before I wind up the locks to be sure they'll stay all day.

If you don't have long hair, don't despair! Scroll on down!

This is my hair in the front, but in the back I'm wearing a faux curly pony tale clip. I just wad my hair up and put in the jaw clip. Divide pony tale in a few sections. Roll up and pin. If you have trouble finding a hair piece to match your locks and you're unsure about which shade to get, rule of thumb is to always go a bit lighter than the shade of your natural hair. I'm lucky here, it matches perfectly. But I've since colored my hair a brighter red and can't wear it right now! : (

But when I could, this do would take about 10 minutes, really!

I bought this clip at Sally Beauty Supply. It's a Revlon brand. If you like you can splurge and go for a human hair piece and have it dyed to match. I have several pieces and they are so fun, fast and easy. Even if your hair is super short, the bandana will conceal that.

Here's that pinup look tutorial by the adorable Amy. All of her videos are marvelous as well. Shoot, I just like to listen to her talk!

*****YOU CAN DO IT!*****

To learn more about the original Rosie, check out this blog.

FABULOUS FLAG-FLYING FOURTH~

Hosted by Kari and Kijsa! Be sure to stop by their blog and visit the other flag flyers!

What can I say, I get choked up when I sing the National Anthem with my hand over my heart. Or when participants were holding Old Glory while walking in the town parade the other day. And especially when I see a child waving a flag with pride.

So I hope you don't mind, I got rather carried away with this post!

Here is our freshly painted home, ready for the 4th! You can see before pictures here, along with my favorite patriotic vintage dress.

I put this throw on the loveseat as it has a big patriotic shoe on it!

Here's Kevin teaching Nova to bring the flag in at night.
My favorite window cling, which has seen better days. It's starting to crack up in places. : (

Cool tray I picked up for just $1.00!

Here we have a collection of vintage things... A Betsy Ross print, strawberry and velvet hat, jewelry set, gloves, (which go with my Scarlett O'Hara party gown!), a rabbit fur from an old coat, etc...

How about a little patriotic Chrsitmas in July?

This is a tree I put up our first year in this house. We put it in the office upstairs, as we had the downstairs all torn up. I had family serving in Iraq and thought this would be a nice way to support them and our troops at Christmas time. The ornies were hung with yellow ribbon. The whole shebang probably cost around $50 including the white tree. I had a lot fun with it, and made sure all of my Christmas wrap was red, white, blue.

You can see more pictures of my patriotic Christmas here.

Here's a flag pillow in Nova's room~

Oh! And this fabulous vintage table and chairs set that was already painted for only $70!! Nova likes to have tea with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. (this pic is from when I had just brought it home)

As for me and my family, we are proud to be Amercians.

And I'll leave you with this~Happy Independence Day everyone!

Great, juuuuust great...

You bloggin' friends have worn out my mouse! I can no longer scroll down! Too much blog reading says I. I have an extra one I think... But geeeeeeez, I gotta pull out the desk from the wall and if you could see how it's set up, it will not be an easy task. Until then I'm going to go crazy, esp. now while I'm trying to play catch up with everyone! :p