I hope you all had a GREAT 4th of July holiday with your family & friends. I celebrated this year with a festive backyard bbq that was outfitted with a little modern chevron swag from
Oriental Trading. I am happy to be a part of the
Oriental Trading Blogger Community. I was allowed to select a few products of my choice from one of my favorite party goods suppliers. Last year I designed this
Chevron and Ombre Stars inspired July 4th printable collection. So, when I saw all the new
Chevron products that now are available from Oriental Trading, I jumped right on it.
I set up an outdoor dining area for our small group of guests using the
chevron plates and
bouquet boxes. I placed a length of striped fabric that I had on hand as a runner and created a patriotic focal point with my centerpieces. A menu from my
printable collection was placed at each place setting along with two sparklers for evening festivities. Bottles of root beer were customized with printable bottle labels and I placed paper straws into blue rocks glasses that I found at
Dollar Tree.
(btw - I never ordered paper plates from Oriental trading before, but let me say that these were very sturdy and held up well!!!)
I loved the
chevron bouquet boxes. I created height by placing these on the tables and filling them with shredded paper to anchor a small flag and yarn pom poms (you know I can't do a party without them), my Mini Diva made corkscrews out of pipe cleaner to give the effect of fireworks shooting out of the box. I embellished each box with a strip of washi tape and a rosette finished with a party dot from
the printable collection.
I wanted to add a lighting element to the table for later in the evening. So, using pillar vases I created hurricanes for candles that I embellished with patriotic stickers.I also used glass rocks and floral wire to accent these floating orchid flowers (they're fake! tee-hee!)
I have a tree in our yard that is half dead because the tree in our neighbors yard is a monster and sucks up all the sunlight.....so our poor Oak tree only gets half loved by the sun. To take some attention away from those dead branches, I thought it would look nice to add these
hanging globe lanterns from the tree. I added tissue paper tassels onto them because I felt like there was a LOT of red going on with the barn/shed in the background. I also added a few
patriotic hanging fans to the doors of the barn/shed
I set out popcorn for the evening activities and used these
chevron treat bags to serve them in.
Here are some more images from the holiday!
I must say that, I was totally pleased with all the products that I used. I've ordered from Oriental Trading in the past as have always been pleased with my products. Since these products were fairly new in the catalog, I didn't know what to expect, but I was completely happy with everything and my expectations were exceeded. Thank you to
Oriental Trading for providing the chevron party items and helping to make a fabulous July 4th celebration!
"I was provided with either monetary compensation or free products by Oriental Trading for this post . The reviews of the products are solely my own honest opinion and may not reflect the views of others."
