Happy Memorial weekend! We'll be barbequing and hanging out. Emily has a fun  craft  with tin cans and a little paint. Create a vase for flowers or use for other red, white and blue decor.  These cans would be cute to use to hold utensils at your backyard gatherings too. This is an easy project to put together over the 3-day weekend. Pick out some of your favorite red, white and blue fabrics to sew up our  patriotic table runner . A good beginner project by sewing together strips of fabric and buying bias tape for the edging. Favorite Things this Week: Loving the scalloped ceramic dish with  candle Got this  candle  to put with this wood candle  tray  as a bridal shower gift. Sweet book of illustrated  poems  for bedtime. Trying out this  dishwasher detergent. Had some young single adults over for dinner and  games . We've had a lot of wedding invites lately. Things on their registries: juicer ,  roasting pan, ...